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1800s Quiz A-Z

Guess the people, places, events, or things that happened during the 1800s
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Last updated: November 13, 2025
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A) This tall president is born in a
log cabin in rural Kentucky
1809-1865
Abraham Lincoln
B) Period of violence motivated by
political instability over pro vs anti
slavery activists in the Kansas territory
1854-61
Bleeding Kansas
C) Brutal conflict between the Union and
Confederate states over the issue of slavery
1861-65
Civil War
D) This man famously sued for freedom in
a "decision" by the Supreme Court that slaves
were not citizens
1857
Dred Scott
E) Lincoln delivered this crucial order, declaring
all slaves in Confederate states to be free
1863
Emancipation Proclamation
F) Hunger pandemic in Ireland causing widespread
crop failure
1848
Famine
G) Period of mass migration to California in search
of the precious metal discovered there
1849
Gold Rush
H) Abolitionist John Brown raided this West Virginia
settlement to initiate a slave revolt
1859
Harpers Ferry
I) The British Raj ruled this subcontinent to take
direct control
1858
India
J) This famous actor assassinates president Lincoln
in Fords Theater as the War came to an end
1865
John Wilkes Booth
K) A massive volcanic eruption on this Indonesian
islands is one of the largest in history
1883
Krakatoa
L) Thomas Jefferson bought this land from France,
doubling the size of the US
1803
Louisiana
M) Period of mass migration westward across the US,
believing the people must explore the rest of the country
1845>
Manifest Destiny
Hint
Years
Answer
N) This French general met his final defeat at Waterloo
1815
Napoleon Bonaparte
O) Wyatt Earp and his men face off against the Clanton
gang in this iconic showdown in Tombstone, AZ
1881
OK Corral
P) Horseback mail service between the Atlantic and
Pacific states that revolutionized deliveries
1860
Pony Express
Q) Naval conflict between the US and France that ended
with the Convention of 1800
1798-1800
Quasi War
R) Era of rebuilding the Southern states after the Civil War
1865-1877
Reconstruction
S) Shoshone native who aided Lewis and Clark in their
expedition to the Pacific
1805-06
Sacagawea
T) Patented the first practical incandescent lightbulb and
phonograph
1847-1931
Thomas Edison
U) Civil War winning general and later president
1822-1885
Ulysses Grant
V) This British monarch becomes queen and reigns for 63 years
1837-1901
Victoria
W) Conflict between the US and Britain, years after tensions from
the Revolutionary War
1812-1815
War of 1812
X) This type of wave was discovered by German
physicist Wilhelm Rontgen
1895
X Ray
Y) This California national park was established
1890
Yosemite
Z) Shaka rose to power in this southern African kingdom
1816
Zulu
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