1800s Quiz A-Z

A) This tall president is born in a log cabin in rural Kentucky

1809-1865

B) Period of violence motivated by political instability over pro vs anti slavery activists in the Kansas territory

1854-61

C) Brutal conflict between the Union and Confederate states over the issue of slavery

1861-65

D) This man famously sued for freedom in a "decision" by the Supreme Court that slaves were not citizens

1857

E) Lincoln delivered this crucial order, declaring all slaves in Confederate states to be free

1863

F) Hunger pandemic in Ireland causing widespread crop failure

1848

G) Period of mass migration to California in search of the precious metal discovered there

1849

H) Abolitionist John Brown raided this West Virginia settlement to initiate a slave revolt

1859

I) The British Raj ruled this subcontinent to take direct control

1858

J) This famous actor assassinates president Lincoln in Fords Theater as the War came to an end

1865

K) A massive volcanic eruption on this Indonesian islands is one of the largest in history

1883

L) Thomas Jefferson bought this land from France, doubling the size of the US

1803

M) Period of mass migration westward across the US, believing the people must explore the rest of the country

1845>

N) This French general met his final defeat at Waterloo

1815

O) Wyatt Earp and his men face off against the Clanton gang in this iconic showdown in Tombstone, AZ

1881

P) Horseback mail service between the Atlantic and Pacific states that revolutionized deliveries

1860

Q) Naval conflict between the US and France that ended with the Convention of 1800

1798-1800

R) Era of rebuilding the Southern states after the Civil War

1865-1877

S) Shoshone native who aided Lewis and Clark in their expedition to the Pacific

1805-06

T) Patented the first practical incandescent lightbulb and phonograph

1847-1931

U) Civil War winning general and later president

1822-1885

V) This British monarch becomes queen and reigns for 63 years

1837-1901

W) Conflict between the US and Britain, years after tensions from the Revolutionary War

1812-1815

X) This type of wave was discovered by German physicist Wilhelm Rontgen

1895

Y) This California national park was established

1890

Z) Shaka rose to power in this southern African kingdom

1816