Deck 5: Historical Figures and Events

Question 1

............. became the President of the United States by defeating John C. Breckinridge - the nominee of the Southern faction, by a huge margin.

A)abraham lincoln
B)desmond tutu
C)jefferson davis
D)george w. randolph

Answer 1

abraham lincoln

Question 2

The Republican candidate Abraham Lincoln became the President of the United States by defeating ............- the nominee of the Southern faction, by a huge margin.

A)john c. breckinridge
B)jefferson davis
C)william wilber force
D)abraham lincoln

Answer 2

john c. breckinridge

Question 3

Soon after the War, American President ................under his capacity of being the Commander in Chief of the Army and Navy issued the Emancipation Proclamation which declared the freedom of all slaves in the Confederate States of America.

A)abraham lincoln
B)desmond tutu
C)jefferson davis
D)george w. randolph

Answer 3

abraham lincoln

Question 4

The history of slavery in America dates back to the seventeenth century when slaves were brought to Virginia in.............

A)1519
B)1609
C)1619
D)1648

Question 5

Abraham Lincoln was elected the President of United States in..................

A)1760
B)1765
C)1860
D)1863

Question 6

South Carolina was the first state to declare secession from the United States in .................

A)1761
B)1768
C)1769
D)1861

Question 7

On September 22, ............, Abraham Lincoln issued what is known as the Preliminary Emancipation Proclamation.

A)1762
B)1767
C)1784
D)1862

Question 8

The American Civil War ended in ............. with the Northern forces under the Union defeating the southern states fighting under Confederacy.

A)1755
B)1765
C)1796
D)1865

Question 9

The Congress passed the 13th amendment which abolished slavery in the United States on January 31, 1865, and it was ratified by the states on December 6,...................

A)1755
B)1765
C)1768
D)1865

Question 10

The American Civil War was fought in the years 1861-1865 over the issue of ……………...

A)slavery
B)communism
C)socialism
D)mercantilism

Question 11

Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi born in Porbandar,…………...

A)delhi
B)bombay
C)haryana
D)gujarat

Question 12

………………. adopted the policy of mass disobedience and non-violent resistance as weapons against the British Rule in India and followed a principle of Ahimsa (total Non-Violence).

A)andrew johnson
B)abraham lincoln
C)gideon welles
D)mahatma gandhi

Question 13

…………. birthday 2 October is commemorated as Gandhi Jayanti, a national holiday and as the International Non-Violence day across the world.

A)mahatma gandhi's
B)abraham lincoln's
C)desmond tutu's
D)stonewall jackson's

Question 14

Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi was born in Porbandar, a town in Gujarat in western India on 2 October …………….

A)1759
B)1769
C)1786
D)1869

Question 15

At the age of 13 …………was married to one year older kasturba.

A)mahatma gandhi
B)abraham lincoln
C)desmond tutu
D)stonewall jackson

Question 16

On 4th September……………., Mahatma Gandhi traveled to England to study law at the university College London and to train as a barrister, as his family wanted him to be a barrister.

A)1768
B)1788
C)1867
D)1888

Question 17

…………. had started and popularized the term 'Harijan' for the Untouchables (though many saw it as patronizing).

A)nelson mandela
B)ambedkar
C)martin luther king, jr.
D)mahatma gandhi

Question 18

………… was born on January 15, 1929, in Atlanta, Georgia.

A)martin luther king, jr.
B)f. w. de klerk
C)abraham lincoln
D)desmond tutu

Question 19

While spending time in the Crozer Theological Seminary in Chester, …………. learned all about Mahatma Gandhi's policy against non- violence, and finally earned a degree in Divinity in 1951.

A)martin luther king, jr.
B)f. w. de klerk
C)abraham lincoln
D)desmond tutu

Question 20

…………….. went on to Boston University, to complete his dissertation on the subject, "A Comparison of the Conceptions of God in the Thinking of Paul Tillich and Henry Nelson Wieman."

A)desmond tutu
B)f. w. de klerk
C)abraham lincoln
D)martin luther king, jr.

Question 21

…………….. soon became a pastor of Dexter Avenue Baptist Church in Montgomery, Alabama, after having married Coretta Scott in 1953, a singer he met while in Boston.

A)martin luther king, jr.
B)f. w. de klerk
C)abraham lincoln
D)edmund burke

Question 22

In 1957, an organization called the Southern Christian Leadership Conference was formed, under the leadership of ……………., as a means of leading the upcoming civil rights movement in the country.

A)martin luther king, jr.
B)f. w. de klerk
C)nelson mandela
D)edmund burke

Question 23

As part of the poor people's campaign, ……….. went to Memphis, Tennessee on 29 March, 1968, in order to show support for the black sanitation workers.

A)martin luther king, jr.
B)f. w. de klerk
C)nelson mandela
D)edmund burke

Question 24

………….., is now leading the United States of America as its president.

A)barrack obama
B)f. w. de klerk
C)nelson mandela
D)martin luther king, jr