1800s

Question 1

What territory did the United States buy from France in 1803?

Answer 1

Louisiana Territory

Louisiana

Question 2

Name one war fought by the United States in the 1800s

Answer 2

War of 1812
Mexican-American War
Civil War
Spanish-American War

Question 3

Name the U.S. war between the North and the South.

Answer 3

The Civil War

Question 4

The Civil War had many important events. Name one.

Answer 4

(Battle of) Fort Sumter 
Emancipation Proclamation
(Battle of) Vicksburg
(Battle of) Gettysburg 
Sherman’s March
(Surrender at) Appomattox
(Battle of) Antietam/Sharpsburg
Lincoln was assassinated.

Question 5

Abraham Lincoln is famous for many things. Name one.

What was one important thing that Abraham Lincoln did?

Answer 5

Freed the slaves (Emancipation Proclamation)
Saved (or preserved) the Union
Led the United States during the Civil War
16th president of the United States
Delivered the Gettysburg Address

Question 6

What did the Emancipation Proclamation do?

Answer 6

Freed the slaves
Freed slaves in the Confederacy
Freed slaves in the Confederate states
Freed slaves in most Southern states

Question 7

What U.S. war ended slavery?

Answer 7

The Civil War

Question 8

What amendment gives citizenship to all persons born in the United States?

Answer 8

14th Amendment

Question 9

When did all men get the right to vote?

Answer 9

After the Civil War
During Reconstruction
(With the) 15th Amendment
1870

Question 10

Name one leader of the women’s rights movement in the 1800s.

Answer 10

Susan B. Anthony
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Sojourner Truth
Harriet Tubman
Lucretia Mott
Lucy Stone

Question 11

Name one problem that led to the Civil War.

Answer 11

slavery
economic reasons
states’ rights

Question 12

What did Susan B. Anthony do?

Answer 12

fought for women’s rights

fought for civil rights