1800s

Question 1

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

Answer 1

▪ the 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

▪ the War between the States

Question 4

Name one problem that led to the Civil War.

Answer 4

▪ slavery
▪ economic reasons
▪ states’ rights

Question 5

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

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 did Susan B. Anthony do?

Answer 7

▪ fought for women’s rights

▪ fought for civil rights