71-77 B: 1800s

Question 1

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

Answer 1

▪ the Louisiana Territory ▪ Louisiana

Question 2

72. 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

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

Answer 3

▪ the Civil War
▪ the War between the States

Question 4

74. Name one problem that led to the Civil War.

Answer 4

▪ slavery
▪ economic reasons
▪ states’rights

Question 5

75. 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

76. 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

77. What did Susan B. Anthony do?

Answer 7

▪ fought for women’s rights ▪ fought for civil rights