AMERICAN HISTORY - 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 one problem that led to the Civil War.

Answer 3

slavery
economic reasons
states’ rights

Question 4

What did Susan B. Anthony do?

Answer 4

fought for women’s rights
fought for civil rights

Question 4

What was one important thing that Abraham Lincoln did?*

Answer 4

freed the slaves (Emancipation Proclamation)
saved (or preserved) the Union
led the United States during the Civil War

Question 4

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

Answer 4

the Civil War
the War between the States

Question 5

What did the Emancipation Proclamation do?

Answer 5

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