B: 1800s

Question 1

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

Answer 1

The Louisiana territory

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

Name one problem that led to the Civil War.

Answer 4

• Slavery
• Economic reasons
  State’s 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 in the confederacy

Question 7

What did Susan B. Anthony do?

Answer 7

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