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 U.S. 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 (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 and 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 southern confederate States
• Freed slaves in the Confederacy

Question 7

What did Susan B. Anthony do?

Answer 7

• Fought for civil and women’s rights