HISTORY: 1800s

Question 1

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

Answer 1

Louisiana

Question 2

Name one war fought by the United States in the 1800s.

Answer 2

Any ONE of these answers:
- Civil War
- Mexican-American War
- Spanish-American War
- War of 1812

Question 3

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

Answer 3

Civil War

Question 4

Name one problem that led to the Civil War.

Answer 4

Any ONE of these answers:
- Slavery
- Economic reasons
- States’ rights

Question 5

What was one important thing that Abraham Lincoln did?

Answer 5

Any ONE of these answers:
- 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 slaves (in the Confederate states)

Question 7

What did Susan B. Anthony do?

Answer 7

Fought for women’s rights