Questions and answers
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What territory did the United States buy from France in 1803?
- the Louisiana Territory
- Louisiana
France needed money for its wars in Europe, so in 1803 it sold the United States a huge stretch of land between the Mississippi River and the Rocky Mountains.
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Name one war fought by the United States in the 1800s.
- War of 1812
- Mexican-American War
- Civil War
- Spanish-American War
The United States fought Mexico over Texas and the Southwest from 1846 to 1848, and the North and the South fought the Civil War from 1861 to 1865.
Textbook · The Mexican-American War ↗ -
Name the U.S. war between the North and the South.
- the Civil War
- the War between the States
In 1861, 11 Southern states left the Union and called themselves the Confederate States of America, and the North and the South fought until the South surrendered in April 1865.
Textbook · The Beginning of the Civil War ↗ -
Name one problem that led to the Civil War.
- slavery
- economic reasons
- states’ rights
Southern states wanted slavery to be legal in the new western states and feared the North would ban it everywhere, while the North feared the South would make it legal everywhere.
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What was one important thing that Abraham Lincoln did?
- freed the slaves (Emancipation Proclamation)
- saved (or preserved) the Union
- led the United States during the Civil War
Lincoln was the 16th President, in office from 1861 to 1865, and guided the Union through the Civil War. During the war he signed the Emancipation Proclamation.
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What did the Emancipation Proclamation do?
- freed the slaves
- freed slaves in the Confederacy
- freed slaves in the Confederate states
- freed slaves in most Southern states
During the Civil War Lincoln announced that people enslaved in most Southern states were free, though most were actually freed only when the war ended. The 13th Amendment of 1865 then outlawed slavery everywhere.
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What did Susan B. Anthony do?
- fought for women’s rights
- fought for civil rights
Anthony campaigned in the 1800s for women to be treated equally with men and to get the right to vote, and she agreed with Frederick Douglass that slavery should be illegal.
Textbook · Slavery in the 1800s ↗