Questions and answers
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What territory did the United States buy from France in 1803?
- Louisiana Territory
- Louisiana
France needed money for its wars in Europe and sold the land between the Mississippi River and the Rocky Mountains, which doubled the size of the country.
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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
In the 1800s the country fought Britain again in the War of 1812, Mexico over Texas and the Southwest in 1846, the Civil War in 1861 and later the Spanish-American War.
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Name the U.S. war between the North and the South.
- The Civil War
In 1861 eleven Southern states left the Union and formed the Confederate States of America, and the North fought them until the South surrendered in April 1865.
Study guide · The Beginning of the Civil War ↗ -
The Civil War had many important events. Name one.
- (Battle of) Fort Sumter
- Emancipation Proclamation
- (Battle of) Vicksburg
- (Battle of) Gettysburg
- Sherman’s March
- (Surrender at) Appomattox
- (Battle of) Antietam/Sharpsburg
- Lincoln was assassinated.
During the war Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation, which announced that enslaved people in most Southern states were free. Days after the South surrendered in 1865, Lincoln was assassinated.
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Abraham Lincoln is famous for many things. Name one.
- Freed the slaves (Emancipation Proclamation)
- Saved (or preserved) the Union
- Led the United States during the Civil War
- 16th president of the United States
- Delivered the Gettysburg Address
Lincoln was the 16th president, from 1861 to 1865, led the North through the Civil War and freed enslaved people in most Southern states with 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
Lincoln's wartime announcement declared enslaved people in most Southern states free, though many of them were not actually freed until the Civil War ended in 1865.
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What U.S. war ended slavery?
- The Civil War
When the Civil War ended in 1865 everyone enslaved in the South was freed, and the 13th Amendment, added on December 6, 1865, made slavery illegal in the whole country.
Study guide · The End of Slavery ↗ -
What amendment says all persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are U.S. citizens?
- 14th Amendment
The 14th Amendment, added after the Civil War, makes citizenship a birthright: anyone born in the United States is a citizen, and naturalized people are citizens too.
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When did all men get the right to vote?
- After the Civil War
- During Reconstruction
- (With the) 15th Amendment
- 1870
The 15th Amendment of 1870, passed during Reconstruction after the Civil War, said a male citizen of any race can vote. Women had to wait for the 19th Amendment in 1920.
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Name one leader of the women’s rights movement in the 1800s.
- Susan B. Anthony
- Elizabeth Cady Stanton
- Sojourner Truth
- Harriet Tubman
- Lucretia Mott
- Lucy Stone
Anthony opposed slavery alongside Frederick Douglass and campaigned for women to be treated equally to men and to have the right to vote.
Study guide · Fighting for Civil Rights and Fighting to End Slavery ↗