Citizenship Test Practice Part 5: 1800s

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

• the Louisiana Territory

• the New York Territory

• the California Territory

• the New World Territory

Name two wars fought by the United States in the 1800s.

• War of 1812

• World War II

• Civil War

• Revolutionary War

• World War I

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

• Vietnam War
• Revolutionary War
• Civil War
• World War II

Name three problem that led to the Civil War.

• slavery

• economic reasons

• states’ rights

• problems with Great Britain

• problems with Native Americans

What was one important thing that Abraham Lincoln did? Choose the 3 correct answers

• freed the slaves (Emancipation Proclamation)

• saved (or preserved) the Union

• led the United States during the Civil War

• led the United States during the Revolutionary War

• freed the servants (Emancipation Declaration)

What did the Emancipation Proclamation do?

• freed the slaves

• gave slaves more rights but kept them enslaved

• gave women more rights

• sold all slaves to other countries

What did Susan B. Anthony do?

• Founded the Red Cross
• fought to free the slaves

• fought for civil rights for women

• Invented the lightbulb