90. What territory did the United States buy from France in 1803?
Official answers:
- Louisiana Territory
- Louisiana
Why? The Louisiana Purchase cost $15 million and doubled the size of the United States.
- territory: land that a country owns or controls
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Play this level91. Name one war fought by the United States in the 1800s.
Official answers:
- War of 1812
- Mexican-American War
- Civil War
- Spanish-American War
Why? The Civil War lasted from 1861 to 1865. The North and the South fought over slavery and the Union.
92. Name the U.S. war between the North and the South.
Official answer:
- The Civil War
Why? From 1861 to 1865, the Northern states (the Union) fought the Southern states (the Confederacy).
93. The Civil War had many important events. Name one.
Official answers:
- (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.
Why? Gettysburg, in 1863, was a turning point of the war. Months later, Lincoln gave his famous Gettysburg Address there.
94. Abraham Lincoln is famous for many things. Name one.★ 65/20
Official answers:
- 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
Why? Lincoln was the 16th president. He kept the country together and signed the Emancipation Proclamation in 1863.
95. What did the Emancipation Proclamation do?
Official answers:
- Freed the slaves
- Freed slaves in the Confederacy
- Freed slaves in the Confederate states
- Freed slaves in most Southern states
Why? Lincoln signed it on January 1, 1863, during the Civil War.
- emancipation: making people free
- proclamation: an official public announcement
96. What U.S. war ended slavery?
Official answer:
- The Civil War
Why? The North won in 1865. That same year, the 13th Amendment ended slavery in the whole country.
97. What amendment says all persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are U.S. citizens?
Official answer:
- 14th Amendment
Why? Adopted in 1868, it made citizens of formerly enslaved people and of everyone born in the U.S.
- amendment: a change or an addition to the Constitution
- jurisdiction: the power of a government’s laws over a person
98. When did all men get the right to vote?
Official answers:
- After the Civil War
- During Reconstruction
- (With the) 15th Amendment
- 1870
Why? The 15th Amendment, in 1870, said a man could not lose the vote because of his race or color.
99. Name one leader of the women’s rights movement in the 1800s.
Official answers:
- Susan B. Anthony
- Elizabeth Cady Stanton
- Sojourner Truth
- Harriet Tubman
- Lucretia Mott
- Lucy Stone
Why? Anthony fought for women’s right to vote for about 50 years. She was arrested for voting in 1872.
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