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INTERMEDIATE LEVEL U.S. HISTORY IN THE 1800s LESSON ANSWER KEY

A Growing CountryPage 1

Look at the map of the Louisiana Territory below. Compare it to a map of the United States today. Fifteen new states (or parts of states) were created out of that territory. Can you name those states?

Montana, Wyoming, Colorado, New Mexico, Texas, North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, Kansas, Oklahoma, Minnesota, Iowa, Missouri, Arkansas, and Louisiana.

Map of the Louisiana Purchase Territory. Courtesy of the National Archives.

Answer this Civics Test question.

1. What territory did the United States buy from France in 1803? the Louisiana Territory, Louisiana

U.S. Wars—1850 to 1900 Page 4

Answer this Civics Test question.

1. Name one war fought by the United States in the 1800s. War of 1812, Mexican-American War, Civil War, Spanish-American War

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Slavery in AmericaPage 5

Answer this Civics Test question.

1. What group of people was taken to America and sold as slaves? Africans, people from Africa

The Civil WarPage 6

Answer these Civics Test questions.

1. Name the U.S. war between the North and the South. the Civil War, the War between the States

2. Name one problem that led to the Civil War. slavery, economic reasons, states’ rights

President Abraham Lincoln and the Civil WarPage 7

Answer these Civics Test questions.

1. 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

2. 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

Matching—U.S. History in the 1800s

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Match the words in the right column with the words in the left column.

D 1. Spanish-American War

G 2. Emancipation Proclamation

A 3. The Union

H 4. Africans

B 5. War of 1812

F 6. The Confederacy

J 7. President Lincoln

I 8. Civil War

C 9. Mexican-American War

E 10. Louisiana Territory

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A. Northern states during the Civil War

B. United States fought against Great Britain in the early 1800s

C. Land in the southwest became part of the United States after this war

D. Guam and Puerto Rico became U.S. territories after this war

E. Land that the United States bought from France in 1803

F. Southern states during the Civil War

G. Document that freed the slaves in the South

H. Group of people taken to America and sold as slaves

I. War between the North and the South

J. Led the United States during the Civil War

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Timeline—U.S. History in the 1800s

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Spanish-American War Mexican-American War 13th Amendment ended slavery Civil War ended

Louisiana Territory Black men got voting rights Emancipation Proclamation

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A. Northern states during the Civil War

B. United States fought against Great Britain in the early 1800s

C. Land in the southwest became part of the United States after this war

D. Guam and Puerto Rico became U.S. territories after this war

E. Land that the United States bought from France in 1803

F. Southern states during the Civil War

G. Document that freed the slaves in the South

H. Group of people taken to America and sold as slaves

I. War between the North and the South

J. Led the United States during the Civil War

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Civics Test Questions — U.S. History in the 1800sPage 1

Read the test questions and write the answers. Take turns practicing them with your partner.

1. What group of people was taken to America and sold as slaves? Africans, people from Africa

2. What territory did the United States buy from France in 1803? the Louisiana Territory, Louisiana

3. Name one war fought by the United States in the 1800s. War of 1812, Mexican-American War, Civil War, Spanish-American War

4. Name the U.S. war between the North and the South. the Civil War, the War between the States

5. Name one problem that led to the Civil War. slavery, economic reasons, states’ rights

6. What was one important thing that Abraham Lincoln did? freed the slaves (Emancipation Procla-mation), saved (or preserved) the Union, led the United States during the Civil War

7. 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