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American History 1800s

A New Nation: 1800–1849, Civil War and Reconstruction: 1850–1899
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Last updated: February 8, 2021
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1. In 1803 the Louisiana Purchase was the acquisition of the territory by the United States from which country?
France ✓
Spain ✓
Great Britain ✓
Mexico ✓
2. What was the name of a Native American woman who helped Lewis and Clark as guide and interpreter in their expedition?
Pocahontas ✓
Sarah Winnemucca ✓
Lozen ✓
Sacagawea ✓
3. In which city Lewis and Clark, together with their team of over 40 men, began their expedition in 1804?
Chicago ✓
Kansas City ✓
St. Louis ✓
Indianapolis ✓
4. In what war was the White House burned?
Mexican-American War ✓
American Civil War ✓
Revolutionary War ✓
War of 1812 ✓
5. The United States declared war on which nation in 1812?
Mexico ✓
Spain ✓
Britain ✓
France ✓
6. Which treaty ended the War of 1812?
Treaty of Brest-Litovsk ✓
Treaty of Ghent ✓
Maastricht Treaty ✓
Treaty of Versailles ✓
7. Where were the Native American tribes forced to march during the Trail of Tears?
Arizona ✓
Texas ✓
Oklahoma ✓
Colorado ✓
8. Which city was named after the Leader of the Texas Revolution?
Austin ✓
Dallas ✓
Houston ✓
Beaumont ✓
9. In what state did the Battle of Alamo take place in 1836?
Georgia ✓
New Mexico ✓
Arizona ✓
Texas ✓
10. In what war was American folk hero Davy Crockett killed?
Texas Revolution ✓
War of 1812 ✓
American Revolutionary War ✓
American Civil War ✓
11. The conflict of the Mexican-American War was a conflict over the ownership of what state?
New Mexico ✓
Texas ✓
Arizona ✓
Louisiana ✓
12. Who was the Mexican general who led forces against the US invasion during Mexican-American War?
Emiliano Zapata ✓
Jos Maria de Yermo y Parres ✓
Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna ✓
Pancho Villa ✓
13. Which city was taken by American forces, leading to an end to the Mexican-American War?
Vera Cruz ✓
Mexico City ✓
Guadalajara ✓
Juarez ✓
14. Gettysburg is the most notorious and bloody battles in what war?
Mexican-American War ✓
War of 1812 ✓
American Civil War ✓
Revolutionary War ✓
15. Where was the first gold rush in the world?
Missouri ✓
Arizona ✓
California ✓
Alaska ✓
16. What main political issue(s) led to the American Civil War?
slavery and states rights ✓
federal rights ✓
a lack of civility ✓
territory ✓
17. Where did American Civil War begin?
Portland ✓
Gettysburg ✓
Fredericksburg ✓
Fort Sumter ✓
18. The Deep South famously seceded during American Civil War. What nation was formed of the seven states?
Southern States of America ✓
Union States of America ✓
Northern States of America ✓
Confederate States of America ✓
19. Which body of water did not see any action during the American Civil War?
Hudson bay ✓
Atlantic ocean ✓
Mississippi rover ✓
Gulf of Mexico ✓
20. "There will be blood..." Who was the bloodiest general of the American Civil War, losing the most soldiers under his command?
Douglas MacArthur ✓
George Armstrong Custer ✓
Robert E. Lee ✓
Ulysses S. Grant ✓
21. Which US president declared freedom for slaves during the American Civil War?
Jefferson Davis ✓
Andrew Johnson ✓
Abraham Lincoln ✓
Ulysses S. Grant ✓
22. Who was the president of the Confederate States of America during American Civil War?
Abraham Lincoln ✓
Ulysses S. Grant ✓
Andrew Johnson ✓
Jefferson Davis ✓
23. Which American city was caught in a great fire in 1871?
Chicago ✓
Boston ✓
Philadelphia ✓
New Orleans ✓
24. What country gave the Statue of Liberty as a gift to the United States in 1885?
Germany ✓
Italy ✓
France ✓
Great Britain ✓
25. Which nation declared war on the US in 1898 because the US supported the Cuban struggle for independence?
Italy ✓
Britain ✓
Spain ✓
France ✓
nerdalert
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Level 85
Feb 8, 2021
One nitpick - the Emancipation Proclamation was issued January 1, 1863 - during the Civil War, not after it.
Nenadbs
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Level 53
Feb 8, 2021
Corrected. Thanks for that!
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