American History 1800s

A New Nation: 1800–1849, Civil War and Reconstruction: 1850–1899

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1. In 1803 the Louisiana Purchase was the acquisition of the territory by the United States from which country?

Mexico ✓

Great Britain ✓

France ✓

Spain ✓

2. What was the name of a Native American woman who helped Lewis and Clark as guide and interpreter in their expedition?

Sacagawea ✓

Sarah Winnemucca ✓

Pocahontas ✓

Lozen ✓

3. In which city Lewis and Clark, together with their team of over 40 men, began their expedition in 1804?

Kansas City ✓

St. Louis ✓

Chicago ✓

Indianapolis ✓

4. In what war was the White House burned?

Mexican-American War ✓

Revolutionary War ✓

American Civil War ✓

War of 1812 ✓

5. The United States declared war on which nation in 1812?

Britain ✓

Mexico ✓

France ✓

Spain ✓

6. Which treaty ended the War of 1812?

Treaty of Brest-Litovsk ✓

Maastricht Treaty ✓

Treaty of Versailles ✓

Treaty of Ghent ✓

7. Where were the Native American tribes forced to march during the Trail of Tears?

Oklahoma ✓

Texas ✓

Arizona ✓

Colorado ✓

8. Which city was named after the Leader of the Texas Revolution?

Dallas ✓

Austin ✓

Beaumont ✓

Houston ✓

9. In what state did the Battle of Alamo take place in 1836?

Texas ✓

Arizona ✓

Georgia ✓

New Mexico ✓

10. In what war was American folk hero Davy Crockett killed?

American Civil War ✓

American Revolutionary War ✓

Texas Revolution ✓

War of 1812 ✓

11. The conflict of the Mexican-American War was a conflict over the ownership of what state?

Louisiana ✓

Texas ✓

Arizona ✓

New Mexico ✓

12. Who was the Mexican general who led forces against the US invasion during Mexican-American War?

Pancho Villa ✓

Emiliano Zapata ✓

Jos Maria de Yermo y Parres ✓

Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna ✓

13. Which city was taken by American forces, leading to an end to the Mexican-American War?

Mexico City ✓

Juarez ✓

Vera Cruz ✓

Guadalajara ✓

14. Gettysburg is the most notorious and bloody battles in what war?

Revolutionary War ✓

American Civil War ✓

War of 1812 ✓

Mexican-American War ✓

15. Where was the first gold rush in the world?

Missouri ✓

Arizona ✓

Alaska ✓

California ✓

16. What main political issue(s) led to the American Civil War?

a lack of civility ✓

federal rights ✓

territory ✓

slavery and states rights ✓

17. Where did American Civil War begin?

Fredericksburg ✓

Gettysburg ✓

Fort Sumter ✓

Portland ✓

18. The Deep South famously seceded during American Civil War. What nation was formed of the seven states?

Confederate States of America ✓

Union States of America ✓

Northern States of America ✓

Southern States of America ✓

19. Which body of water did not see any action during the American Civil War?

Gulf of Mexico ✓

Atlantic ocean ✓

Mississippi rover ✓

Hudson bay ✓

20. "There will be blood..." Who was the bloodiest general of the American Civil War, losing the most soldiers under his command?

Robert E. Lee ✓

Ulysses S. Grant ✓

George Armstrong Custer ✓

Douglas MacArthur ✓

21. Which US president declared freedom for slaves during the American Civil War?

Jefferson Davis ✓

Ulysses S. Grant ✓

Abraham Lincoln ✓

Andrew Johnson ✓

22. Who was the president of the Confederate States of America during American Civil War?

Andrew Johnson ✓

Abraham Lincoln ✓

Ulysses S. Grant ✓

Jefferson Davis ✓

23. Which American city was caught in a great fire in 1871?

New Orleans ✓

Philadelphia ✓

Chicago ✓

Boston ✓

24. What country gave the Statue of Liberty as a gift to the United States in 1885?

Great Britain ✓

France ✓

Italy ✓

Germany ✓

25. Which nation declared war on the US in 1898 because the US supported the Cuban struggle for independence?

Spain ✓

Italy ✓

Britain ✓

France ✓

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