U.S. Citizenship Test Practice: 1800s Expansion, Civil War and Reconstruction
- The 1800s: Expansion, Civil War and Reconstruction
- 12 questions
- 12 minutes
These questions cover the 1800s: the growth of the country, the Civil War, the end of slavery and Reconstruction. Tip: learn the 13th, 14th and 15th Amendments together, since all three were passed soon after the Civil War.
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Question 1
In 1803, the United States bought a huge territory from France and doubled its size. What was it called?
Correct answer: C
The Louisiana Purchase of 1803, made while Thomas Jefferson was President, doubled the size of the United States. Alaska was bought much later, from Russia in 1867.
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Question 2
About 30 years after the Revolution, the United States fought Britain again. Which war was this?
Correct answer: D
The War of 1812 lasted from 1812 to 1815. During this war, Francis Scott Key wrote the words of "The Star-Spangled Banner."
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Question 3
From 1861 to 1865, the Northern states and the Southern states fought each other. What is this war called?
Correct answer: C
The Civil War was fought between the Union (the North) and the Confederacy (the South). It ended slavery and kept the country together.
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Question 4
The Civil War began in 1861 when Confederate forces fired on a U.S. fort in South Carolina. Which fort was it?
Correct answer: A
The attack on Fort Sumter, in Charleston Harbor, started the Civil War. Fort McHenry is famous from the War of 1812.
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Question 5
In 1863, Abraham Lincoln gave a short, famous speech to honor soldiers who died in a major battle. What is it called?
Correct answer: A
Lincoln gave the Gettysburg Address in November 1863 at the battlefield in Pennsylvania. He was the 16th President and led the country through the Civil War.
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Question 6
In 1863, President Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation. What was the purpose of this order?
Correct answer: D
Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation declared enslaved people in the Confederate states to be free. Slavery ended in the whole country in 1865 with the 13th Amendment.
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Question 7
Which amendment ended slavery in the whole United States in 1865?
Correct answer: B
The 13th Amendment, ratified in 1865 at the end of the Civil War, abolished slavery everywhere in the United States.
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Question 8
After the Civil War, one amendment defined who is a U.S. citizen and promised "equal protection of the laws." Which amendment was it?
Correct answer: B
The 14th Amendment (1868) says that people born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to its jurisdiction, are citizens. It also requires states to give everyone equal protection of the laws.
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Question 9
The 15th Amendment was ratified in 1870. What did it do?
Correct answer: D
The 15th Amendment says the right to vote cannot be denied because of race. It was meant to protect the vote of Black men freed after the Civil War; women got the vote in 1920 with the 19th Amendment.
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Question 10
Which of these women fought for women's right to vote in the 1800s?
Correct answer: B
Susan B. Anthony worked for decades for women's right to vote. Other leaders of that time include Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Sojourner Truth and Lucretia Mott.
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Question 11
In April 1865, General Robert E. Lee surrendered to General Ulysses S. Grant, which ended most of the Civil War fighting. Where did this happen?
Correct answer: A
Lee's surrender at Appomattox Court House in Virginia in April 1865 ended most of the fighting. Yorktown was the British surrender that ended the major fighting of the Revolution in 1781.
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Question 12
After the Civil War, the country rebuilt the South and brought the Southern states back into the Union. What is this period called?
Correct answer: C
Reconstruction lasted from 1865 to 1877. During this time the 13th, 14th and 15th Amendments were added to the Constitution.
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