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US Citizenship Test Practice: The 1800s and the Civil War (Questions 90-99)

Civics test practice for the 2025 US citizenship test, questions 90 to 99: the Louisiana Purchase, wars of the 1800s, the Civil War, Abraham Lincoln, the Emancipation Proclamation, the 14th and 15th Amendments and the women's rights movement. Answers are worded as USCIS lists them in the 2025 civics test (M-1778). Study help only, not legal advice.

15 cards·by Ms. Liberty
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Questions 90 to 99: the 1800s

In this lesson · 4 sections

The 1800s questions are mostly about one event: the Civil War between the North and the South.

Before the war

  • In 1803 the United States bought the Louisiana Territory from France, which doubled the country's size. (President Jefferson, from the last deck.)
  • Wars of the 1800s: the War of 1812, the Mexican-American War, the Civil War and the Spanish-American War.

The Civil War

  • It was fought between the North (the Union) and the South (the Confederacy).
  • Abraham Lincoln, the 16th president, led the country, preserved the Union and gave the Gettysburg Address.
  • His Emancipation Proclamation freed the slaves in the Confederate states.
  • The Civil War ended slavery.

Events to know any one of: Fort Sumter (where it started), Antietam, Gettysburg, Vicksburg, Sherman's March, Appomattox (where it ended), and Lincoln's assassination.

After the war: three amendments

AmendmentWhat it did
13th (1865)Ended slavery
14th (1868)People born or naturalized here are citizens
15th (1870)Men of any race can vote

The test asks about the 14th and 15th by name. Women didn't get the vote until 1920, in the next deck.

The women's rights movement

Leaders in the 1800s include Susan B. Anthony, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Sojourner Truth, Harriet Tubman, Lucretia Mott and Lucy Stone. You need one.

Question 94 is on the shorter list for the 65/20 special consideration.

This deck is study help, not legal advice. For anything about your own application, go to uscis.gov.

Quiz me on this
What territory did the United States buy from France in 1803?
Name one war fought by the United States in the 1800s.
Name the U.S. war between the North and the South.
The Civil War had many important events. Name one.
Abraham Lincoln is famous for many things. Name one.
What did the Emancipation Proclamation do?
What U.S. war ended slavery?
What amendment says all persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are U.S. citizens?
When did all men get the right to vote?
Name one leader of the women’s rights movement in the 1800s.