2025 civics test: The 1800s

Questions 90 to 99 of the official 2025 list, with every accepted answer and a short note on each.

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Ten questions cover the nineteenth century. The centre of this part is the Civil War (1861 to 1865), Abraham Lincoln and the end of slavery. Three amendments followed the war. The 13th ended slavery, the 14th made people born or naturalized in the country citizens, and the 15th protected the right to vote regardless of race. The Louisiana Purchase of 1803 opens the century.

1. 90 What territory did the United States buy from France in 1803?

   • Louisiana Territory
   • Louisiana

   The purchase about doubled the size of the country, adding land west of the Mississippi River.

2. 91 Name one war fought by the United States in the 1800s.

   • War of 1812
   • Mexican-American War
   • Civil War
   • Spanish-American War

   One answer is enough. Note the dates: only wars between 1800 and 1899 count here.

3. 92 Name the U.S. war between the North and the South.

   • The Civil War

   It was fought from 1861 to 1865 between the Union (the North) and the Confederacy (the South).

4. 93 The Civil War had many important events. Name one.

   • (Battle of) Fort Sumter
   • Emancipation Proclamation
   • (Battle of) Vicksburg
   • (Battle of) Gettysburg
   • Sherman’s March
   • (Surrender at) Appomattox
   • (Battle of) Antietam/Sharpsburg
   • Lincoln was assassinated.

   One answer is enough. The war began at Fort Sumter in 1861 and ended with the surrender at Appomattox in 1865.

5. 94 Abraham Lincoln is famous for many things. Name one. 65/20

   • Freed the slaves (Emancipation Proclamation)
   • Saved (or preserved) the Union
   • Led the United States during the Civil War
   • 16th president of the United States
   • Delivered the Gettysburg Address

   Lincoln was the 16th president. He led the country through the Civil War and was killed in 1865.

6. 95 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

   Lincoln issued it on January 1, 1863. It declared slaves in the Confederate states to be free.

7. 96 What U.S. war ended slavery?

   • The Civil War

   Slavery was ended everywhere in the country by the 13th Amendment in 1865, at the end of the Civil War.

8. 97 What amendment says all persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are U.S. citizens?

   • 14th Amendment

   The 14th Amendment was ratified in 1868. It made people born or naturalized in the United States citizens.

9. 98 When did all men get the right to vote?

   • After the Civil War
   • During Reconstruction
   • (With the) 15th Amendment
   • 1870

   The 15th Amendment, ratified in 1870, said the right to vote could not be denied because of race.

10. 99 Name one leader of the women’s rights movement in the 1800s.

    • Susan B. Anthony
    • Elizabeth Cady Stanton
    • Sojourner Truth
    • Harriet Tubman
    • Lucretia Mott
    • Lucy Stone

    One answer is enough. These women campaigned for the right to vote and for equal treatment.

Studying this part

• This part has 10 of the 128 questions, numbers 90 to 99 in the official list.
• 1 question here is marked 65/20: no. 94. Applicants who qualify for the 65/20 special consideration study only the marked questions.
• Where several answers are listed, one is enough unless the question asks for more. Choose the one you find easiest to say.
• Cover the answers with your hand or use the button below, say your answer aloud, then check.

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