Civics question 91 of 128
Name one war fought by the United States in the 1800s.
4 accepted answers
- War of 1812
- Mexican-American War
- Civil War
- Spanish-American War
You only need to give one of these. The officer accepts any of them.
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Background
Any one of these answers: the War of 1812, the Mexican-American War, the Civil War, or the Spanish-American War. Each changed the country's shape or its standing. The War of 1812 against Britain settled little on paper but ended any talk of returning to British influence and produced the national anthem. The Mexican-American War, from 1846 to 1848, took the Southwest and California, and the argument over whether slavery would extend into that new land pushed the country toward civil war. The Civil War, 1861 to 1865, was by far the deadliest, killing roughly 620,000 soldiers, and it ended slavery. The Spanish-American War in 1898 lasted months and left the United States holding overseas possessions for the first time.
This background section is written by US Citizenship Test Practice to explain the civics fact. It is not part of the USCIS question list, and the official answer above is the one to give at the interview.
Where this question sits
It is part of 1800s, inside the American History section of the test.
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