Citizenship Study Guide 3
Civil War to Civil Rights (1800s–1900s)
Ask a friend to read you these questions out loud. Practice the answers without looking at the paper.
- 1. What territory did the United States buy from France in 1803? (128 #90)
- 2. Name one war fought by the United States in the 1800s. (128 #91)
- 3. Name the U.S. war between the North and the South. (128 #92)
- 4. The Civil War had many important events. Name one. (128 #93)
- 5. Abraham Lincoln is famous for many things. Name one. (128 #94)
- 6. What did the Emancipation Proclamation do? (128 #95)
- 7. What U.S. war ended slavery? (128 #96)
- 8. What amendment gives citizenship to all persons born in the United States? (128 #97)
- 9. Name one leader of the women's rights movement in the 1800s. (128 #99)
- 10. Name one war fought by the United States in the 1900s. (128 #100)
- 11. Who was President during the Great Depression and World War II? (128 #105)
- 12. Why did the United States enter World War II? (128 #106)
- 13. What did the civil rights movement do? (128 #112)
- 14. Martin Luther King, Jr. is famous for many things. Name one. (128 #113)
- 15. What major event happened on September 11, 2001, in the United States? (128 #115)
Answers: 1. The Louisiana Territory 2. War of 1812; Mexican-American War; Civil War; Spanish-American War 3. The Civil War 4. Fort Sumter; Emancipation Proclamation; Gettysburg; Vicksburg; Sherman's March; Appomattox 5. Freed the slaves (Emancipation Proclamation); saved the Union; led the U.S. during the Civil War 6. Freed the slaves in the Confederate states 7. The Civil War 8. The 14th Amendment 9. Susan B. Anthony; Elizabeth Cady Stanton; Sojourner Truth; Harriet Tubman 10. World War I; World War II; Korean War; Vietnam War; Persian Gulf War 11. Franklin D. Roosevelt (FDR) 12. Japan attacked Pearl Harbor 13. Fought to end racial discrimination 14. Fought for civil rights; worked for equality for all Americans 15. Terrorists attacked the United States
Read Aloud
Practice reading this sentence out loud. You DO NOT need to know the answer.
Who was President during the Civil War?
Dictation
Copy the sentence 10 times. Then ask a friend to test you by reading the sentence to you, while you write it.
Lincoln was President during the Civil War.
Your Interview
Practice with a friend. These follow-up questions come up often in the N-400 interview.
- About your time as a Permanent Resident (N-400 Part 9)
- How long have you been a Permanent Resident?
- Have you traveled outside the United States since you became a Permanent Resident?
- How many total days have you spent outside the U.S. in the last 5 years?
- Was any trip 6 months or longer? If yes, explain what you did to keep your U.S. ties.
- About your work and school (N-400 Part 10)
- Where do you work now? What is your job title?
- List every employer for the last 5 years, with dates and addresses.
- Have you attended any school in the last 5 years? Name the schools and dates.
- Have you had any period of unemployment? Be ready to say what you did during that time.