Question 91 of 128 · American History · 1800s
Name one war fought by the United States in the 1800s.
Accepted answers
- War of 1812
- Mexican-American War
- Civil War
- Spanish-American War
Any one of these is accepted, unless the question asks for more than one.
Why this is the answer
The United States fought four major wars in the 1800s. The War of 1812 was fought against Great Britain, which had been seizing American ships. The Mexican-American War, from 1846 to 1848, ended with Mexico giving up Texas and the land that became California and the Southwest. The Civil War, from 1861 to 1865, was fought between the North and the South. And in 1898 the Spanish-American War, fought over Cuba, left Guam, Puerto Rico and the Philippines as U.S. territories. Name any one. Memory hook: Britain, Mexico, ourselves, Spain.