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Which of these wars did the United States fight in the 1800s?

The Mexican-American War, fought from 1846 to 1848.

  1. The Mexican-American War ✔
  2. World War I
  3. The Korean War

Why: USCIS accepts the War of 1812, the Mexican-American War, the Civil War and the Spanish-American War for the 1800s. World War I and the Korean War were in the 1900s.

Huh, didn't know that: The Mexican-American War ended in 1848, and the treaty gave the United States land that includes California.

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Sources

  1. USCIS M-1778 (09/25), 128 Civics Questions and Answers (2025 version) https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/document/questions-and-answers/2025-Civics-Test-128-Questions-and-Answers.pdf

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