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Explore questions in the History of the Americas category that you can ask Sparky!
- explain how the Mexican American war helped the United States achieve the goal of manifest destiny
- Whish event inspired the "Turtle Bayou Resolution"; (came before)
- Fredonian Rebellion resulted in a ________________
- What guaranteed equal access to public facilities regardless of race?the Thirteenth Amendmentthe Fifteenth Amendmentthe 1875 Civil Rights Actthe Jim Crow laws
- During Reconstruction in the South, poll taxes were used tostrengthen African American representation in government.ensure that voters were qualified to participate in elections.deny African American citizens participation in government.prevent former Confederate officers from voting in elections.
- John Brown was a staunch Abolitionist!He was a white abolitionist who went to extreme measures to ensure the freedom of enslaved people. All of the following are accurate (true) regarding Brown EXCEPT? (Meaning, which piece of information is incorrect).
- What was one reason why sharecropping began in the South?It was a way to take advantage of the South's strong infrastructure.The federal government required Southerners to use this system.The Southern economy and farms had been destroyed during the Civil War.Farmers were the only Southerners who still had money after the Civil War.
- This event is considered a mini Civil War before the actual Civil War. What is it?
- Which of the following actions did Congress take during the Civil War to stimulate and direct the nation's economic development?
- The slogan "liberty and Union" reflected the cause of the __________.
- Which state had the most counties with over 90 percent of the population enslaved in 1860?
- The bombardment of __________ started the Civil War.
- Which of the following phrases did Abraham Lincoln use to justify the Emancipation Proclamation?
- Which city was the seat of the provisional government of the Confederate States of America?
- Which of the following weakens the argument that the Civil War was a struggle between slave and free states?
- What were the Treasury notes issued by the Union during the Civil War called?
- In contrast to Abraham Lincoln, Jefferson Davis __________.
- In what way did the constitution of the Confederate States of America reflect traditional southern interpretations of the federal charter?
- Which of the following undermined civil liberties during the Civil War?
- Which of the following was a proposal to extend the Missouri Compromise line to the Pacific?