History of the Americas
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- General who won this battle by laying siege to this city and starving the inhabitants
- led the Union army in this battle , and although he won , he did not pursue Lee
- How did the Missouri Compromise, Compromise of 1850, and Kansas-Nebraska Act increase tensions between North and South?
- When was the battle at Fort Duquesne
- When was the Boston committee of correspondence created?
- When did Brittany send troops to Boston?
- When were British soldiers ordered to seize weapons?
- When does William Pitt decide to spend more money on the war?
- Civil war turning point because the confederate lost. Genral of Gettysburg. Confederate general who had opposed secession but did not believe the Union should be held together by force.
- What replaced human and animals muscle power in the industrial Revolution
- what industry did the Industrial Revolution effect most?
- General of the Battle of Atlanta, whose march to sea caused destruction to the south, union general, led march to destroy all supplies and resources, beginning of total warfare
- What was the new way of making things during the industrial Revolution
- What invention was created when the iron industry was started
- General of the Vicksburg battle. The lead general of the Union Army. He was brave and bold. His daring attacks and recklessness lost him many men.
- Black and Gold: How does most of the coffee in the world get from the grower to the coffee drinker(consumer)?
- Study the chart comparing socialism, capitalism, Marxism, and communism.
- According to this passage, what was an important effect of Eli Whitney's invention of the cotton gin in 1793?The farming of cotton expanded to Northern states.British manufacturers began using Egyptian cotton.Slavery spread throughout the South along with the cultivation of cotton.American slavery died out.
- Which event demonstrated that citizens sometimes disobey government policies when they feel they are being treated unfairly?War of 1812annexation of Texasratification of the ConstitutionBoston Tea Party
- What was a major weakness of the Articles of Confederation?All three branches of the government shared equal powers.It failed to provide legal rights to male property owners.The congress had too many different powers.State governments held the most important powers