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Explore questions in the History of the Americas category that you can ask Sparky!
- how many people have held the office of president of the United States
- what is the average age of U.S presidents
- what president is the only president to see a UFO
- What percentage of people lived in cities by 1900?
- who was the first president to ride in an automoblie
- what president is the only president to not be elected
- According to the "Agricultural Innovations" article, what percentage of our population is directly involved with agriculture today?1/12%
- How did Cyrus McCormick's mechanical reaper impact crop sizes in the U.S.?
- Which industry dominated early industrialization in Great Britain?
- Before the Industrial Revolution, approximately how much of the world's population was engaged in farming? How about today in the U.S.?
- What "tool" did Great Britain have to secure both its supply of raw materials and access to markets for finished goods?
- Name the first steamship to cross the Atlantic Ocean, and how long did the voyage take?
- What was the most important mode of transportation in the 1800's?
- What about British culture led to knowledge and understanding of basic mechanics and machines?
- What change did John Deere make to the plow, making it much more effective in the prairie soils of the Midwest U.S.?
- According to Mr. Burns, what were the THREE key factors that helped Great Britain experience the Industrial Revolution?
- List England's advantages that enabled it to benefit so much from the Industrial Revolution. Note two specific things.
- ___________________ is considered the most successful empresario.
- Who was the empresario that started the Fredonian Rebellion?
- The main idea of the famous William Travis letter is that the Texans needed _____________ and were willing to ______ to defend the _______________