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History of the Americas
Explore questions in the History of the Americas category that you can ask Sparky!
- This derogatory term was used to label southerners who sympathized with the Freedmen and the Republican Party.
- What proposed law provided for the admission to representation of rebel states upon meeting certain conditions?
- A president exercises a pocket veto by refusing to sign the bill before Congress adjourned.
- The first territory the United States acquired beyond the borders of its 48 contiguous states was
- law was used to set a trap for President Andrew Johnson by Congress.
- a soddy is a home made out of ___________________________________
- social darwinism supported the idea of _____________________ of the fittest robber barons like rockefeller anf carnegie. it discouraged ________________________________
- the ___________________________________ encouraged americans to move west by granting them 160 acres of free land to farm.
- What Federal Agency was created to serve the needs of the former slaves?
- the ____________________ anti trust act was a law made to try and stop trusts and monopolics from cotrolling the US economy.
- _______________________________ made his money from his __________________ business and his tactics of ______________________ and ________________ integregation
- ________________________________ made his fortune in the ______ business by creating Standard Oil, he used rutheless tactics like lowering prices and driving out his competition
- president _______ and congress were constantly disagreeing over the path reconstruction should take. congress brought impeachment charges against president johnson when he _____ the secretary of war appointed by lincoln. however johnson was not removed from the presidency.
- the help workers __________________ began that protected their rights often fighting for __________________ hours and ___________________ wages.
- The requirement for a specific percentage of a states population taking an oath of loyalty to the Constitution before the state could be readmitted to the Union was known as the:
- ulysses grant was the candidate from the __________ party, he won the election and his presidency was plagued by _______
- Which Amendment specifically designates what is known today as the "due process" clause?
- the amnesty act of 1872 granted the right to vote to ______ ___________
- explain how the 14th amendment was curtailed with jim crow laws & plessy vs ferguson
- the compromise of 1877 resulted in a win for ______________________ republican