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History of the Americas
Explore questions in the History of the Americas category that you can ask Sparky!
- How much money did America pay Spain to purchase Florida?
- What was the Supreme Court case that established judicial review, or the power of the Supreme Court to determine constitutionality of a law?
- True or False: The development of canals, turnpikes, and railroads helped connect the East to the new territories and the West and encouraged westward expansion.
- What is loyalty to one's state or section of the country rather than to the nation as a whole?
- Concerned that Spain and other European countries wanted to regain control of its former colonies in the Americas, the President issued a statement declaring that the American continents were no longer open to colonization by European nations. If any nation attempted to colonize the Americas, the United States would consider it an act of war. What was this statement?
- What were groups of workers who pressed for better working conditions and benefits?
- Who was the Supreme Court justice that made the Supreme Court a powerful, independent, influential branch of government?
- Did Alexander Hamilton push for a Bank of the United States?
- What is the group of advisors to the President called AND what is their title?
- South Carolina the first state to secede from the Union
- What clause in the Constitution created "implied powers" by which Alexander Hamilton encouraged Congress to create the Bank of the United States?
- What event occurred over time in which there was a shift of dependence on man or animals for power to dependence on water and steam for power, especially in the powering of factories?
- What were the members of Congress called who wanted President Madison to go to war with England and/or France over their seizing of American ships and impressment?
- What is a person called who invests money in a business in order to make a profit?
- What were the four laws called that were issued by John Adams that were aimed at aliens, or people who were living in the United States but were not citizens?
- From what leader AND what country did the U.S. purchase the Louisiana Territory?
- How did the South's defeat at the Battle of Gettysburg affect the war?
- When did the expansion of British mining occur?
- Did George Washington want the United States to support France in the French Revolution?
- What was Travis' Letter to Houston, the one signed "VICTORY OR DEATH.", asking for? What was he going to do if he didn't get what he was asking for?