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History of the Americas
Explore questions in the History of the Americas category that you can ask Sparky!
- 1. Military Background2. Reluctant Secessionist3. Leader of the South during the Bad Times4. Administrative Experience
- What invention had a significant impact of transportation during this time period
- Why was General Lee willing to march into Gettysburg even though he knew there were Union troops there?
- Where did the surrender of the Civil War take place?
- What gave Lincoln the right to issue the Emancipation Proclamation?
- What were many Black soldiers sent to protect that was a vital part of the war effort?
- Which battle of the continuous Indians Wars proved to be the most disastrous defeat of the American Army?
- What act did Andrew Johnson violate that was the cause for his impeachment?
- What were short "comedic" sketches that were racially charged in that the "comedy" was at the expense of Black people called?
- Who was Andrew Johnson having problems with in Congress?
- Who was the president during Reconstruction?
- In return for keeping his office after his impeachment trial, what did Johnson agree to do?
- Congress created the Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands in 1865. What is the other name for this bureau?
- What were the most popular political parties during Reconstruction?
- What former Confederate general helped found the KKK?
- Southern states used what in order to keep Black men from voting?
- Before they turned into riots, what were people in New York protesting?
- What proposed amendment would have made slavery permanent in the United States and unchangeable by the Constitution?
- How did Lincoln want to abolish slavery? (gradually or immediately)
- What served as an early employment agency for African Americans?