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History of the Americas
Explore questions in the History of the Americas category that you can ask Sparky!
- Did enslaved African Americans develop a form of song called what?
- How did members of the working class react to their new experiences in industrial cities?
- Internal improvements mostly focused on constructing what two means of transportation?
- Which person did reform work based on the belief that public education is essential for democracy to work?
- Gettysburg Address: What was it? Who gave it? Why? What did it call for? (Likely you will work with a quote here.)
- What impact did rulings like Fletcher v. Peck (1810) and Dartmouth College v. Woodward (1819) have on the power of the states?
- Did members of the Hudson River School create works that focused on Native Americans?
- Where did the Industrial Revolution begin in the United States?
- On what document is the Declaration of Sentiments modeled?
- With which other movement were the Transcendentalists linked?
- Together, the above two court cases had what effect with respect to the power of the federal government? (A trend in most of Chief Justice John Marshall's --a Federalists'--rulings).
- What impact did Jefferson's 1807 Embargo Act and the British blockades during the War of 1812 have on America?
- Bull Run (First Manassas)- reflection question- how did people perceive the war before and after this battle
- attended the parades and rallies common in black communities during the early years of Reconstruction and helped assemble mass meetings in the newly constructed black churches, they also collected non official votes outside of conventions
- steps were taken to build public schools Tax systems were streamlined; public works were launched; and prop- erty rights were guaranteed to women.
- What technology made war more deadly or caused more severe injuries?
- women push for the right to vote or more commonly called ___ during this time
- which country to the south might hinder the united states efforts to stretch to the pacific ocean?
- forms of discrimination against Catholics of Ireland and Germany included
- American settlers in Mexico revolted against settlers in Santa anna because of his ____ rule