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History of the Americas
Explore questions in the History of the Americas category that you can ask Sparky!
- Which inventor improved the steam engine?
- Which resources did Great Britain have that helped encourage the development of industry?
- Who believed that the U.S. should remain a nation of small farms?
- When did the United States enter the Vietnam struggle?
- Which leader wanted the U.S. to become an industrial nation?
- Who escalated Americas role in the Vietnam War?
- What was built to connect U.S. cities in the east and west?
- How was the building of railroads financed? Public and Private companies made the railroads.
- What was the first product to be produced by the new machine methods of the Industrial Revolution?
- which material is heated in an air-tight oven to make longer burning higher heat coke?
- True or false-Booker T. Washington wanted African Americans to prove their economic value to society.
- Capitalism had the positive effect that Competition led to __?__.
- Who was an Irish politician, suffragist and socialist who fought for Irish Independence. The first women elected to UK's House of Commons (Parliament) and first female cabinet member in Europe?
- Today socialism is a ____?____ economic system. The government regulates things but also allows private ownership and a competitive marketplace.
- What were workers told they needed to do to redistribute (=share) wealth?
- A negative of capitalism is that many poor workers were ___?____ with their working conditions, and the unequal distribution of wealth.
- In socialism the gov't provides and runs ___?____ (ex. Social Security) to ___?___ and ___?___ for citizens.
- In socialism the government ____?____ the economy, it does not control it entirely.
- Workers organized __?___ to fight for improved working conditions and workers' rights.
- What happened to standard of living for many in the Industrial Revolution?