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History of the Americas
Explore questions in the History of the Americas category that you can ask Sparky!
- In what year did the Stock Market Crash happen?
- One of the main issues facing Americans and the American govt during the Great Depression was.....
- What 3 New Deal programs do we still have today?
- Overspeculation in the stock market helped lead to what?
- This led to people losing all of their savings because the govt. did not insure it
- Improving water management could have prevented what from happening during the Great Depression?
- The steps Pres. Roosevelt took with regards to the gold standard were all done for what overall purpose?
- Having no jobs and no house led to many young men "living" where?
- Due to people not being able to buy things, companies were not longer making profits. What did this force companies to do?
- In order to try to reduce competition for jobs what did the Federal govt do during the Great Depression?
- Reasons why _________ fought: They wanted to be an ______________ nation. They believed state rights were more important. The South wanted to ____________ slavery.
- Strengths of the _____________: They had a larger population and more resources.
- ______________ ______________ was elected as our _____th president in _________. He was reelected in __________, but was assassinated on __________ ___, __________.
- ______________ __________ was the President of the _______________. Davis was a firm believer in states' _________ and ________________.
- _______________________________: This was the first major battle of the Civil War. It took place in the summer of _________ in northern _________________, near a small river called ___________ _________. It was a ___________ victory that stunned the North. It made _____________ ____________ famous.
- The War began on ______________ ___, _________, at _____________________ (South Carolina).
- _________ ___________ __ __________: It was fought on __________ __-___, ________ in _________________. It was a narrow victory for the ____________, but the losses were heavy for both sides.
- Strengths of the ____________: The __________ had excellent military leaders and a fighting spirit. The __________ had a better knowledge of the land as most of the fighting took place in the South. They fought a _______________ war.
- The War ended _________ __, ________ at _________________ ___________ ____________ (_________________). At this famous meeting, General __________ asked General _____ for an unconditional surrender. Lee agreed and Grant was very generous in his treatment of the South,
- ______,_________ Americans died in the War. More lives were lost in the Civil War than in any other conflict in American history.