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History of the Americas
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- What did the United States Treasury create when the Legal Tender Act was passed in 1862?
- What could happen to a person who helped a slave under the new Fugitive Slave Act of 1850?
- Which group was enthusiastically in favor of war with Mexico?
- Where did Winfield Scott face bitter resistance from the Mexican army?
- Why did Lucretia Mott and Elizabeth Cady Stanton help organize the Seneca Falls Convention?
- What Texan leader defeated Santa Anna at the Battle of San Jacinto?
- Who was the free - soil party's candidate for president?
- Which group of Native Americans did Spanish colonists in New Mexico depend on for protection?
- Which American industry first used machines to do work previously done by hand?
- What was the newly established Mormon colony called?
- Before the Second Great Awakening, what were women were expected to do?
- Where did the legal tradition that kept women from owning property and holding public office in the United States come from?
- What was northern support for slavery most likely based on?
- Who was president of the United States during the Mexican-American War?
- Under the Articles of Confederation, who chose the federal government'scongress of delegates?
- To win support, what did the Federalists promise to add to the Constitution?
- Which of the following was the most far-reaching development in the transportation revolution of the early 1800s?
- After British forces started losing battles in the South, how did neutral colonists react?
- After what battle did the Patriots begin to hope they could win the war?
- What was result of the Revolution for women in America?