All Categories
History of the Americas
Explore questions in the History of the Americas category that you can ask Sparky!
- who was a black abolitionist and former slave calling for end of slavery, Followed Garrison and started The North Star
- who began teaching Sunday School in the MA prison, spent two years visiting every prison, homeless shelter, and hospital; Campaigned across the nation for reform
- Formed in reaction to Kansas- Nebraska Act, mutt group (Whigs, Northern Democrats, Know Nothings, opponents of Kansas-Nebraska Act), formed around slavery issue
- The U.S. paid _______ million for the Mexican Cession
- There wasn't a ___________ school system before mid 1800s
- In 1849, about 80,000 gold seekers, known as ______________ came to California hoping to strike it rich
- who won election of 1848, last Whig to win an election,
- ________ defeats Santa Anna at the Battle of Buena Vista.
- CA admitted as a free state, abolition of slave trade in DC, Popular Sovereignty in New Mexico & Utah, A stringent Fugitive Slave Law passed
- Opposition to slavery in America, Ranged from moderates to radicals, Encouraged by the 2nd Great Awakening
- who supported abolition of slavery, the right for women to own their own property and retain their earnings, and advocated for women's labor organizations
- Law enforcement everywhere had to assist with runaway slaves, Those that helped runaway slaves would be fined and jailed, Captured slaves were not entitled to trials/juries, Many free blacks conscripted back into slavery
- The building of a _________ was the reason for the Gadsden Purchase
- ______ bought the Louisiana Territory from France for _______ million.
- ___________ started the transcendentalism movement
- Mexico Cession increased the size of U.S. by __%
- Jefferson wanted to make sure the U.S. had control of which port and river?
- The U.S. paid _______ million for Gadsden Purchase territory
- who had humble beginnings, MA Senator: championed for the creation of a state board of education
- In 1819, President Monroe sent _________ to Florida to help protect the U.S. border