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History of the Americas
Explore questions in the History of the Americas category that you can ask Sparky!
- When did the religious revival called The First Great Awakening take place?
- Which thinker laid out the first case of complete independence for America?
- Which practices below characterized American consumerism in the eighteenth century?
- Whose theory of government first introduced the idea that kings received their power from the people, not God, which meant that the people had the right to replace a bad king?
- What are the dates of the Seven Years War and what is this war also called?
- Why did King George III raise taxes on his subjects after the British victory in the French and Indian War?
- Whose theory of government called the Leviathan said that the king was divine and therefore received his right to rule over his subjects from God?
- Who brought about a transcontinental railroad in Chicago?
- How did Native Americans react to the measures that the British took after their victory in the Seven Years War?
- Which battle was led by Ulysses S. Grant and resulted in 23,000 deaths?
- What was the outcome of the Battle of Bull Run?
- Who tried to engineer a solution to the problem of slavery?
- When was the Republican Party established?
- Who was the commander of the fleet of ships sailing to Japan?
- Who was chosen as the Confederacy's President?
- Who was the southern commander also known as Stonewall Jackson?
- Which battle was one of the few wins for the Confederate Army of Tennessee?
- What was the outcome of the Battle of Gettysburg?
- Who became President after Lincoln's Assassination
- Who did Charles Sumner single out in his speech?