History of the Americas
Explore questions in the History of the Americas category that you can ask Sparky!
- Which came first, abolition of slavery or women's suffrage?
- In what town did both the Santa Fe Trail and the Oregon Trail begin?
- how many months did it take to travel on the Oregon TrailSanta Fe Trail
- Who inspired the Mexican independence movement in 1810?
- How did the U.S. government help travelers along the Santa Fe Trail?
- What did the Mormons practice that caused them to be persecuted in the 1850s?
- Who was the president of the Confederate States of America when it formed?
- Southern states ______________ (favored or opposed) tarrifs/taxes and believed in ___________ (federal or state) rights while States in the north _____________ (favored or opposed) tarrifs/taxes and believed in ___________ (federal or state) rights
- People in ________ states were mainly urban and industrial. (Northern or Southern?)
- Abraham Lincoln, former president, ____________ (favored or opposed) slavery
- Constitutional issue highlighting the divide between Northern and Southern delegates at the Constitutional Convention
- What year did the Confederate States of America form?
- Political status of the territory west of the Appalachian Mountains at the conclusion of the French and Indian War
- Event most similar to Shays' Rebellion in American history
- What year did the Confederate troops fire at Fort Sumter, South Carolina.
- People in ________________ states were more likely to favor slavery than those in the ___________________ states.
- People in the ____________________ states were rural and agriculture/ farming.
- What date did Virginia secede (leave) from the Union and joined the Confederacy?
- what innovations led to the internal and external migration of people
- Abraham Lincoln ___________ (favored or opposed) the spread of slavery and _______ (was or was not) willing to to use force to keep the union states together.