History of the Americas Questions

Event where British soldiers shot 5 colonists on the streets of Boston was called?

How does the French and Indian War become a major cause of the Revolutionary War?

What country was founded after a successful revolt by enslaved people?

Gained Territory in North America as a result of French and Indian War

What socioeconomic group was stronger at the end of Mexico's struggles for independence?

Dentente ends with invasion of Afghanistan

Rosa Parks begins Montgomery bus boycott

America celebrates 200 years as a country

US hostages are freed when Reagan is inaugurated

Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki

"He kept us out of war" Wilson's campaign slogan

Hundred Days legislation passed by FDR

General Pershing takes US troops into Mexico for Pancho Villa

Treaty of Portsmouth in the Russo-Japanese war

a federal corporation established to construct dams and power plants in the Tennessee Valley region to generate electricity through hydroelectric power, also provided employment opportunities

Provided public works projects, employed over 8.5 million people, ended at start of WWII because the war provided enough jobs

monitors the stock market and enforces laws regulating the sale of stocks and bonds, made ppl more confident in investing in the stock market again

Gave farmers money to reduce crop size to reduce production and bring up the value of crops; eventually ruled unconstitutional

Photographed the people of the depression and depicted the true sorrow of the time, "Migrant Mother"

Created social security, paid financial benefits to retirees, continues to provide financial aid to millions of people in the US