History of the Americas Questions

A person who dies for his or hers beliefs.

______________ were first used during the Civil War

proslavery bands from Missouri who battled antislavery forces in Kansas

This prison in Georgia caused many Union soldiers to die of starvationand disease.

The statement it resolved nothing and displeased officials on both sidesof the issue' best describes what act?

A novel that depicted the horrors of slavery in the southern United States

The acts that allowed the recapture and return of escaped slaves werethe...

Where did Industrial Revolution begin

wages were 1/2 what they were in the northunable to pay taxespeople saw southern products as cheap (like made in china)

Rhode Island colonists burned a British patrol ship named

Why were many African Americans able to gain political power and positions immediately following the Civil War? Give at least two reasons from the text

What groups began working together because of 1848 Revolutions

colonists wanted to use the events of the Boston Massacre as to gain support for independence amongst the colonists

What act prohibited colonists from moving West of the Appalachian Mountains?

What two men made the famous ride to warn the colonials of the British coming ashore (not really in the book)?

Who was considered the first death of the American Revolution?

considered to be a messenger of American Revolution that altered colonists of the advancing military troops to Lexington

TRUE OR FALSE: Thomas Paine kept all profits from Common Sense and it did not convince many people.

There were extensive networks of which led to the sharing of information on both sides during the Revolutionary War?

Who offered to pay for the Tea that was dumped in the harbor after the Boston TeaParty if the Tea Act was repealed?