History of the Americas Questions
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Laws called "factory acts" were passed in the early 1800s to
Land enclosure in the 1600s and 1700s resulted in
Who was the first to propose the Atomic Theory?
Which American wrote about the rural poor during the Great Depression in such books asThe Grapes of Wrath?
Who designed the first practical and efficient steam engine?
Who created a cheap and efficient way to process steel?
How did Americans of the Great Depression take their minds off their worries?
The slave trade contributed to the rise of industry in Britain by
The stock market crashed in what year?
German socialist formed a social democracy in the 1860s in order to transition gradually
Which group established communities where all work is shared and all property is owned in common?
"The greatest happiness for the greatest number" was a goal of
The state of _______________ was severely affected by the Dust Bowl.
he role of the Federal Reserve Board is most related to _______________ issues.
Steam became an efficient power source because of improvements made by
Why did the Republican Party choose Rutherford B. Hayes as its presidential candidate in 1876?
Why did some Americans become hobos during the Great Depression?
What was the attitude of freedpeople toward education after the end of the Civil War?
How did southern blacks of the Reconstruction period feel about politics?
Refer to the passage to answer the following question: "We have been encouraged by government to take up these lands in small tracts, receiving Certificates of the same- we have thus far Taken Sixteen thousand (16000) acres of Land here on This Island. We are ready to pay for this land When Government calls for it and now after What has been done will the good and just government take from us all this right and make us Subject to the will of those who have cheated and Oppressed us for many years God Forbid! We the freedmen of this Island and of the State of South Carolina-Do therefore petition to you as the President of these United States, that some provisions be made by which Every colored man can purchase land. and Hold it as his own..." According to the Freedmen's Committee of Edisto Island, why should the island's land belong to them?