History of the Americas Questions

When President Abraham Lincoln said to Harriet Beecher Stowe, "so this is the little woman who made this big war," he meant that--

The Underground Railroad was part of which reform movement?

What section of the United States was purchased from France in 1803?

What area annexed by the United States contributed to the start of the Mexican War?

Which region's primary economic activity in 1861 was the cultivation of cotton?

True or False. The Emancipation Proclamation freed all slaves in this country.

a biography on the military career of General Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson would include his involvement in which Civil War events?

Which region's primary economic activity in 1861 was industry?

After General Robert E. Lee's surrender at Appomattox Court House, the main priority of the United States was to -

American revolutionary troops captured Fort Ticonderoga from the British in May 1775

Patriot victory: British eventually evacuate Boston after Patriots fortify Dorchester heights.

1777-78 winter battle were George Washington and his army lost many soldiers coldest winter ever not many supplies, food, shelter, and people

British attack on NYC: colonists attempted tostop them by sinking ships, putting chainsacross the river, and fire on them from thebanks with canons.

The battle that the British won and took control of Georgia

Loyalists vs. Patriots. South wants to be separate from the North. Patriot victory.

British Commanding General at the start of the American Revolution; replaces General Gage

Leader of the team that captures the artillery at Fort Ticonderoga

leader of a Patriot group of fighters known as the Green Mountain Boys

Wrote the Declaration of Independence3rd President of the United States

American silversmith remembered for his midnight ride (celebrated in a poem by Longfellow) to warn the colonists in Lexington and Concord that British troops were coming (1735-1818)