History of the Americas Questions

Wrote the Declaration of Independence3rd President of the United States

a leader of the American Revolution and a famous orator who spoke out against British rule of the American colonies (1736-1799)

Prussian soldier who helped train American forces at Valley Forge in the American Revolutionary War.

Quaker-raised American general who employed tactics of fighting and then drawing back to recover, then attacking again. Defeated Cornwallis by thus "fighting Quaker".

What unexpected event turned Cornwallis's secure event at Yorktown into disaster?

This assembly was originally intended to debate and deliver cooperative resolutions concerning Britain's Colonial policies. Instead, it appointed George Washington as Commander in Chief?

What battle was shermans march to the sea

What battle was considered the turning point of the war

What invention allowed for instant communication first?

Segregation means that races are _____________.

As a former slave Frederick Douglass brought credibility to the __________ movement because, his stories of slavery's cruelty and injustice opened people's eyes.

What president gave the Emancipation Proclamation?

The Missouri Compromise led to _____entering as a free state and ______ entering as a slave state.

When Congress got involved in Reconstruction, what right did they want to make sure African-Americans could have?

What area did the Jim Crow laws greatly impact?

Under Lincoln's lenient Proclamation of Amnesty and Reconstruction Act to readmit the defeated Confederate States, (a.k.a. the Ten Percent Plan) what were the required terms of those states before they could be accepted

What officially ended slavery throughout the entire U.S.?

Who was the enslaved African American who organized a slave revolt near Richmond, Virginia?

What role did John Adams play in the aftermath of the Boston Massacre?

What was the name of the Government for the rebellious states that seceded from the Union?