History of the Americas Questions
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True or False: New Deal programs brought quick recovery from the depression
True or False: Agricultural adjustment payed farmers to plant and kill pigs
What were the Reconstruction Acts that Johnson vetoed but were then overturned by Congress?
What was the line you couldn't have states north of?
How long did the Missouri Compromise last?
Who was the leader of the 54th Massachusetts Infantry and how old was he?
Who was the most influential African of the 19th century
Where was the capital for most of the war?
The Supreme Court ruling on the civil rights cases of 1883led to the passage of legal protections for African Americans.led to unfair contracts between tenant farmers and landowners.opened the door for legal segregation and discrimination in the US.gave African Americans a legal basis for suing private businesses.
In response to Reconstruction, people who believed the white race is superior to people of other races formed ___________ groups.farmingwhite supremacyabolitionistUnion troop
In the 1870s, the system of sharecropping failed toreincorporate the South into the United States.provide landowners with a steady labor force.return abandoned land to its former owners.stimulate and grow the Southern economy.
With the exception of white Southern Republicans, how did white Southern society react to Reconstruction?They were opposed to it, often violently.The embraced it cautiously.They worked with African Americans to reverse it.They appreciated the federal oversight.
Who was sent to open Japan for trade with the United States in 1853-1854?
Why did former president John Quincy Adams vote against the U.S. war with Mexico in the House of Representatives?
Who is associated with establishing a string of missions in Alta California?
Which 1848 treaty effectively granted the United States lands that had previously been under Mexican control?
__________, also known as "Old Rough and Ready," was the presidential candidate for the Whigs in 1848.
What allowed the United States to become a dominant player all across the Pacific Ocean?
Where did James Marshall first discover the gold that led to the California Gold Rush?
Which of the following statements supports the idea that the Whigs were not happy with President Tyler?