History of the Americas Questions

Why was Goerge Washington put in charge of the army?

What treaty ended the war of the American Revolution?

Who were the colonists that were ready to fight the British at a moment's notice?

When was Washington put in charge of the army?

What was the first major American victory in the Revolutionary War?

Thomas Jefferson, 1802The excerpt could best be used by historians studying which of the following?

Jeanne Boydston, historian, Home and Work, 1990Which of the following most directly contributed to the situation described in the excerpt?

Henry Clay, speaker of the House of Representatives, speech in Congress, 1824Which of the following describes an interpretation of Clay's economic principles at the time as expressed in the excerpt?

Thomas Jefferson, 1802President Jefferson sought the protections described in the excerpt most likely for the purpose of

Henry Clay, speaker of the House of Representatives, speech in Congress, 1824The excerpt could best be used by historians studying which of the following in the early 1800s?

Who was the first president and vice president of the United States?

Declaration of Sentiments and Resolutions (Seneca Falls Convention), 1848The language and themes of the excerpt were most directly inspired by the

Richard Lyman Bushman, historian, Joseph Smith Rough Stone Rolling: A Cultural Biography of Mormonism’s Founder, 2005Based on the excerpt, the westward migration by the Mormons in the 1830s and 1840s was most likely motivated by the

Declaration of Sentiments and Resolutions (Seneca Falls Convention), 1848Which other "righteous cause" would participants in the Seneca Falls Convention have been most likely to support?

Thomas Jefferson, 1802The rhetorical purpose expressed in the excerpt would most likely have been interpreted as promoting which of the following?

Jeanne Boydston, historian, Home and Work, 1990During the first half of the nineteenth century, some women increasingly “bolster[ed] the household income,” as described in the excerpt, by

Daniel Walker Howe, historian, What Hath God Wrought: The Transformation of America, 1815–1848, published in 2007Based on the excerpt, which of the following groups would have been most likely to oppose Henry Clay’s ideas?

Henry Clay, speaker of the House of Representatives, speech in Congress, 1824Which of the following was an interpretation of the speech by opponents of the goals Clay expressed in the excerpt?

Declaration of Sentiments and Resolutions (Seneca Falls Convention), 1848In the decades following the Civil War, the woman's rights movement that began at Seneca Falls focused its energies most strongly on

Source: South Carolina senator John C. Calhoun, speech in the United States Senate, 1837.Which of the following most contributed to slaveholders such as Calhoun arguing in the 1830s and 1840s that slavery should be viewed as part of the Southern way of life?