History of the Americas Questions
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The term "Californios" referred in the 1830s and 1840s to ________ in California.
Mother Ann Lee was the founder of which utopian community or group?
Which piece of legislation prevented Congress from hearing antislavery petitions?
The Declaration of Sentiments condemned the "injuries and usurpations" of
The proliferation of new institutions such as poorhouses and asylums for the insane during the antebellum era demonstrated the
What treaty ceded California and present-day New Mexico, Arizona, Nevada, and Utah to the United States?
Which proposed resolution, supported by the North and opposed by the South, attempted to ban slavery in all territory gained from Mexico?
What was the significance of the argument concerning the extension of slavery into territory acquired following the Mexican War?
Which Amendment abolished slavery throughout the United States?
Which September 1864 event helped Lincoln win reelection as president that November?
Which victory allowed the Union to control the entire Mississippi River.
Which battle saw more casualties than any previous engagement in the nation's history and got rid of the idea that the Civil War would be short?
What offered 160 acres of free public land to settlers in the West.
The famous Lincoln-Douglas debates took place during the campaign for
Which landmark Supreme Court case declared that Congress could not ban slavery from territories?
Blacks were not permitted to serve in the American armed forces during the Revolution.
The British offered freedom to slaves who fought against the Americans.
Which is the largest battle ever fought on the North American continent?
The rights of American women did not significantly expand with independence.
The French played a vital role in the colonists' victory at