History of the Americas
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- The_____ was an attempt by Chinese groups to destroy the influence of Westerners in China.
- Until the late 1800s the United States had expanded by settling territory in ___________.
- In 1903 the United States signed a treaty with_____ agreeing to build a canal connecting the______ and the______Oceans.
- Americans decided that to keep the economy strong, the nation needed new _________.
- In a treaty with Hawaii, the United States received the rights to a_______ at________.
- The secretary of state who worked in close cooperation with nations of Latin America was ________
- Americans needed a__________ to protect its merchant ships, and defend its rights to trade. Without this, many people felt the United States would be shut out of __________.
- What is considered the last major battle of the civil war
- Who shot Abraham Lincoln while he watched a play at Ford's Theater?
- Who became President of the U.S after Abraham Lincoln died
- Where did the surrender to end the civil war take places
- The idea of self-government is in the first three words of the constitution. What are there words?
- What group of people was taken to america and served as slaves
- How did the colonists react to the Declaratory Act?
- Union forces gained control of _______, Grant was able to launch his plan to invade Georgia
- California main contribution to the union war effort was
- Which city help the union patrol Mississippi
- He required former confederates with $20,000 or more to obtain presidential pardon while giving a full pardon to others, he also required ratification of the 13th amendment
- The South captured the USS ______, repaired it, and then transformed it into an ironclad.
- Required 50 percent of southern voters to take an oath of loyalty to the Union before the southern states could regain their status as states, divided the south into 5 military districts, required state legislatures to adopt new constitutions guaranteeing African American suffrage, and required states to ratify the 14th amendment