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History of the Americas
Explore questions in the History of the Americas category that you can ask Sparky!
- Who was the Republican presidential candidate in 1856?
- What novel personalized the political and economic arguments against slavery,using a character named Tom ?
- True or False :The Impending Crisis of the South was banned from the South?
- What Supreme Court case ruled that a slave is not a citizen and therefore cannot sue in federal court?
- Workers' unions developed during the Industrial Revolution.
- Who used patents to control the sale of inventions?
- Give the term for the practice of growing different crops in the same field from year to year.
- Give the term for people who developed businesses and sold their inventions.
- Who developed a self propelled steam engine and tractor?
- Name the preacher with an international ministry who preached outdoors to large crowds during this period.
- In 1787, abolitionists founded the Committee for the Abolition of the Slave Trade in what nation?
- Britain was the first country to experience the Industrial Revolution.
- Evangelists during the Great Awakening avoided the coal miners and factory workers.
- What did inventors get to protect their inventions?
- Some landowners enclosed their land to increase productivity.
- Which American abolitionist was once a slave in Maryland?
- Gasoline engines provided reliable power to the Industrial Revolution
- The British experienced a large population growth during the Agricultural Revolution.
- What term describes the practice of making cloth at home?
- The Mines Act limited what hours men could work in the mines.