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Explore questions in the History of the Americas category that you can ask Sparky!
- Which of these was NOT part of the Seneca Falls Convention?
- Who issued the ruling for the Supreme Court in the Dred Scott Case?
- During which era was the Thirteenth Amendment ratified?
- The ___ made slavery illegal in the United States.
- The Convention's "Sentiments" was MOST influenced by the __________.
- Which of these was NOT a major issue addressed by the "Sentiments"?
- Immediately before the Civil War, ____ of Mississippi's population was made up of slaves.
- Which of these was an example of a Union state that did not allow slavery?
- Unlike in the South, most of the middle class in northern states _____.
- The admission of ___ as a free state threatened to upset the balance of power and violate the Missouri Compromise.
- Section 3 of the Fourteenth Amendment sought to keep former __________ from political office.
- When African Americans were allowed to fight in the Civil War, they were __________.
- What was prohibited under the Thirteenth Amendment?
- Lincoln cited his Presidential role as __________ to issue the Emancipation Proclamation.
- Abolitionists opposed ______________ in the United States
- Section 1 of the Fourteenth Amendment granted ___ rights to the newly freed slaves.
- The Battle of ___ caused Lincoln to issue the Emancipation Proclamation.
- Which one of these was NOT a Confederate state?
- Abolitionists thought that slavery was un-American. Their argument was supported by the __________ which stated that "...(A)ll men are created equal."
- Why do you believe Pres. Roosevelt used "radio" to communicate with the American people during the Great Depression?