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Explore questions in the History of the Americas category that you can ask Sparky!
- Under Lincoln's Reconstruction plan, what percentage of a states population had to pledge loyalty to be readmitted?
- The main goal of President Lincoln in the Civil War was to end slavery in America. True or False?
- Which of the following was an advantage that the Confederacy had as the war began?
- What side did the Native Americans favor during the war
- Who build the warships that destroyed 250 union ships
- What did FDR socially establish because he did so much within a short time in office
- What was FDR's first fireside chat about?
- What did the Republican Presidents believe in
- How many New deal programs are there
- Significance of the Confederate victory at Bull Run, Va:
- True or False? More Americans died in the Civil War than in any other conflict in American history.
- True or False? General Lee told President Davis that he could not defend Richmond any longer.
- True or False? Total war involves defeating the army and destroying the land.
- The (7) had a prison in Elmira, New York. It was cold there, and the prisoners had no blankets or warm clothes. The hospital was in a flooded basement. Many prisoners (8) there, too.
- (4)_________________was a prison in Georgia. It was overcrowded, and the prisoners slept in (5)_________________they dug in the ground. The stream that served as their water supply was also a (6)_________________. Many prisoners died of disease.
- True or False? The Civil War ended slavery and solved the problems of African Americans.
- True or False: Women had no way of supporting their families when they were left at home during the war.
- (9) were not much better than prisons. Flying bullets and (10) made the work dangerous. The wounded were crowded together and drank (11) water. Many (12) , such as smallpox, dysentery, and typhoid, spread quickly and many soldiers died of disease.
- True or False? Lee surrendered to President Lincoln at the Confederate headquarters in Richmond.
- True or False: Women served as spies for both sides during the war.