History of the Americas
Explore questions in the History of the Americas category that you can ask Sparky!
- why did president jackson want to destroy the bank of the united states?
- what kind of americans supported andrew jackson after the election of 1828?
- what was the most common way slaves resisted slavery?
- who resisted slavery by organizing the most violent slave rebellion in U.S. history?
- how did the lincoln douglas debates of 1858 impact abraham lincolns political future?
- what was the impact of the publication of uncle toms cabin and other abolitionist newsletters?
- After going to war with each other, why did Great Britain and France seize U.S. merchant ships?
- know the reasons for the start of the mexican-american war
- what was the legal status of slaves in the united states?
- Why did any immigrants who came to america decide to settle in the north?
- what was the forgotten president, president james k polk like? what did he want for america?
- how did president thomas jeffersons lousiana purchase affect the united states?
- as stated in his farewell address, how would you describe president Washington's foreign policy?
- what two countries did most immigrant come to the united states from in the 1800's?
- what was the main fear of southern senators if their were more free states than slave states?
- why did the election of abraham lincoln to the presidency in 1860 send shockwaves throughout the south?
- why did so few african americans move to or still live in the slave-owning south?
- why did south carolina (december 1860) and six other states (early-1861) secede from the united states to form the confederate states of america?
- Who advised President Monroe that the United States should boldly speak for itself on its policy in the Americas?
- why did americans support the removal of american indians from their homelands to lands in the west?