Find questions about the important events of the United States of America from the US Civil War to US Presidents.
Find questions about the important events of the United States of America from the US Civil War to US Presidents.
The growing interests in education in the United States will lead to new technological inventions. Read More
Britain did send warships and troops to block the Boston Harbor in 1768 because King George the Third wanted the patronism to stop in Boston because there were murders breaking out such as the Boston Massacre. Read More
Making Puerto Rico an unincorporated territory meant that Puerto Rico was a free country and would therefore run its affairs without external interferences. Read More
The cast of The Star Spangled Banner - 1911 includes: Sydney Booth as President James Monroe Guy Coombs as Francis Scott Key Mary Fuller Gladys Hulette Ralph Ince Gertrude McCoy Charles Ogle Laura Sawyer Mabel Trunnelle Read More
The cast of The Star Spangled Banner - 1917 includes: Herbert Evans Fred Gleason Nellie Grant Cyril Hughes Paul Kelly Read More
The cast of Universal Ike in the Battle of Little Tin Horn - 1914 includes: Augustus Carney as Ike Louise Glaum as Mary Harry Moody Read More
The basic wealth of the North was in their ability to manufacture products from raw materials. Thus we have the North importing cotton for example to have the North's textile mills produce clothing and other products. The North also had a machinery building industry that used iron ore and coal to keep the steel mills working and producing, as example, rails for the expanding railroad industry. The North also had a ship building industry and… Read More
There was a conflict between US States that legalised slavery and those that did not. In 1820 the Missouri Compromises of 1820 and 1850 were designed to maintain an equal balance between free and slave States. A great US statesman, Henry Clay was a driving force to have the former compromise passed. One of the leading proponent of the 1850 Missouri Compromise was Stephan A. Douglas a senator from Illinois. Later the Congress passed the… Read More
temporarily, but not entirely. Read More
Humankind is a history of peoples migrating or another term "moving" to one new area from another one. Two of the most interesting examples of migration are thousands of years apart. Religious historians may cite the mass movement or migration of the people of Judea migrating from the rule of the Egyptian Pharaoh to a new land on the eastern side of the Mediterranean Sea. Exact numbers and dates are difficult to specify in that… Read More
In the time period before the US Civil War, the years between 1800 & 1860, as an example, ending slavery all at once would have disrupted the economy of the South. The slave workers who were not paid, would be freed slave or Southern farmhands who would have had to be paid. It's clear that such a large disruption would adversely affect a large portion of the large plantations growing cotton and tobacco. A more… Read More
The most frequently used term or phrase that is used to explain how the power of government is divided is "balance of power" OR "system of checks and balances". These two phrases are very often to explain the overall system of the republic of United States. Ancient Rome had developed a system where power was shared among its branches of government. It was not perfect, however, for its time in ancient history it was a… Read More
As a general of the Army of the Potomac and for a time the general in chief of the Union forces, George McClellan of course was on the Union side. He believed that the Southern States were in a rebellion against the legal Federal Government and his goal was to bring them back into the Union. After he was relieved of his military duties, he focused on becoming a politician and ran as a Democrat… Read More
The 26th moved the age limit to vote from 21 to 18 in 1971. I really wouldn't call it "giving teens the right to vote". The main reason it was changed was because 18 year olds were able to fight a war, but not vote. Read More
The first battle between ironclads at Hampton Roads turned out to be a draw. The battle between the USS Monitor and the Confederate Merrimack became a moot point as they never battled again. The South had to sink the CSA Merrimack as it took in too much water. The USS Monitor, was in a draw with the Merrimack, and eventually was lost at sea. As it turned out, the gains would have been minimal. Read More
They have impacted life by being able to wash dishes without using the sink. Read More
Year is a word in the U.S. Constitution. Article I, Section 2 - The House reads as follows "The House of Representatives shall be composed of Members chosen every second Year by the People of the several States, and the Electors in each State shall have the Qualifications requisite for Electors of the most numerous Branch of the State Legislature." Read More
7,239,881 was the population according to the 1810 census.( Madison took office in 1809.) This figure includes 1,191,362 slaves. Read More
Philadelphia and New York served as the capitols before Washington DC was finished. Adams was the first president to move into the unfinished White House. Read More
The answer to this question is impossible to answer. Things like boots were not mass made and were made to order by a cobbler for a particular person. They also would have been paid for using the British currency of 1776 the pound sterling. The boots would have taken about 6 months for delivery to the person who ordered them. Read More
Often a similar experience is shocking because one believes that the experience would not occur a second time. Read More
McClellan's hesitations and slackness in carrying on his offensive plans, who allowed the Confederates to cheat and outmaneuver him. The superior strategy developed by Robert E. Lee, who succeeded in keeping at bay and defeat the Army of the Potomac as tactically, winning 6 battles out of seven as well strategically , forcing the Federals to retreat and give up the campaign. Read More
The sons of John Brown helped him in his attempt to start a revolution among the slaves. Read More
In the Battle of Yorktown, fought from Oct. 6 through Oct. 19, 1781, the American Colonies and France were allies against Great Britain. Read More
Kansas became known as the "bleeding Kansas" because of the conflicts, the deadly ones between pro slavery people and anti slavery people. Read More
Pioneers rode on a cover wagon. They also walked when going to the west Read More
There are no records to show how long Martin Luther King served his jail term. Read More
Sal Salvador known as the present day Bahamas Read More
Political Machines were orgainizations that provided social services and jobs in exchange foir votes. Read More
In the 1930's Autism wasn't a diagnosis at all, thus no child would be recognized as being Autistic as they would be today. An Autistic child would likely have been diagnosed with some other condition such as mental retardation and locked in a home of some sort. Read More
It was because they relied on agriculture and didn't have modern farm equipment like tractors. Cash crops like tobacco and cotton contributed to having slaves since much more money could be made off of such items to justify the expense (from a purely economic standpoint) of having slaves. So slavery helped keep the economy going, much like illegal immigration and prison systems do today. Of course, to justify the slavery, racism was promoted, and that… Read More
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The first US President was George Washington. He served two terms and his presidency ended in 1797. His 2 term limit, thus 8 years of presidency became a benchmark for all future US presidents until President Franklin Delano Roosevelt ran 4 times. George Washington died in 1799, thus his retirement was but only 2 years. Read More
In the United States campaign contributions are made to various candidates running for election or re election for official positions in the Federal, State and local governments. Supporters of the policies and voting records of candidates are accessed by campaign donors for the purpose of having officials who share the same goals with regards to public policies and legislation. There are at any given point in time a huge variety of public issues that need… Read More
Yes, there definitely were occupations after President H.W. Bush. They included war in Iraq, the war in Afghanistan, and indirect war in Pakistan. The Pakistani occupation is mainly done without any troops, but rather with the services through the drones and the drone strikes that the US uses to achieve its objectives. Read More
The best way the US government can promote economic strength is through innovation. Innovation creates ideas, solves problems, and develops jobs for future generations. Read More
This is not a DingoBot problem. All the information correct with no reposition. The decision of the US Supreme Court in the Scott vs Sanford was far reaching. It can be summarized this way: 1. Scott was not a citizen because he was a slave; 2. Scott was also not a citizen because he was Black; 3. Because of the two above statements Scott was not eligible to take any measures towards a court decision… Read More
There were and to some extent still are Native American peoples. Three that come to mind are: A. The Cherokee Nation, mostly in North America; B. The Aztec peoples, who thrived mostly in the area now called Mexico; and C. The Inca peoples, these Native Americans made their homes on the western side of the South American continent. Read More
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At the time, Boston's economy was largely dependent on the trade - import and export - that was based on Boston's position as a major harbor. Blockading that harbour would lead to almost all its imports and exports coming to a standstill, people losing their jobs etc. Read More
It means that they want you to give them 5 facts on the exploration of Georgia ! Read More
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People were freed , not states. Read More
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The cast of California Gold Rush - 1946 includes: Robert Blake as Little Beaver Roy Bucko as Deputy Ted Budd Buster as Henry Jess Cavin as Townsman Freddie Chapman as Young Boy Dick Curtis as Chopin - the Harmonica Killer Dickie Dillon as Broken Arrow Kenne Duncan as Felton Frank Ellis as Man in Lobby Joel Friedkin as Murphy Frances Gladwin as Girl Herman Hack as Posse Rider Monte Hale as Pete - Driver That… Read More
The cast of California Gold Rush - 1981 includes: John Aspiras John Bishop as Thomas Don Casto Coleman Creel as Owens Ken Curtis as Kentuck John Dehner as Captain John Sutter Gene Evans as Sam Brannon Stewart Falconer Don Gomes Peter Griffin Don Haggerty as Jake Brown John Hansen Robert Hays as Bret Harte (Narrator) Henry Jones as Joe Gillis Henry Max Kendrick as C.C. Smith Victor Mohica as Joaquin Murieta Cliff Osmond as Harry… Read More