Two times in American history, British army troops fled the battlefield under fire from American forces. What were these two times?
The United States added tremendous amounts of new land in 18…
The United States added tremendous amounts of new land in 1803, with the Louisiana Purchase, and again in the 1840s, with the acquisition of Texas and the far west. In 1845, newspaperman John O’Sullivan wrote that he believed it was God’s plan for the United States to cover all of North America.
This is a law from Mississippi in 1866. Section 2. Be it f…
This is a law from Mississippi in 1866. Section 2. Be it further enacted, that all freedmen, free Negroes, and mulattoes in this state over the age of eighteen years found . . . with no lawful employment or business, or found unlawfully assembling themselves together either in the day or nighttime, and all white persons so assembling with freedmen . . . or living in adultery or fornication with a freedwoman, free Negro, or mulatto, shall be deemed vagrants; and, on conviction thereof, shall be fined in the sum of not exceeding, in the case of a freedman, free Negro, or mulatto, 150, and a white man, $200, . . . the free Negro not exceeding ten days, and the white man not exceeding six months. This law is an example of a
In the 1700s, which gigantic war plunged the British governm…
In the 1700s, which gigantic war plunged the British government into severe debt and changed the relationship between the American colonies and Great Britain?
In the Old South, about 80% of the region’s labor force was…
In the Old South, about 80% of the region’s labor force was involved in agriculture by 1860.
The Battle of Antietam includes the most violent day in Amer…
The Battle of Antietam includes the most violent day in American history. One day of this battle killed 6,000 Americans and wounded 19,000 more.
TRUE OR FALSE? Lectures noted that ancient Mississippian c…
TRUE OR FALSE? Lectures noted that ancient Mississippian culture, by driving Spanish explorers from the southeastern part of North America, helped shape US history. Because Spain didn’t colonize the southeast, Britain took the land, turning it into tobacco and rice colonies that became the roots of the Old South.
All this territory was acquired by the United States in what…
All this territory was acquired by the United States in what year, by what treaty?
How did secession work? Did all the southern states secede…
How did secession work? Did all the southern states secede together?
How did James K. Polk add Oregon Territory to the United Sta…
How did James K. Polk add Oregon Territory to the United States?