American History Flashcards
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Who was on the committee to draft the Declaration of Independence?
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Roger Sherman, Thomas Jefferson, Robert Livington, Benjamin Franklin, and John Adams
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Where was Roger Sherman from?
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Connecticut
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Who was Thomas Preston?
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Captain in British army who allegedly led the Boston Massacre and was acquitted.
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Where was Robert Livingston from?
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New York
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What were the 5 acts that were known as The Intolerable Acts?
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-Boston Port Act (closed Port of Boston)
-Massachusetts Government Act (revoked Massachusetts Charter)
-Administration of Justice Act (permitting trial of colonists by the Royal Governor in Britain)
-Quartering Act (provided for quartering of British troops)
-Quebec Act (expanded boundaries of Quebec)
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When did the First Continental Congress convene?
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September 5, 1774
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When did the First Continental Congress adjourn?
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October 26, 1774
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Who offered the “Plan of Union”?
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Joseph Galloway
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What was the “Plan of Union”?
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First Continental Congress proposal from Joseph Galloway that would have established a colonial legislature, but still under British control. It was defeated narrowly.
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When did the Second Continental Congress convene?
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May 10, 1775
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Who led forces into Canada in 1775-76?
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General Phillip Schuyler and General Benedict Arnold
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Who commanded British Fleet that left for NY on June 9, 1776?
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General William Howe
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Who was the president of the Second Continental Congress?
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John Hancock
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Who commanded American troops in Charleston in 1776?
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Gen. Charles Lee and Col. William Moultrie
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What fort was involved in repelling the British at Charleston in 1776?
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Fort Sullivan on Sullivan’s Island
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What is regarded as the first American victiry in the Revolutionary War?
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Battle of CHarleston in June, 1776.
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What did the 2nd Continental Congress adopt on July 6, 1775?
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Declaration of the Causes and Necessity of Taking Up Arms
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Who wrote the Declaration of the Causes and Necessity of Taking Up Arms?
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John Dickinson and Thomas Jefferson
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Where was John Dickinson from?
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Philadelphia, PA
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Who was the British captain who allegedly ordered troops to fire on Americans in the Boston Massacre?
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Thomas Preston
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What is regarded as the most influential document on the founders’ political thought?
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British Declaration of Rights of 1689
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Who was deposed and who succeeded as a result of the British Declaration of Rights?
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King James II was deposed. William of Orange and Queen Mary succeeded.
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Who was the first president to occupy the White House?
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John Adams
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Who was King of England when America declared independence?
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King George III
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Who was president from 1789-1797?
George Washington
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When did George Washington serve as president?
1789-1797
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Who served as president from 1797-1801?
John Adams
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When did John Adams serve as president?
1797-1801
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When did Thomas Jefferson serve as president?
1801-1809
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Who was president from 1801-1809?
Thomas Jefferson
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Who served as president from 1809 to 1817?
James Madison
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Who served as president from 1817 to 1825?
James Monroe
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Who served as president from 1825-1829?
John Quincy Adams
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Who served as president from 1829-1837?
Andrew Jackson
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Who served as president from 1837-1841?
Martin Van Buren
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Who served as president in 1841?
William Henry Harrison
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Who served as president from 1841-1845?
John Tyler
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Who served as president from 1845-1849?
James K. Polk
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Who served as president from 1849-1850?
Zachary Taylor
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Who served as president from 1850-1853?
Millard Fillmore
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Who served as president from 1853-1857?
Franklin Pierce
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Who served as president from 1857-1861?
James Buchanan
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Who served as president from 1861-1865?
Abraham Lincoln
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Who served as president from 1865-1869?
Andrew Johnson
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Who served as president from 1869-1877?
Ulysses S. Grant
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Who served as president from 1877-1881?
Rutherford B. Hayes
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Who served as president in 1881?
James Garfield
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Who served as president from 1881-1885?
Chester A. Arthur
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Who served as president from 1885 to 1889?
Grover Cleveland
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Who served as president from 1897-1901?
William McKinley
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Who served as president from 1889-1893?
Benjamin harrison
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Who served as president from 1893-1897?
Grover Celveland
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Who served as president from 1901-1909?
Theodore Roosevelt
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Who served as president from 1909-1913?
William H Taft
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Who served as president from 1913-1921?
Woodrow Wilson
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Who served as president from 1921-1923?
Warren G. Harding
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Who served as president from 1923-1929?
Calvin Coolidge
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Who served as president from 1929-1933?
Herbert Hoover
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Who served as president from 1929-1945?
Franklin Roosevelt
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Who served as president from 1945-1953?
Harry S. Truman
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Who served as president from 1953-1961?
Dwight D. Eisenhower
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Who served as president from 1961-1963?
John F. Kennedy
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Who served as president from 1963-1969?
Lyndon B. Johnson
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Who served as president from 1969-1974?
Richard M. Nixon
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Who served as president from 1974-1977?
Gerald R. Ford
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Who served as president from 1977-1980?
Jimmy Carter
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Who served as president from 1980-1989?
Ronald Reagan
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Who served as president from 1989-1993?
George H. W. Bush
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Who served as president from 1993-2001?
Bill Clinton
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Who served as president from 2001-2009?
George W. Bush
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Who served as president from 2009-2017?
Barack Obama
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Who served as president from 2017-2021?
Donald J. Trump
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When did Barack Obama serve as president?
2009-2017
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When did George HW Bush serve as president?
1989-1993
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When did Bill Clinton serve as president?
1993-2001
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When did George HW Bush serve as president?
1989-1993
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When did Bill Clinton serve as president?
1993-2001
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When did Georrge HW Bush serve as president?
1989-1993
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When did Ronald Reagan serve as president?
1981-1989
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When did Jimmy Carter serve as president?
1977-1981
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When did Gerald Ford serve as president?
1974-1977
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When did Richard Nixon serve as president?
1969-1974
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When did Lydon B. Johnson serve as president?
1963-1969
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When did John F. Kennedy serve as president?
1961-1963
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When did Dwight D. Eisenhower serve as president?
1953-1961
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When did Harry S. Truman serve as president?
1945-1953
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When did Franklin D. Roosevelt serve as president?
1933-1945
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When did Herbert Hoover serve as president?
1929-1933
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When did Calvin Coolidge serve as president?
1923-1929
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When did Warren G. Harding serve as president?
1921-1923
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When did William H. Taft serve as president?
1909-1913
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When did Woodrow Wilson serve as president?
1913-1921
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When did Theodore Roosevelt serve as president?
1901-1909
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When did Benjamin Harrison serve as president?
1889-1893
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When did Rutherford B. Hayes serve as president?
1877-1881
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When did William McKinley serve as president?
1899-1901
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When did Ulysses S. Grant serve as president?
1869-1877
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When did Grover Cleveland serve as president?
1885-1889, 1893-1897
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When did Chester A. Arthur serve as president?
1881-1885
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When did Abraham Lincoln serve as president?
1861-1865
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When did James Gaerfield serve as president?
1881
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When did Andrew Johnson serve as president?
1865-1869
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When did James Buchanan serve as president?
1857-1861
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When did Franklin Pierce serve as president?
1853-1857
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When did Millard Fillmore serve as president?
1850-1853
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When did Zachary Taylor serve as president?
1849-1850
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When did James K. Polk serve as president?
1845-1849
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When did John Tyler serve as president?
1841-1845
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When did William Henry Harrison serve as president?
1841
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When did Andrew Jackson serve as president?
1829-1837
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When did John Quincy Adams serve as president?
1825-1829
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When did Martin Van Buren serve as president?
1837-1841
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When did the Stamp Act Congress meet?
October 7, 1765
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What acts did the British parliament pass in 1764?
Sugar Act and Currency Act
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What group formed in response to the Stamp Act and Sugar Act?
Sons of Liberty
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What colonies did not attend the Stamp Act Congress?
North Carolina, Georgia, New Hampshire, and Virginia
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When was the Boston Tea Party?
December 16, 1773
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What was the Declaratory Act?
1766 legislation passed in parliament declaring the right to bind and leglislate the colonies "in all cases whatsoever."
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What was the first state to adopt its own declaration of rights?
Virginia - June 12, 1776
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Who was the principal author of the Virginia Declaration of Rights?
George Mason
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When was George Washington inaugurated?
April 30, 1789
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Who is Joseph Galloway?
From Pennsylvania
Proposed Plan of Union in 1st Continental Congress
Became a loyalist and top adviser to Gen. William Howe
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What treaty ended the Revolutionary War?
Treaty of Paris
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What was the Boston Massacre?
March 5, 1770 incident in which British soldiers fired on a crowd of Boston residents who were throwing stones at them. Notably, John Adams defended them.
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What were the first battles of the Revolutionary War?
Battles of Lexington and Concord
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When were the battles of Lexington and Concord?
April 19, 1775
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Who was the Governor of Massachusetts in 1765, in charge of enforcing recent parliamentary acts?
Thomas Hutchinson
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Whose mansion was ransacked on August 26, 1765?
Thomas Hutchinson, Governor of Massachusetts
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At First Continental Congress, what states were instructed to only seek resolution with England?
New York and Pennsylvania
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Who commanded British troops at Concord?
Thomas Gage
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Where were the lamps displayed (one of by land two if by sea) warning of British arrival?
Old North Church, Boston
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When did the Revolutionary War begin?
April 18, 1775 (Lexington and Concord)
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Where was Ethan Allen from?
Vermont
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Who led the raid on Fort Ticonderoga?
Ethan Allen and Benedict Arnold
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Who was William Franklin?
Last British governor of New Jersey, and a loyalist.
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Who was the last British governor of New Jersey?
William Franklin, son of Benjamin Franklin.
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Where was Benedict Arnold from?
Connecticut
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Where is Fort Ticonderoga?
Upstate New York on Vermont border.
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Who mistakenly thought John Adams was going to nominate him to lead the revolutionary army?
John Hancock
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What was the Triumvirate of Reputation?
General Henry Clinton, General John Burgoyne, General William Howe
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The Battle of Bunker Hill was actually fought where?
Breed's Hill
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How many British troops were killed at the Battle of Bunker Hill?
1,000 of 2,300
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How many American troops were killed at the Battle of Bunker Hill?
271 of 1,300
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Who took over for Gen. Thomas Gage when he was relieved of his duties?
Gen. William Howe
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Who was George Washington's personal slave?
Billy Lee
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Who was Billy Lee?
George Washington's personal slave assistant.
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Who was the Royal Governor of Virginia?
Lord Dunmore
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What was the Dunmore Proclamation?
Proclamation permitting blacks to serve in the British army and gain freedom.
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Who led January, 1776 expedition to recover artillery and ammunition from Fort Ticonderoga?
Col. Henry Knox
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What was Washington's first offensive in the Revolutionary War?
Dorchester Heights
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When was Common Sense first published?
January 10, 1776
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How long was Common Sense?
46 pages
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What was the first submarine?
The Turtle
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Who invented The Turtle?
David Bushnell
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What battle convinced the French to join the war on our side?
Battle of Saratoga
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Who was Washington's most trusted military adviser?
Gen. Nathaniel Green
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At what battle did the revolutionaries lose the last of New York?
Battle of Fort Washington
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Who was Washington's main competitor for command of the army in late 1776?
Gen. Charles Lee
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What mercenary troops were heavily involved in the British attack on Fort Washington?
Hessians
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"These are the times that try men's souls." Who said it?
Thomas Paine
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What state's instructions to its Congressional delegates of November 9, 1775, said, “dissent from, and utterly reject any propositions that may cause or lead to a separation from our mother country.”
Pennsylvania
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As of late 1775, what state was considered the main opposition to independence?
Pennsylvania
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Who is credited with the "bottom up" political strategy to swing states like Pennsylvania, Maryland, and New York in favor of independence?
Samuel Adams
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What political party was George Washington?
None
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What political party was John Adams?
Federalist
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What political party was Thomas Jefferson?
Democrat Republican
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What political party was James Madison?
Democratic Republican
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What political party was James Monroe?
Democratic Republican
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What political party was John Quincy Adams?
Democratic Republican
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What political party was Andrew Jackson?
Democrat
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What political party was Martin Van Buren?
Democrat
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What political party was William Henry Harrison?
Whig
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What political party was John Tyler?
Whig
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What political party was Zachary Taylor?
Whig
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What political party was James K. Polk?
Democrat
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What political party was Millard Fillmore?
Whig
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What political party was Franklin Pierce?
Democrat
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What political party was James Buchanan?
Democrat
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What political party was Abe Lincoln?
Republican
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What political party was Andrew Johnson?
Democrat
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What political party was Ulysses S. Grant?
Republican
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What political party was James Garfield?
Republican
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What political party was Rutherford B. Hayes?
Republican
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What political party was Chester A. Arthur?
Republican
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What political party was Grover Cleveland?
Democratic
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What political party was Benjamin Harrison?
Republican
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What political party was William McKinley?
Republican
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What political party was Teddy Roosevelt?
Republican
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What political party was William Howard Taft?
Republican
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What political party was Woodrow Wilson?
Democrat
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What political party was Calvin Coolidge?
Republican
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What political party was Warren G. Harding?
Republican
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What political party was Herbert Hoover?
Republican
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What political party was Franklin D. Roosevelt?
Democrat
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What political party was Harry S. Truman?
Democrat
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What political party was Dwight D. Eisenhower?
Republican
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Who wrote the constitution of the commonwealth of Massachusetts?
John Adams
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What is the oldest constitution still in continuous use?
Massachusetts
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In October, 1780, who did Washington appoint as the generalin charge of southern command?
Gen. Nathaniel Greene
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When was the Boston Massacre?
March 5, 1770
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Where was George Washington from?
Virginia
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Where was John Adams from?
Braintree, Massachusetts
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Where was James Madison from?
Virginia
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Where was James Monroe from?
Virginia
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Where was John Quincy Adams from?
Braintree, Massachusetts
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Where was James Monroe from?
Virginia
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Where was Andrew Jackson from?
Tennessee
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Where was Martin Van Buren from?
New York
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Where was William Henry Harrison from?
Born in VA, governor of Indiana, senator from Ohio
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Where was William Henry Harrison from?
Born in Virginia, Senator from Ohio before being President
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Where was John Tyler from?
Virginia
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Where was Zachary Taylor from?
Virginia
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Where was Woodrow Wilson from?
Virginia
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Where was Ulysses S. Grant from?
Ohio
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Where was Rutherford B. Hayes from?
Ohio
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Where was James Garfield from?
Ohio
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Where was Benjamin Harrison from?
Ohio
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Where was William McKinley from?
Ohio
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Where was Warren G. Harding from?
Marion, Ohio
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Where was William Howard Taft from?
Ohio
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Where was Millard Fillmore from?
New York
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Where was Theodore Roosevelt from?
New York
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Where was Franklin D. Roosevelt from?
New York
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Where was Donald Trump from?
New York
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Where was John F. Kennedy from?
Massachusetts
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Where was George HW Bush from?
Texas
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Where was James K. Polk from?
Born in North Carolina. Senator from Tennessee.
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Where was Bill Clinton from?
Hope, Arkansas
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Who was elected President on motto of "Tippecanoe and Tyler too"?
William Henry Harrison
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What presidents have died in office?
William Henry Harrison, Zachary Taylor, Abe Lincoln, James Garfield, Warren Harding, Franklin Roosevelt, John F. Kennedy
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Where was Jimmy Carter from?
Plains, Georgia
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Where was Grover Cleveland from?
New York
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Where was Harry S. Truman from?
Missouri
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Who shot William McKinley?
Leon Colgosz (anarchist and laborer)
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Where was Dwight Eisenhower from?
Denison, Texas
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Who shot President Garfield?
Charles Guiteau
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When did Jefferson and Adams die?
July 4, 1829
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Where was Franklin Pierce from?
New Hampshire
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Where was Calvin Coolidge from?
Massacusetts
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Who proposed the Bill of Rights?
James Madison
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When was the Bill of Rights enacted?
1789-1791
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When was the Whiskey Rebellion?
1794
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When were the Alien and Sedition Acts passed?
1798
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Who signed the Alien and Sedition Acts into law?
John Adams
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What was the Alien Act?
It gave the president unilateral power “to order all such aliens as he shall judge dangerous to the peace and safety of the United States, or shall have reasonable grounds to suspect our concerned in any treasonable or secret machinations of against the government thereof, to depart the United States”
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What was the Sedition Act?
Prohibited opposing any measure of the United States or impeding any law thereof, or writing or publishing any “false, scandalous, and malicious writing, or writing against the government of the United States, or the president of the United States.”
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Who did Thomas Jefferson defeat for president
Aaron Burr
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When was the Louisiana purchase?
1803
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How much did the United States pay for the Louisiana territory in the Louisiana purchase?
$15 million
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What territories were encompassed by the Louisiana purchase?
Arkansas, Iowa, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, and parts of Colorado, Kansas, Minnesota, Montana, Oklahoma, and Wyoming,
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Who was the last founding father to serve as president?
James Monroe
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What was the Monroe Doctrine?
Stated that no further European expansion into Americas would be permitted.
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Who did James Monroe study law under?
Thomas Jefferson
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Why did James Monroe oppose ratification of the constitution?
He was an anti-federalist and believed it gave too much power to central government.
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Who did James Monroe defeat for President in 1816?
Rufus King
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Who was the Federalist party’s last presidential nominee?
Rufus King
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Who ran against James Monroe in 1820?
No major opponent
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In what treaty did USA acquire Florida?
Adams-Onis Treaty
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Who is the only president to serve in the House of Representatives after his presidency?
John Quincy Adams
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What caused the breakup of the Democratic Republican party?
The corrupt bargain between Henry Clay and John Quincy Adams. Clay delivered the House of Representatives for John Quincy Adams, and was promptly appointed secretary of state in the administration.
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Who did Andrew Jackson beat in the election of 1828?
John Quincy Adams
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Who was the only president to pay off the national debt?
Andrew Jackson
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In what military battle was Andrew Jackson a hero?
The battle of New Orleans in the war of 1812
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Who did Andrew Jackson defeat in the election of 1832?
Henry Clay
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When was Nat Turner’s slave rebellion?
1832
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Where was Nat Turner’s salve rebellion?
Southampton County, Virginia
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What signal did Nat Turner see as a sign to begin his rebellion?
Solar eclipse
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When was the Dred Scot v Sanford decision?
1857
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Who was chief Justice for the Dred Scott versus Sanford decision?
Roger Taney
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When was the 13th amendment passed?
1865
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What did the 13th amendment do?
Prohibited slavery
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What is the 11th amendment?
A citizen of one state may not bring suit against another state government
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What does the 12th amendment do?
Set for the procedures for electing the president and vice president
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What were some of the major ideas of the enlightenment?
1. human reasoning could discover truths about the world, religion, and politics and could be used to improve the lives of humankind.
2. Skepticism about received wisdom was another important idea; everything was to be subjected to testing and rational analysis.
3. Religious tolerance
4. individuals should be free from coercion in their personal lives and consciences
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What was the great awakening?
The Great Awakening was a religious revival that impacted the English colonies in America during the 1730s and 1740s. The movement came at a time when the idea of secular rationalism was being emphasized, and passion for religion had grown stale.
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Whose Evangelical tours inspired the great awakening?
George Whitfield
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When was the Albany Congress?
1754
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What was the original purpose of the Albany Congress?
To develop a plan for defense in the face of threat from France.
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What was the Albany plan of Union?
A president general would be appointed by the crown and work with a grand council of delegates selected by each colonies general assembly.
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When were the articles of confederation enacted?
November 15, 1777
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What faction of the Republican Party was Rutherford B Hayes?
The Half Breed faction
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In the mid to late 1800s what were the two factions of the Republican Party?
Half Breeds and the Stalwarts
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What was the difference between the Half Breeds and the Stalwarts?
The Stalwarts favored political patronage and the Half Breeds opposed it.
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Who preceded James Garfield?
Rutherford B Hayes
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Who did Charles Guiteau claim to be a hero of?
The stalwarts, faction of the Republican party
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Who came after James Garfield?
Chester Alan Arthur
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What happened to Franklin Pierce two months before his inauguration?
He was in a train accident, and his son was killed. 
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What was Franklin Pierce’s stance on slavery?
Arden supporter
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Who said “after the White House, what is there left to do but drink?”
Franklin Pierce
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Who was George Washington’s father?
Augustine Washington
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What did George Washington’s dad do?
Tobacco farmer
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Who started the military career of George Washington?
Robert Dinwiddie, lieutenant, governor of Virginia
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What movement did Ralph Waldo Emerson lead?
Transcendentalism
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What did Oliver Wendell Holes say was America’s Intellectual Declaration of Independence?
“The American Scholar” - Ralph Waldo Emerson
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What did pantheists believe?
Rejected god as separate from the natural world. God is one with the natural world.
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Who said, "In all my lectures I have taught one doctrine, namely, the infinitude of the private man."
Ralph Waldo Emerson
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When did Emerson deliver The American Scholar?
1837
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What is the 15th Amendment?
Guarantees the right to vote regardless of race.
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When was the 15th Amendment passed?
February 3, 1870
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When was the 16th Amendment ratified?
February 3, 1915
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What is the 16th Amendment?
Grants the federal government the power to levy income tax.
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When was the first federal income tax imposed?
1861
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How much was the first federal income tax?
3% on incomes above $800
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What is the 17th amendment?
Direct election of US senators
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When was the 17th amendment passed?
April 8, 1913
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What was the 18th Amendment?
Established prohibition
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When was the 18th amendment ratified?
January 6, 1919
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When was the 19th amendment ratified?
May 21,1919
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What was the 19th amendment?
Have women the right to vote
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Who wrote and presented the report on the subject of manufacturers?
Alexander Hamilton
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When was the report on the subject of manufacturers presented to Congress?
1791
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What was the focus of Hamilton’s Report on Manufactures?
Promotion of manufacturing through subsidies generated from tariffs on imports.
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During Jackson’s presidency, which state was refusing to abide by laws imposing federal tariffs?
South Carolina
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Who was the first vice president to resign?
John C Calhoun
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What was the nullification crisis?
South Carolina refusal to pay federal tariffs.
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When was the nullification crisis?
1832 and 1833
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When did John C Calhoun resign the vice president presidency?
December 28, 1832
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What was Andrew Jackson’s circle of advisors called
The kitchen cabinet
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Who did Harry Truman regard as the four greatest presidents?
Washington, Lincoln, Jefferson, and Andrew Jackson
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Who ran against Calvin Coolidge in 1924?
Robert LaFolette and John Davis
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When was the Gilded Age?
1870 to 1900
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What was Cornelius Vanderbilt’s industry?
Shipping then railroads
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What company did Cornelius Vanderbilt form in 1870
The New York Central & Hudson railroad line
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What was Georgism?
Economic theory of Henry George. The belief that people should own the value they produce themselves, but that the economic value of land (including natural resources) should belong equally to all members of society.
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Who wrote Progress and Poverty?
Henry George
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What was the significance of Progress and Poverty?
It sparked the Progressive Movement.
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What office did Henry George run for?
He ran for mayor of New York City for the United labor party
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What was JP Morgan’s industry?
Banking and finance
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What was Andrew Carnegie’s industry?
Steel
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What was John D. Rockefeller’s industry?
Oil
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What was the prohibitory act?
British law that prohibited all shipping by the colonies.
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When was the Prohibitory Act passed?
October 1775
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What was Martin Van Buren's first language?
Dutch
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What did Martin Van Buren's dad do?
Tavern keeper
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Who was Andrew Jackson's vice president?
John C Calhoun then Martin Van Buren
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What was Andrew Jackson's home called?
Hermitage
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What was Martin Van Buren's view of political parties?
He thought competing political parties were a public good.
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Who was the first president born a US Citizen?
Martin Van Buren
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What was The Albany Regency?
Martin Van Buren's political machine in New York
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Who is credited with developing the first political machine in the US?
Martin Van Buren in New York
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What was the major event of Martin Van Buren's presidency?
Bank Panic of 1837, followed by recession
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Who was the first president to record his voice?
Benjamin Harrison
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What president signed the Sherman Anti-trust Act?
Benjamin Harrison
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Whose statute is in the center of downtown Indianapolis?
Benjamin Harrison
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Where was Rutherford B. Hayes born?
Delaware, Ohio
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What was Rutherford B. Hayes’ position when he ran for President?
Governor of Ohio
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What was Rutherford B. Hayes' wife's nickname?
Lemonade Lucy
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What war took place during James Polk's presidency?
Mexican-American War
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What president annexed Texas and the Oregon Territory?
James K. Polk
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Who was Rutherford B. Hayes' opponent in 1876?
Samuel Tilden
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Who was Samuel Tilden?
Governor of New York and Democratic nominee for president in 1876
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Who preceded Franklin Pierce as President?
Millard Fillmore
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Who succeeded Franklin Pierce as President?
James Buchanan
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Who was Franklin Pierce's Vice President?
William King
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Who wrote Uncle Tom's Cabin?
Harriet Beacher Stowe
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Who was Franklin Pierce's best friend?
Nathaniel Hawthorne
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Who said "History shall vindicate my memory"?
James Buchanan
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Who was the first Republican nominee for President?
John C. Freemont
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What was the Missouri Compromise?
admitted Missouri as a slave state and Maine as a free state and declared a policy of prohibiting slavery in the remaining Louisiana Purchase lands north of the 36°30′ parallel.
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When was the Missouri Compromise?
1820
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Who was James Tallmadge?
Congressman from New York who proposed the Tallmadge Amendment, which would have banned slavery in Missouri as a condition of statehood.
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Who signed the Missouri compromise into law?
James Monroe
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Who were the Copperheads?
Faction of anti-Civil War Democrats
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Who was President of the constitutional convention of 1787?
George Washington
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What was George Washington's first public office?
Surveyor
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What was Shay's Rebellion?
Shays' Rebellion was an armed uprising in Western Massachusetts and Worcester in response to a debt crisis among the citizenry and in opposition to the state government's increased efforts to collect taxes on both individuals and their trades.
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What was Jefferson's reaction to Shay's Rebellion?
Jefferson writes to Madison that he is not alarmed by Shay’s Rbellion. He writes his famous words, “The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants. It is its natural manure.”
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Who ran against Dwight D. Eisenhower for President in 1952 and 1956?
Adlai Stevenson
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Who was Ebenezer McIntosh?
A Boston shoemaker and organizer of colonial resistance in Boston
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Who owned the tea that was dumped into Boston Harbor?
East India Company
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How many federalist papers are there?
85
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What did George Kelling and James Q. Wilson publish in 1982?
"Broken Windows" - an essay in The Atlantic arguing for punishment of low level crimes, later put into action by Mayor Rudy Giuliani
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Who wrote the Federalist Papers?
Alexander Hamilton, John Jay, and James Madison
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What is the point of Federalist No. 10?
Warns against factions and advocates large, commercial republic
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When was the first Federalist Paper (Federalist No. 1) published?
October 27, 1787
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What caused the War of 1812?
The tensions that caused the War of 1812 arose from the French revolutionary (1792–99) and Napoleonic Wars (1799–1815). During this nearly constant conflict between France and Britain, American interests were injured by each of the two countries’ endeavours to block the United States from trading with the other.
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Who was Clement Valandingham?
Anti-Civil War congressman from Ohio who was arrested and imprisoned for speaking out against the war
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What was the Massachusetts Compromise?
Massachusetts would agree to ratify the constitution if there was a Bill of Rights added.
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Who was behind the Massachusetts Compromise?
John Hancock and Sam Adams
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Who was Vice President from 1805 to 1812?
George Clinton
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Who ran for Vice President in 1792?
John Adams and George Clinton
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What party was George Clinton in?
Democratic-Republican
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Where was Calvin Coolidge from?
Plymouth Notch, Vermont
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Who built Mt. Rushmore?
Gutzon Borglum
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what year did Franklin Roosevelt die?
1945
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Who was Baby Ruth candy bars named after?
Ruth Cleveland, daughter of Grover Cleveland
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What was the Petersburg Campaign?
Civil War military campaign in which the Union captured Petersburg, Virginia, the seventh largest city in the Confederacy.
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Who was the only President to have served as Speaker if the House?
James K Polk
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Where was James Polk born?
Pineville NC
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Who ran for president in 1844?
James Polk vs Henry Clay
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Who led the US army in the Mexican American war?
Gen. Zachary Taylor
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What caused the Mexican American war?
US annexation of Texas
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What was Zachary Taylor’s nickname?
Old Rough and Ready
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When was the Mexican American war?
1846
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When was the constitutional convention?
May 25 to September 17, 1787
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Who drafted the Virginia Plan at the constitutional convention?
James Madison and Edmund Randolph
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Who drafted the New Jersey Plan at the constitutional convention?
William Patterson
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What was the Virginia Plan?
The plan called for the creation of a supreme national government with three branches and a bicameral legislature. The plan was drafted by James Madison and Edmund Randolph.
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What did Napoleon say on his deathbed?
“They wanted me to be another Washington”
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What was the first vote at the constitutional convention?
To keep proceedings secret
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When was the constitution made public?
September 19, 1787
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When was the Petersburg Campaign?
June 15, 1864 to April 2, 1865
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What was the Battle of Crater?
Civil War battle in which a Pennsylvania regiment dug a tunnel under a Confederate fort southeast of Petersuburg and detonated 8,000 lbs. of gun powder.
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When did Germany sink the Lusitania?
May 7, 1915
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What was Woodrow Wilson's slogan in the presidential campaign of 1916?
"He Kept Us Out of War"
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What did German leaders vote to do in January, 1917 that turned USW sentiment toward entering the war?
Voted to resume submarine warfare.
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What was the Zimmerman Telegram?
WW I German telegram offering US territory to Mexico in exchange for joining the German side.
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When was the Zimmerman Telegram sent?
January 17, 1917
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Who led Germany in World War I?
Kaiser Wilhelm II
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What did Alexander Grahm Bell do before inventing the telephone?
School teacher
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In the 1880s, how long did it take to travel from coast to coast?
7 days
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How many sailors and marines were killed in the attack on Pearl Harbor?
1,177
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What battleship was destroyed in the attack on Pearl Harbor?
USS Arizona
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What was described as the "Eighth Wonder of the World" when completed in 1883?
Brooklyn Bridge
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When was the Brooklyn Bridge completed?
1883
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When was President Garfield shot?
July 2, 1881
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Why did Charles Guiteau shoot President Garfield?
Claimed he did nto receive a job he was pormised.
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What was the headline in the New York Tribune following Garfield's shooting?
"Killed by the Spoils System"
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What did Ronald Reagan describe as "that little ice-cold bunch of land down there"?
The Falkland Islands
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What was the Pendleton Act?
The Pendleton Act provided that federal government jobs be awarded on the basis of merit and that government employees be selected through competitive exams. The act also made it unlawful to fire or demote for political reasons employees who were covered by the law. The law further forbade requiring employees to give political service or contributions. The Civil Service Commission was established to enforce this act.
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When was the Pendleton Act signed into law?
January 16, 1883
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Who is known as the Father of the Skyscraper?
Louis Sullivan (Chicago Architect)
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When did Henry Ford introduce the assembly line?
1908
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Who founded the NAACP?
W.E.B. Dubois
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Who ran for president unsuccessfully in 1896 and 1900?
William Jennings Bryan
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Who finished third in the election of 1900?
Eugene Debs
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What was Eugene V. Debs political party?
Socialist
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Where was William Jennings Bryan from?
Nebraska
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Who ran for president in 1896?
William Jennings Bryan and William McKinley
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Who wrote "The Shame of the Cities"?
Lincoln Steffens
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Who was Lincoln Steffens?
Muckraker journalist who wrote The Shame of the Cities
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When was George Washington sworn in?
April 30, 1789
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Who was McKinley's first Vice President?
Garret Hobart
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Where was the capital when Washington was inaugurated?
Federal Hall, New York City
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Who was the first Speaker of the House?
Frederick Muhlenberg
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When was George Washington sworn in?
April 30, 1789
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Who administered Washington's oath?
Robert Livingston
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Where did Lee surrender in the Civil War?
Appomattox Court House
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Who was Washington’s Secretary of State?
Thomas Jefferson
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Who won the popular vote in 1824?
Andrew Jackson
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Who was John Quincy Adams’ Secretary of State?
Henry Clay
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Who created the spoils system in Washington DC?
Andrew Jackson
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Who signed the Indian removal act in the law?
Andrew Jackson
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When was the Indian removal act passed?
1830
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When did Lee surrender to Grant to end the Civil War?
April 9, 1865 at Appomattox
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When was the USS New Jersey launched?
December 7, 1942
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What was the most decorated battleship in naval history?
USS New Jersey
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What is Buffalo Bill's real name?
William Frederick Cody
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When did the US bomb Hiroshima?
August 6, 1945
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When was Lincoln assassinated?
April 14, 1865
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Who shot Lincoln?
John Wilkes Booth
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Where was Lincoln shot
Ford theater
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When was D-Day?
June 6, 1944
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How many Hessians were killed in the Battle of Trenton?
1,000 of 1,500
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Who was the Free Soil Party's vice presidential nominee in 1848?
Charles Francis Adams (John Quincy Adams's son)
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When did the US bomb Nagasaki?
August 9, 1945
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What was the Compromise of 1877?
Compromise that Andes filibuster over certifying election results, promised to pull federal troops out of the South, thus ending Reconstruction,
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How was Rutherford Hayes elected?
As a result of the compromise of 1877
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What faction of the Republican party was Rutherford b Hayes from?
Half Breeds
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What was the Dawes Act of 1887?
authorized the President of the United States to subdivide Native American tribal communal landholdings into allotments for Native American heads of families and individuals.
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What was the deadliest conflict related to a strike in American history?
The great railroad strike of 1887
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Who ran against Grover Cleveland in 1884?
James G Blaine
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What Proceeded the longing for return to normalcy in the 1920s?
The tolls of World War I, the Spanish flu, unemployment for returning soldiers, and recession in early 1920s.
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Who was the first president to be elected with more than 60% of the popular vote?
Warren G Harding
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In the 1920s, what percent of the world economy consisted of the United States economy?
50%
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What was the soul sector of the American economy that did not prosper in the 1920s?
Agriculture 
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Who did Herbert Hoover run against in 1928?
Al Smith
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What do some consider to be the deciding issue in the 1928 presidential election question mark
The religion of the candidates. Herbert Hoover was protestant. Al Smith was Catholic.
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At what college did Calvin Coolidge deliver a commencement address?
Howard University
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When did the Sandinistas take control of Nicaragua?
1979
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Who were the Contras?
Opposition to the Sandinistas
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Who were the Sandinistas?
Communist Nicaraguan group that took control of Nicaragua in 1979.
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Who ruled Nicaragua starting in 1979?
Daniel Ortega and the Sandanistas
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On what date did the British arrive in Lexington and Concord?
April 19, 1775
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On what date did the British arrive in Lexington and Concord?
April 19, 1775
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Who is the British general that led troops into Lexington and Concorde?
Thomas Gage
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What was the population of the American colonies in 1754
One to one and a half million
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What was the religion of Maryland when originally settled?
Catholic
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What was the religion of Maryland when originally settled?
Catholic
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Who was most famous among John Quincy Adams kids?
Charles Francis Adams
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Where was John Adams born?
Braintree, Massachusetts
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Who was the first successful dark horse candidate for president?
James K Polk
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Who was the first successful dark horse candidate for president?
James K Polk
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What was James k polk’s nickname?
Young Hickory (after Andrew Jackson)
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Where was James K Polk’s home?
Columbia, TN
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Who was James K Polk’s vice president?
George Dallas
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Who is the only president who also served as speaker of the house?
James K Polk
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Who was John Adams dad?
Deacon, John Adams
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Who was John Adams legal mentor?
James Otis
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Who did John Wilkes Booth and his conspirators plan to assasinate?
Abe Lincoln, Andrew Johnson, William Seward (secy of state)
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Who did John Wilkes Booth and his conspirators plan to assasinate?
Abe Lincoln, Andrew Johnson, William Seward (secy of state)
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When was the Jay Treaty signed?
1794
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What was the Jay Treaty?
British troops withdrew from Northwest Territories, settled Canadian border, and fostered trade with Britain
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Who were the main supporters of the Jay Treaty?
Washington, Hamilton, and the federalists
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Who were the main opponents of the Jay Treaty?
Jefferson and the republicans
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What was the Fugitive Slave Act?
It required that all escaped slaves, upon capture, be returned to the enslaver and that officials and citizens of free states had to cooperate. Enacted in 1850 as part of the Compromise of 1850.
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What was the Fugitive Slave Act?
It required that all escaped slaves, upon capture, be returned to the enslaver and that officials and citizens of free states had to cooperate. Enacted in 1850 as part of the Compromise of 1850.
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Who founded planned parenthood?
Margaret Sanger
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Who founded planned parenthood?
Margaret Sanger
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What restrictive immigration act was passed in 1924?
National Origins Act?
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What restrictive immigration act was passed in 1924?
National Origins Act?
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Who is the only president to be sworn in by his father?
Calvin Coolidge
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Who was Warren Harding’s commerce Secretary?
Herbert Hoover
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Who wrote “taxation the People’s business?
Andrew Mellon
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What was Henry Ford’s view regarding charity?
He was opposed to even private charity.
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What was Franklin Roosevelt’s first act after being sworn in as president?
To declare a bank holiday to give Congress time to pass legislation.
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Who proposed the Connecticut compromise?
Roger Sherman
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Who proposed the Connecticut compromise?
Roger Sherman
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What was the Connecticut compromise?
Proportional representation in the house and two senators from each state in the senate
