C.L Exam 161-180 Flashcards

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What year was when the armed forces became an all-volunteer military draft if they perceive on emergency?

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Selective service system
(1973)
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What is the note on the military draft oversaw the drafting and inducting of men onto the armed forces?

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Selective service system

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How many are chosen for their impartiality?

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Jury
(12)
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What consists 13 or 23 people?

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Jury
(Grand jury)
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What is was brought to browns family?

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Brown v.s board of education

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What represented a lawsuit?

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Brown v.s board of education

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Who was the author of a play in Scottish?

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Peter pan
(James Mathews Barrie)
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How many kids did he bring?

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Peter Pan
(3)
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What is the American author of the early 19th century?

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Edgar alla Poe

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Who wrote story’s about sadness and horror poems?

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Edgar alla Poe

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What novel was written by Alex Haley?

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Roots

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What novel won the special Pulitzer Prize?

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Roots

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Who wrote a novel about Hester prynne?

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The scarlet letter

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What letter was on her dress for a sign of guilt?

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The scarlet letter
(A)
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Who was a American novelist and a short writer?

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Nathaniel Hawthorne

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Who was born into an old New England family?

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Nathaniel Hawthorne

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What was an important battle of the civil war?

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Battle of Chancellorsville

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Who fought in Virginia in 1863 at the very begging of the civil war?

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Battle of Chancellorsville

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What was skilled frontier trapper and guide of the 19th century?

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Kit Carson

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Who helped to open the territory of California to settlement from the United States?

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Kit Carson

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Who was a soldier and political leader of the 19th century?

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Sam Houston

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Who lead the Texas in their struggle to win independence from Mexico?

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Sam Houston

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Who was often thought of as a character of friction?

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Jean Lafitte

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Who was a French pirate of the early 19th century?

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Jean Lafitte

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What was a name of a party in the 1820s?

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Democratic Party

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What was the greatest strength that was with the farmers, labors, and people on the frontier?

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Democratic Party

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What is the borderline between south Pennsylvania and north Maryland?

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Mason-Dixon Line

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What separated slaveholding and free states?

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Mason-Dixon Line

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What is a tribe of Native Americans?

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Navahos

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What’s the most numerous in the United States?

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Navahos

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What’s a chief of the late 19th and early 18th century?

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Tecumseh

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Who took arms and fought the American settlers?

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Tecumseh

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What war between 1812 and 1815?

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War of 1812

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What war was called the American war for Independence?

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War of 1812

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What was before the civil war?

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Under ground rail roads

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Who helped slaves escape to freedom?

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Under ground rail roads

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Who was an American general of the revolutionary war?

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Benedict Arnold

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Who became bitter over several career set backs?

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Benedict Arnold

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Who is the person ahead of the department of state?

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Secretary of State

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What is the highest ranking executive office after the president?

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Secretary of State

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