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C.L. Notes 1-20 Flashcards

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1
Q

What was Auschwitz?

A

A concentration camp in Poland.

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2
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How many locations were there?

A

Three

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3
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What was Bastille?

A

A prison in Paris that held offenders and political offenders

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4
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When was it attacked?

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July 14, 1789

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5
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What was Alamo?

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A fort that used to be a chapel in San Antonio Texas

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6
Q

Who did the Americans fight?

A

A large force of Mexicans

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7
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What was the Appomattox Court House?

A

A courthouse in Virginia where the Civil War ended

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8
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Who did General Ulysses S Grant make surrender?

A

General Robert E Lee

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9
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What was crispus attacks?

A

A black sailor killed in a massacre

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10
Q

What were they doing?

A

Fighting for liberty

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11
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Who was Benjamin Banneker?

A

A African-American scientist of the late 18th century and early 19th century

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12
Q

What did he prove?

A

The powers of mind are disconnected with the color of the skin

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13
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What is the Bill of Rights?

A

The first Ten Amendments to the Constitution of the United States

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14
Q

What do they protect?

A

Freedoms of speech, Religion, Assembly, and the Press

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15
Q

What uniforms did the union wear?

A

The blue ones

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16
Q

What was the Boston massacre?

A

A clash between British troops and the towns people

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17
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Who was on of the people they killed?

A

Crispus Attucks

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18
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What was the Boston Tea Party?

A

A act of defiance towards the British government

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19
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What did the Americans throw overboard?

A

They threw hundreds of chests of tea they found on a British ship

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20
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What was the battle of bunker hill?

A

The first great battle of the Revolutionary War

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21
Q

What troops did the Americans kill?

A

British troops

22
Q

What was the Civil War?

A

The war fought in the United States between the union and the confederate

23
Q

How long did the war last?

A

1861-1865 4 years

24
Q

What was the civil war?

A

A war between the north and the south.

25
Q

How did the civil war happen?

A

When the south wanted to succeed from the horth

26
Q

Who was Benjamin Franklin?

A

One of our founding father and a scientist.

27
Q

What did he discover that was so big?

A

Electricity

28
Q

Who was one of our founding fathers?

A

Thomas Jefferson

29
Q

What did they sign?

A

The Declaration of Independence

30
Q

Who were the forty niners?

A

People in search of gold

31
Q

Where did they go to?

A

California

32
Q

What was the battle of Gettysburg?

A

The greatest battle of the civil war

33
Q

Where was it at?

A

Pennsylvania

34
Q

What was the Gettysburg address?

A

A speech

35
Q

How long was it?

A

Roughly 3 minutes

36
Q

What was the battle of bunker hill?

A

The first great battle of the revolutionary war

37
Q

What was the Boston massacre?

A

A battle between the British army and townspeople

38
Q

How many people did they kill?

A

One

39
Q

Was Benjamin Franklin a patriot?

A

Yes

40
Q

What did founding fathers mean?

A

A name for male American patriots during the revolutionary war

41
Q

What was the civil war?

A

The war of brother against brother

42
Q

Who made the telegraph?

A

James

43
Q

Was Benjamin Franklin a scientist?

A

Yes

44
Q

Was Thomas Jefferson a founding father?

A

Yes

45
Q

Did the north win the civil war?

A

Yes

46
Q

What was the north called?

A

The union

47
Q

What was the souths color?

A

Grey

48
Q

What was the norths color?

A

Blue

49
Q

What was the souths name?

A

The confederate

50
Q

Was Bastille a prison?

A

Yes

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