Cornel 1-20 Flashcards

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A fort, once a chapel, in San Antonio, Texas.

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What is Alamo?

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The Mexicans, under the command of General Santa Anna, besieged the Alamo, and eventually killed all of the defenders.

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Who was Davy Crockett?

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Appomattox court house.

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What is Verginia?

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General Robert E. Lee surrendered to General Ulysses S Grant in April of 1865.

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What effectively ended the American Civil War?

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A black sailor killed in the Boston Massacre.

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Who was Crispus Attucks?

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It is purported that Crispus Attucks was among the first American to die in the struggle for liberty.

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What was the Boston Massacre?

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African-American scientist of the late 18th and early 19th centries.

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Who was Benjamin Banneker?

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Banneker taught himself in order to make astronomical calculations for trigonometry.

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What was Calculus and trigonometry?

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The first ten amendments of the constitution.

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What was the Bill of Rights?

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10
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The first ten amendments.

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What is the constitution?

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The respective nicknames assigned to the union and confederate armies in the civil war.

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What is Blue and Gray?

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The respected nicknames assigned to the union and confederate armies.

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What was the Civil War?

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13
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An American frontier.

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Who was Daniel Boone?

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14
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The infamous concentration camp.

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What is Auschwitz?

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Camp established by Nazis and Poland.

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What is the concentration camp?

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A prison in Paris.

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What is Bastille?

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17
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A prison.

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Where is Paris?

18
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Daniel Boone was an American frontier settler.

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What was the Late 18th and Early 19th century?

19
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The assassin of Lincoln.

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Who was John Wilkes Booth?

20
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John assassinated a famous person.

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Who was Abraham Lincoln?

21
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A clash between British troops and town’s people in boston.

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What was the Boston Massacre?

22
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Boston massacre was a clash between British troops and town’s people in Boston in 1770.

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What was before the Revolutionary War.

23
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This was an act.

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What was the Boston Tea Party?

24
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The Boston Tea Party was an act of defiance toward the British government.

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Who where the American colonists?

25
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The first great battle of the Revolutionary War.

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What was the Battle of Bunker Hill?

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The first great battle of the revolutionary war.

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Where is Boston?

27
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The war fought in the United States of America between north and south.

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What is the Civil War?

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The civil war was between north and south of America.

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When was 181-1865?

29
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The fundamental law of the United States.

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What is the Constitution?

30
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The constitution was the fundamental law of the United States, drafted in Philadelphia.

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When was 1789?

31
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A Spanish explorer of the 16th century.

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Who was Francisco Coronado?

32
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One of Coronado’s men.

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Who was the first European to discover the Grand Canyon?

33
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A 19th century Reformer who protested.

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Who was Dorothea Dix?

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Dorothea Dix was a 19th century Reformer.

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What is a Protest?

35
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A political leader of the 19th century.

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Who is Stephen A. Douglas?

36
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Stephen A. Douglas was known for running against Abraham Lincoln—for a seat in the senate from illness.

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When was 1858?

37
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A proclamation made by President Abraham Lincoln in 1863.

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What was the Emancipation Prflamation?

38
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Emancipation proclamation was made by president Abraham Lincoln.

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When was 1863?

39
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The first article of the BILL OF RIGHTS.

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What was the First Amendment?

40
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The first amendment forbids Congress from tampering with the freedoms of religion, speech, assembly, and the press.

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What is Materials In Written/Printed Form?