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1
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Global exploration country

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Portugal

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2
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Who is Virginia named after

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English Queen Elizabeth 1

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3
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Roanoke - success or failure

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Failure

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4
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Where did mayflower settle

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Plymouth

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5
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Old name for NYC

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New Amsterdam

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6
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Biggest crop in middle and south US

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tobacco

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7
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What are puritans

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Protestants reforming Anglicanism

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8
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What did the middle passage transport

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Slaves

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9
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What did the French and Indian war lead to an increase in

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Taxes

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10
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Where was the tea party

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Boston

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11
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What did the first continental congress decide

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Stay with England

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12
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Those who supported England

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Loyalists

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13
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Quick mobilization groups in revolutionary war

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Minutemen

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14
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What battle happened after revere’s ride

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Lexington and concord

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15
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Which battle happened where Americans retreated due to low ammo outside of Boston but hurt the British a lot

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Bunker Hill

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16
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What did the Olive Branch petition say

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Loyalty to the king, need to fight

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17
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Which battle where gates surrounded Burgoyne and the Brits surrendered
Turning point

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Saratoga

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18
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Nation allied with US

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France

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19
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Lord north said it is all over when surrounded by French navy from the Chesapeake

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Yorktown

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20
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Leader of US army

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Washington

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21
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Surrendered at Yorktown

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Cornwallis

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22
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Power comes from citizens

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Locke

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23
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Treaty of Paris

American

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Franklin

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24
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UK King

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George III

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25
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French guy

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Lafayette

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26
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Second president

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Adams

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27
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Writer of Declaration of Independence

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Jefferson

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28
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Common sense

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Thomas Paine

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29
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Columbus

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1492

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30
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Jamestown

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1607

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31
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Declaration of Independence

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July 4, 1776

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32
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Constitution

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1788

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33
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Louisiana purchase

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1803

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34
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Beginning of civil war

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April 12, 1861

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35
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End of civil war

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April 9, 1865

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36
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Plessy vs. Ferguson

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1896

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37
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Wright brothers

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1903

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38
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WWI starts

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1914

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39
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Armistice

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Nov 11, 1918

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40
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Women’s suffrage

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1920

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41
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Plants and animals used to personal good

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Agricultural revolution

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42
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Autocracy based on majority

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Mayflower compact

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43
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Militia -

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civil fighting force to supplement regular army in emergencies

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44
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What happened after Washington crossed the Delaware

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Surprised Howe and 1500 Hessians on Christmas
1000 Brit casualties
6 Americans

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45
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Who fought the war of 1812

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US and UK

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46
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Who walked the trail of tears

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The Cherokee

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47
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What was the temperance movement

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Limit alcohol consumption

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48
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Half of US exports 1815-1860

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Cotton

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49
Q

What is an abolitionist

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Abolished slavery

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50
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Suffragette and abolitionist

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Sojourner truth

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51
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Lincoln’s stance on slavery 1860

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Not spread

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52
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What did the crittenden compromise say

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Guarantee slavery in south
Redraw Missouri compromise to the pacific
Opened fugitive slave law wider

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53
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What did Lincoln disagree with on the crittenden compromise

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Expanding slavery

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54
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What battle did Pickett take 15000 to attack Union

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Gettysburg

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55
Q

Starting fort civil war

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Fort Sumter

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56
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What does Lincoln call for at the onset of the war

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75000 men for 90 days

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57
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How was the south’s naval fleet

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Poor

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58
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Grant and Beauregard
Corinth MS
100000 men

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Shiloh

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59
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Why did Lee invade the north

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Gain international support

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60
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Why Lee in Gettysburg

A

Shoes

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61
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What did Sherman do in Georgia

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Total war

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62
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Where did Lee surrender

A

Appomattox court house

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63
Q

Who did they call black Moses

A

Harriet Tubman

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64
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Butcher

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Grant

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65
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Confederate president

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Davis

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66
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Downed whiskey rebellion

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Washington

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67
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Alien sedition acts

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Adams

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68
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Who did they call perfect as a soldier

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Lee

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69
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Fire eater

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Beauregard

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70
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President numero 16

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Lincoln

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71
Q

Louisiana territory with Sacajawea

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Clark

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72
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Set off trail of tears

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Jackson

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73
Q

Worked for women’s rights

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Truth

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74
Q

Who had it so that Georgia howled

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Sherman

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75
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Made the cotton gin

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Whitney

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76
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Bought Louisiana

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Jefferson

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77
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Presbyterian preacher

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Campbell

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78
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What did the emancipation proclamation do

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Freed slaves in rebellious states

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79
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What should beauregarde have done at manassas

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Momentum and gone to DC

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80
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Deaths of civil war

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655670

81
Q

Casualties of civil war

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1127000

82
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What did the proclamation of amnesty and reconstruction do

A

Let states come back to the US

83
Q

What was booth before assassin

A

Actor

84
Q

Who was the first president to be assassinated

A

Lincoln

85
Q

Laws that didn’t give black people many rights

A

Black codes

86
Q

What did the freedmen’s bureau not do

A

Give out land

87
Q

Amendment making people free

A

13th

88
Q

Who vetoed civil rights act 1866

A

Johnson

89
Q

Amendment equal protection of law

A

14

90
Q

What did reconstruction acts do

A

South into 5 military districts
14th amendment must be ratified
New state constitutions

91
Q

Helped grant become president

A

He was a war hero

92
Q

Gave blacks right to vote

A

15th

93
Q

Republicans filling gov jobs in the south

A

Carpetbaggers

94
Q

Why was the KKK founded

A

To resist reconstruction

95
Q

Where did republicans start focusing on

A

Economic issues

96
Q

What did the republicans think of as burdens

A

Reconstruction

97
Q

Southern democrats terrorizing blacks and republicans

A

Redeemers

98
Q

What did Hayes win

A

Electoral

99
Q

What caused the compromise of 1877

A

Hayes elected

100
Q

Sharecropping

A

Farming and debt

101
Q

New south involved what

A

Diverse economy

102
Q

What did new south want lack of dependence on

A

North

103
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Fixed tax on voters

A

Poll tax

104
Q

Agency managing native things

A

Bureau of Indian affairs

105
Q

How did natives live

A

Nomadic

106
Q

Animal natives used

A

Buffalo

107
Q

Land given to natives

A

Reserves

108
Q

Where did Cheyenne and Arapaho clash with militia even though they didn’t want to fight 1864

A

Sand creek

109
Q

Sioux annihilated Americans

A

Little big horn

110
Q

Native religious revival

A

Ghost dance

111
Q

People become like another people

A

Assimilation

112
Q

Let citizens claim 160 acres

A

Homestead act

113
Q

Groups traveling west

A

Easterners
Blacks
Immigrants

114
Q

Most homesteading was where

A

Great Plains

115
Q

Used to build houses when there was no wood

A

Sod

116
Q

High supply

Low demand

A

Oversaturated

117
Q

Ended open range era

A

Barbed wire

118
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City on a railroad

A

Railhead

119
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Free grazing territory

A

Open range

120
Q

Funeral parable

A

Henry w. Grady

121
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Hair care product vender

A

Madame c.j. Walker

122
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No protesting

A

Booker t Washington

123
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War hero

A

Grant

124
Q

Sic se percent tyrranis

A

Booth

125
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Grand wizard

A

Nathan b Forrest

126
Q

Rad republican

A

Thad Stevens

127
Q

Supposed to sit in back of train

A

Plessy

128
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After Davis

A

Hiram revels

129
Q

End lynching

A

Ida b mills

130
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Sand creek massacre

A

Chivington

131
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Let natives go home

A

Hayes

132
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Apache who escaped

A

Geronimo

133
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Sioux leader

A

Sitting bull

134
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Native activist

A

Thoc me tony

135
Q

Died at Little Bighorn

A

Custer

136
Q

What did Westinghouse invent

A

Compressed air brake

137
Q

Exclusive possession of a trade

A

Monopoly

138
Q

Buy up competitors in same industry

A

Horizontal integration

139
Q

Complaint about work for businesses

A

Low pay

140
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Marxism

A

Remove inequalities of wealth

No individual ownership

141
Q

Founded during social gospel movement

A

Schools
Health care
Career training

142
Q

What did progressives want to remove

A

Corruption

143
Q

What was Roosevelt balancing

A

Business, consumers, and labor

144
Q

What did Roosevelt draw the line at, not ___

A

Misconduct, not wealth

145
Q

Where did Dubois graduate

A

Harvard

146
Q

Against bourgeoise

A

Marx

147
Q

Formed American federation of labor

A

Gompers

148
Q

Owner of standard oil

A

Rockefeller

149
Q

Steel tycoon

A

Carnegie

150
Q

Had a bully pulpit

A

Roosevelt

151
Q

19 amendment

A

Anthony

152
Q

Started alternate current electricity

A

Tesla

153
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Started direct current electricity

A

Edison

154
Q

Who was president for 200 days and then assassinated

A

Garfield

155
Q

African and American

A

Dubois

156
Q

3 causes of industrial revolution

A

Inventions
Population density
Natural resources

157
Q

Why US wanted Hawaii

A

Naval base

158
Q

Country extending power and influence with diplomacy or militarism

A

Imperialism

159
Q

Country stays away

A

Isolationism

160
Q

California to Hawaii

A

2000 miles

161
Q

You may fire when ready gridley

A

Manila bay

162
Q

Who were in the rough riders

A

Natives
College athletes
Cowboys
Roosevelt

163
Q

John hay said what about Spanish American war

A

Splendid little war

164
Q

What did the Hawaiians have to do

A

Favored American business owners

Allowed Pearl Harbor

165
Q

Roosevelt’s diplomacy

A

Big stick

166
Q

What did Wilson believe would keep Europe out of Latin America

A

Democratic government

167
Q

Who wanted Austria Hungarian Slavs to join them

A

Serbia

168
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What is militarism

A

Glorification of military strength

169
Q

Group that lived in south Mexico and Guatemala

A

Mayans

170
Q

Who were the allied powers

A

France Russia, Britain

171
Q

Where was Franz Ferdinand killed

A

Sarajevo

172
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What was invented in WWI

A

Machine guns, tanks, planes

173
Q

Longest battle of WWI

Meat grinder

A

Verdun

174
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British took pressure off French, 60000 casualties on day one

A

Some

175
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How did the US pay for the war

A

War bonds

176
Q

Who were the big four

A

Britain France Italy, us

177
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What did the US do in the League of Nations

A

Nothing

178
Q

Queen of Hawaii

A

Liliuokalani

179
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Who wrote the influence of sea power

A

Alfred Thayer mahan

180
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Who commanded US in WWI

A

John j Pershing

181
Q

Who stopped Germans at Marne

A

Joseph Joffre

182
Q

Who was killed by a nationalist

A

Franz Ferdinand

183
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Who killed the austro Hungarian heir

A

Gavrilo Princip

184
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Who said she goes not abroad in search of monsters

A

John q Adams

185
Q

Who started yellow journalism

A

Hearst

186
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Who was a conscientious objector

A

York

187
Q

The Kaiser

A

Wilhelm II

188
Q

US imperialist

A

Henry Cabot Lodge

189
Q

The French Marshall in WWI

A

Ferdinand Foch

190
Q

The red barons real name

A

Man fired Von Richthofen

191
Q

Who started the League of Nations

A

Wilson

192
Q

The central powers

A

Germany Austria Hungary ottoman

193
Q

Reasons for US entering WWI

A

Zimmerman telegram

Sinking of Lusitania

194
Q

New inventions WWI

A

Tanks subs poison gas

195
Q

What did us get after Spanish American war

A

Puerto Rico Philippines

196
Q

What did wilsons 14 pts deal with

A

Self determination

197
Q

What did the Americans mainly help with

A

Numbers and morale

198
Q

Dollar diplomat

A

Taft

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