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Which Spanish Explorer claimed Florida for Spain?

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Ponce de León

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What was the name of the land/ice bridge that scientists believe the First Americans crossed to enter the America

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Bering Strait

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Which Spanish Explorer saw the Grand Canyon and claimed the Southwest?

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Coronado

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Which Spanish Explorer claimed Texas for Spain?

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Cabeza de Vaca

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Whom did Pocahontas marry?

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John Rolfe

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What was the written form of self-government in the New World?

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Mayflower Compact

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Which colony was founded as a haven for Catholics?

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Maryland

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Which colony was the first to separate church and state?

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Rhode Island

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Which colony was founded as a “speed bump” to the Spanish?

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Georgia

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Which colony was founded for the Quakers?

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Pennsylvania

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Which European country seemed to have the best relationships with the natives?

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France

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What was the exchange of culture between the Old World and the New World known as?

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Columbian Exchange

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Give one example of a food or animal that came from the Old World to the New…

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Oranges, rice, Donkeys, pigs, horses, sugar, coffee

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Give one example of a food or animal that came from the New World to the Old…

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Beans, potatoes, Syphillis

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In the Triangular Trade, what product was traded from New England?

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Rum

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In the Triangular Trade, what product was traded from Africa?

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Slaves

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In the Triangular Trade, what product was traded from the West Indies?

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Sugar Cane

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What type of evidence in a witch trial was the most difficult to defend against?

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Spectral -someone saying that they saw your spirit doing something

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What type of evidence in a witch trial involved a mark on the Body?

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A witch’s mark

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Which type of evidence in a witch trial involved someone seeing your form committing an act?

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Spectral

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Which type of evidence in a witch trial would include a broom or a pot?

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Physical

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What event prompted the British to pass the Intolerable (coercive) acts)

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The Boston Tea Party

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What act did Parliament add to the repeal of the stamp act (it declared themselves all powerful)

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Declatory Act

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What system was developed for the economic benefit of the Mother Country and was Britain’s Dominant Economic Philosophy in the 17th and 18th century?

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Mercantilism

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The Journey of the Slaves from the West Africa to the West Indies was known as...
The Middle Passage
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What were the Long Lasting disputes made evident by Bacon's Rebellion?
1. Differences in classes 2. Resistance to Authority
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Who was the American Traitor that left being a general in the American army to serve in the British Army (and turned over the plans to Fort West Point)?
Benedict Arnold
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Which amendment guarantees the rights of freedom of speech, press and religion?
1st Amendment
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Which Amendment guarantees the right to bear arms?
2nd Amendment
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Which Amendment guarantees freedom from cruel and unusual punishment?
8th Amendment
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What court case gave the Supreme Court the right of the Judicial Review?
Marbury vs. Madison
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What were the major points of Washington's Farewell Address?
no entangling alliances danger of sectional jealousy no intense party spirit stay out of Europe strong union needed
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Under which President would you find the Jay Treaty Listed?
Washington
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What were the precedents set by George Washington as first President?
no ceremonies 2 term tradition Advisory Cabinet Stay Neutral Invited to Congress
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Which president appointed the midnight judges?
Adams
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Who was president during the Louisiana Purchase?
Jefferson
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Who was president during the War of 1812?
Madison
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What important document was signed 2 weeks before the Battle of New Orleans?
Treaty of Ghent
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Who saved the picture of George Washington from the burning White House?
Dolly Madison
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Who wrote the Star Spangled Banner?
Francis Scott Key
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Which Marshall court decision ruled that congress had control of Interstate Commerce?
Gibbons v. Ogden
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Which Marshall court ruling said that Federal Law is supreme over state law and that a state cannot tax a federal institution?
McCullogh v. Maryland
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Which Marshall court ruling was the first time the supreme court declared a state law unconstitutional?
Fletcher v Peck
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Which Marshall court ruling said that the Supreme Court has jurisdiction over state courts in cases involving Constitutional rights?
Martin v. Hunter's Lease
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Which Marshall court ruling said that the Supreme Court can review a state court decision involving the powers of the federal government?
Cohens v. Virginia
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How did the New England colonies show their objection to the War of 1812? (what was the name of the meeting...they threatened to secede...)
Hartford Convention
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Who was President during the "Era of Good Feelings?"
Monroe
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What document closed the Americas to further European colonization (it became the cornerstone of American diplomacy)
Monroe Doctrine
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Who accused John Adams of the "corrupt bargain" when he became president?
Andrew Jackson
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Which president was criticized for practicing the Spoils System and is known for the destruction of the National Bank?
Andrew Jackson
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Which president set in motion the policy of Indian Removal that resulted in the Trail of Tears?
Andrew Jackson
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Which president was called "King Andrew the First" by his critics?
Andrew Jackson
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Which president was known as the "President without a party"?
Tyler
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What was the belief that America's mission was to spread from coast to coast known as?
Manifest Destiny
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What was the proposal that suggested that slavery be prohibited in any territory gained from Mexico?
Wilmot Proviso
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What was the system of safe houses that helped slaves trying to escape from the south?
Underground Railroad
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Who was the most famous guide (conductor) on this pathway to freedom?
Harriet Tubman
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Whom did Lincoln call "The Little Lady" who started the "Great War?"
Harriet Beecher Stowe
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Who wrote Uncle Tom's Cabin?
Harriet Beecher Stowe
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The practice of letting an area vote on having slavery or not was known as...
Popular Sovereignty
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Who was the person executed for planning and carrying out the attack on the Federal Arsenal at Harper's Ferry?
John Brown
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Who was the President of the Confederacy?
Jefferson Davis
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Who was the Vice President of the Confederacy?
Alexander Stephens
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Where were the first shots of the Civil War fired?
Fort Sumter
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What did the south feel they were fighting for at the beginning of the Civil War?
States' Rights
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What did the North feel they were fighting for?
Perserve Union
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What battle was a shock to the North because they realized they would not win quickly?
Bull Run 1st
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Where did the final surrender in the civil war take place?
Appomattox Courthouse
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Who were the two civil war generals at the surrender of the South?
Lee and Grant
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Which state was the first to secede from the Union?
South Carolina
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Who was the first President to be assassinated?
Abraham Lincoln
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Who was killed on Good Friday in 1865?
Abraham Lincoln
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Whose land became Arlington National Cemetery?
Robert E. Lee
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In which state did the Mormon Church settle?
Utah
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Who led the Mormon people into that state?
Brigham Young
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Which Compromise over slavery made California a free state?
Compromise of 1850
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What compromise over slavery led to the Brooks-Sumner incident and the conflict known as bleeding Kansas?
Kansas-Nebraska
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What court case said that slaves were not citizens and could not sue, prohibition further compromise on the issue?
Dredd Scott v. Sandford
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Who ran the newspaper the Liberator and called for immediate freedom for the slaves?
Garrison
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Why did Americans agree to the 49 degree boundary with England rather than fight for 54 40?
They didn't want to fight two nations at once
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What war does this picture represent?
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Where does this picture take place?
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Who is the man in the picture?
Andrew Jackson
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What major criticisms does the cartoonist have of him?
vetoing, stomping on the Constitution and because he seems to be acting like a dictator
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What is he stepping on in the picture?
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Who is the English man in this picture?
John Smith
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Who is the native girl in the picture?
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Who is the man the girl is pleading with?
Powhatan
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Who is the person in the cartoon? What is being criticized about him?
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What did the cartoonist want people to join? Who was the artist?

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