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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…

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The Middle Passage

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What were the Long Lasting disputes made evident by Bacon’s Rebellion?

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  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)?

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Benedict Arnold

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Which amendment guarantees the rights of freedom of speech, press and religion?

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1st Amendment

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Which Amendment guarantees the right to bear arms?

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2nd Amendment

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Which Amendment guarantees freedom from cruel and unusual punishment?

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8th Amendment

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What court case gave the Supreme Court the right of the Judicial Review?

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Marbury vs. Madison

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What were the major points of Washington’s Farewell Address?

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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?

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Washington

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What were the precedents set by George Washington as first President?

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no ceremonies 2 term tradition Advisory Cabinet Stay Neutral Invited to Congress

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Which president appointed the midnight judges?

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Adams

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Who was president during the Louisiana Purchase?

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Jefferson

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Who was president during the War of 1812?

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Madison

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What important document was signed 2 weeks before the Battle of New Orleans?

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Treaty of Ghent

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Who saved the picture of George Washington from the burning White House?

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Dolly Madison

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Who wrote the Star Spangled Banner?

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Francis Scott Key

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Which Marshall court decision ruled that congress had control of Interstate Commerce?

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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?

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McCullogh v. Maryland

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Which Marshall court ruling was the first time the supreme court declared a state law unconstitutional?

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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?

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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?

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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…)

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Hartford Convention

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Who was President during the “Era of Good Feelings?”

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Monroe

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What document closed the Americas to further European colonization (it became the cornerstone of American diplomacy)

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Monroe Doctrine

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Who accused John Adams of the “corrupt bargain” when he became president?

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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?

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Andrew Jackson

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Which president set in motion the policy of Indian Removal that resulted in the Trail of Tears?

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Andrew Jackson

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Which president was called “King Andrew the First” by his critics?

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Andrew Jackson

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Which president was known as the “President without a party”?

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Tyler

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What was the belief that America’s mission was to spread from coast to coast known as?

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Manifest Destiny

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What was the proposal that suggested that slavery be prohibited in any territory gained from Mexico?

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Wilmot Proviso

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What was the system of safe houses that helped slaves trying to escape from the south?

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Underground Railroad

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Who was the most famous guide (conductor) on this pathway to freedom?

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Harriet Tubman

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Whom did Lincoln call “The Little Lady” who started the “Great War?”

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Harriet Beecher Stowe

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Who wrote Uncle Tom’s Cabin?

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Harriet Beecher Stowe

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The practice of letting an area vote on having slavery or not was known as…

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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?

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John Brown

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Who was the President of the Confederacy?

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Jefferson Davis

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Who was the Vice President of the Confederacy?

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Alexander Stephens

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Where were the first shots of the Civil War fired?

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Fort Sumter

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What did the south feel they were fighting for at the beginning of the Civil War?

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States’ Rights

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What did the North feel they were fighting for?

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Perserve Union

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What battle was a shock to the North because they realized they would not win quickly?

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Bull Run 1st

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Where did the final surrender in the civil war take place?

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Appomattox Courthouse

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Who were the two civil war generals at the surrender of the South?

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Lee and Grant

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Which state was the first to secede from the Union?

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South Carolina

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Who was the first President to be assassinated?

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Abraham Lincoln

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Who was killed on Good Friday in 1865?

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Abraham Lincoln

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Whose land became Arlington National Cemetery?

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Robert E. Lee

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In which state did the Mormon Church settle?

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Utah

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Who led the Mormon people into that state?

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Brigham Young

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Which Compromise over slavery made California a free state?

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Compromise of 1850

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What compromise over slavery led to the Brooks-Sumner incident and the conflict known as bleeding Kansas?

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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?

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Dredd Scott v. Sandford

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Who ran the newspaper the Liberator and called for immediate freedom for the slaves?

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Garrison

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Why did Americans agree to the 49 degree boundary with England rather than fight for 54 40?

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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?

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Andrew Jackson

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What major criticisms does the cartoonist have of him?

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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?

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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?

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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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