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Magna Carta

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A foundational document that helped develop the US government

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1492

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Columbus found the New World for King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella of Spain

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John Cabot in 1492

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Sailed from Bristol to England to discover modern day Canada for Henry the 7 in England

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Who turned England from a Catholic realm to Protestant realm during the English reformation?

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King Henry the 8

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Who was King Henry VIII wife during the English reformation?

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Elizabeth I

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What was the name of the first successful English settlement?

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Jamestown

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Who was Jamestown named after?

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King James I

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What year was Jamestown established?

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1607

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What was the main cash crop for Jamestown?

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Tobacco

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What did the Mayflower Compact establish?

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The first government of Massachusetts outside of the English king

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When was the Mayflower Compact established?

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1620

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Who was the translator and friend for the American Indians during the Mayflower Compact?

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Squanto

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When did the Great Migration for the Puritans start?

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1629

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Pilgrams

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Separate from the church

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Puritans

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Want to purify the church

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Who is John Winthrop?

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He was the Puritan leader who was a major influence of both political parties in the 20th century through his discovery of his “shining city on a hill”

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What is the “shining city on a hill”?

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A perfect society

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Why did many puritans return to England in 1641?

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To fight in the English Civil War

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In 1649, what forever changed the English social contract?

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King Charles I was beheaded by parliament

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How did King Charles I beheading change the English social contract?

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Parliament became the supreme embodiment of the state instead of the monarchy

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Who wrote the Leviathan?

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Thomas Hobbes

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Who was the dictator after the beheading of King Charles I?

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Oliver Cromwell

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What is mercantilism?

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Colonies are seen as both sources for raw materials and captured markets

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What are the Navigation Acts?

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Oliver Cromwell attempting to control trade of the mercantilist society

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When did Oliver Cromwell die and what happened to the monarchy?

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1658 and the monarchy was restored

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1685

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Catholic King James II ascended from the throne

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Who replaced King James II in 1688 during the Glorious revolution?

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William and Mary

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Who was John Locke during the Glorious Revolution?

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An important philosopher who wrote the Second Treatise on Government which would greatly influence the American founding fathers

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What did the Second Treatise on Government propose?

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If the government becomes abusive the people are able to fight against the government and also proposed that a central function of the government was to protect private property

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What is Salutary Neglect?

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Americans were able to conduct their own affairs without much interference from the crown

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What do Anne Hutchinson and Roger Williams have in common?

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They were both kicked out of Puritan colonies because they did not practice like everyone else

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What were the three major European powers left in North America by the late 18th century?

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Spain, France and Britain

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When was the French and Indian War?

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A war between Britain and France for control of the Ohio River Valley in 1754

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Who won the French and Indian War?

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The British

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What was the outcome of the French and Indian War?

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The British chose to levy taxes for the first time on colonists to raise revenues which gave rise to “Taxation without Representation”

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Who was Patrick Henry?

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He coined the term “Give me liberty or give me death”

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37
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Who was the King during the Boston Massacre and the Boston Tea party?

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King George III

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38
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When was the Boston Massacre?

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1770

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When was the Boston Tea Party?

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1773

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Who was John Adams?

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Hew defended the British officers for their role in killing Americans who had attacked them

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What was the Boston Tea Party?

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American dressed like Indians and threw British tea into the Boston Harbor

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What were the Intolerable Acts of 1774? (Coercive Acts)

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The harsh British response to the destruction of property during the British Tea Party

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43
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Who Sam Adams?

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A leader of the rebel movement known as the Sons of Liberty in Boston

44
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When were the battles of Lexington and Concord?

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April 19, 1775

45
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Who primarily wrote the Declaration of Independence?

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Thomas Jefferson

46
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When was the Declaration of Independence signed?

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July 4, 1776

47
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What is the Wealth of Nation?

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A magnum opus of the Scottish economist and moral philosopher Adam Smith regarding wealth

48
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Who wrote Common Sense?

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Thomas Paine

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What year was Common Sense written?

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1776

50
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What was the purpose of Common Sense?

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To mobilize colonists to support the rebellion

51
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Who wrote the series of pamphlets The American Crisis?

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Thomas Paine

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When was George Washington elected president?

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1789

53
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Who was George Washington?

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He was the General of the Continental Army

54
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What was George Washington’s first major victory?

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In December 1776, after a surprise attack on the Hessians after crossing the Delaware River

55
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What is Valley Forge?

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Where George Washington and Continental Army spent the long winter (this was a desperate period)

56
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What is the significance of Saratoga during the American Revolutionary War?

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It convinced King Louis XVI of France to enter into conflict against Britain and help the Americans who were starving and short on supplies

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When was the battle of Saratoga?

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1777

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What is the significance of the Battle of Yorktown on October 19, 1781?

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British General Cornwallis surrendered his troops to the Americans which would effectively end the war although some fighting would continue until the Treaty of Paris

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When was the Treaty of Paris signed?

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September 3, 1783

60
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Who negotiated the Treaty of Paris?

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Founding father Ben Franklin

61
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After the American Revolution, what was the governing document?

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The Articles of Confederation until 1789

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What was Shays rebellion in 1786 and 1787?

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An uprising of farmers in Massachusetts against state and local enforcement of tax collections

63
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Who lead Shays rebellion?

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Daniel Shays

64
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When does the US Constitution become active?

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1789

65
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Who lead the federalists?

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James Madison (father of the Constitution) and Alexander Hamilton

66
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What are the Federalist Papers?

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A series of essays to help make the federalists case during the writing of the US Constitution

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What was the most cited Federalist paper?

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10 which deals with hazards of political factions

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What was the purpose of the Bill of Rights?

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The initiative of the anti federalists to protect individual liberty from the power of the federal government

69
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When did political parties begin?

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During the election between John Adams and Thomas Jefferson in 1800

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What is the significance of Marbury vs. Madison?

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When John Marshall, Chief Justice of Supreme Court establishes judiciary review

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What is judicial review?

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This allows courts to rule on the constitutionality of certain laws in makes the judiciary a co equal branch of US government

72
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What are the three branches of the US Government?

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Executive, legislative and judiciary

73
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What was the first US war on foreign soil?

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The first Barbary War

74
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Who was the first President of the US to enter war on foreign soil?

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Thomas Jefferson - both G. Washington and J. Adams tried to keep the US from fighting in European conflicts

75
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What was the Barbary War?

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In 1801 to 1805 it was a result of high tributes imposed by Barbary pirates on American merchant ships

76
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What is the Louisiana Purchase?

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When Jefferson bought territory from France and greatly expanded the US in 1803

77
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When was the Lewis and Clark exploration?

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1803

78
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What is impressment?

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The act of taking men into the navy by force with or without notice (similar to a draft)

79
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What was the War of 1812?

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It was fought over the impressment of American sailors and established the US as a military power that would not be pushed around

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Who was Andrew Jackson?

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The 7th American president and the father of the Democratic party because of its appeals to the common man

81
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How did Andrew Jackson gain is reputation?

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Through his bravery and victory at the Battle of New Orleans in 1815

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Who was Shawnee ruler, Tecumseh?

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He created a large tribal confederacy to protect Native American interests and his death during the War of 1812 was the beginning of the Native Americans end

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What is Manifest Destiny?

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The belief that the fate of the United States was to stretch from sea to shining sea

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What is the Mexican American War?

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Spanned from 1846 to 1847 and fought in part because Texas was annexed

85
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When was the modern Republican Party found?

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1854

86
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Who was the first Republican Party president to be elected?

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Abraham Lincoln in 1861

87
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Who killed Abraham Lincoln?

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John Wilkes Booth in 1865

88
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When were the first shots of the Civil War fired?

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In 1861 after South Carolina seceded from the union on Fort Sumter from Charleston

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Who was the president of the Confederacy?

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Jefferson Davis

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What was the first major battle of the civil war?

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The battle of Bull Run in 1861

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How did Andrew Jackson gain the nickname “Stonewall Jackson” in the first battle of Bull Run?

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Because he stood his ground

92
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When was the battle of Antietam?

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1862 - the bloodiest stand in American History

93
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What is the Emancipation Proclamation in 1863?

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Lincoln freed the slaves in rebellious states and kept European powers from allying with the South

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What was the Battle of Gettysburg in 1863?

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Another major tuning point in the war in Pennsylvania

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Who was William Tecumseh Sherman?

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He served as a General who marched to the sea to break the will of the Confederate people

96
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When did Robert E Lee surrender to the Union General?

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1865

97
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Where did Robert E lee surrender?

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The Appomattox Courthouse

98
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What was the years of the Civil War?

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1865-1867

99
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What is the time period after the Civil War called?

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Reconstruction

100
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Who was the first president to be impeached and when?

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Andrew Johnson - 1868

101
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Who was the other president during reconstruction?

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Ulysses S Grant

102
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When was Ulysses S Grant elected President?

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1872

103
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What did the 13th amendment address in 1865?

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Abolishing slavery

104
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14th amendment in 1868?

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Adjust citizen issues important to that period and established equal protection to all citizens under the law

105
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15th amendment in 1870?

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Extended the right to vote to black men

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