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Social Studies Midterm 2016 Flashcards

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Who takes over as commander and makes sure his soldiers are always trying their best, he is strict, implements total war, he over sees the surrender

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Grant

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Who led the Union in Sherman’s March to Sea, captured Atlanta

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Sherman

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Who is Lee’s second in command, he sends his troops up hill in waves, he looses

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Longstreet

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Who was the president of the CSA

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Jefferson Davis

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Who was late to the battle of Gettysburg, he was a Calvary Man, was told to find out where the Union men were coming from instead he raided a town and did not tell Lee where he was going

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J.E.B. Stuart

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Who won the first battle of Bull run?

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Confederacy

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What was the significance of the battle of bull run?

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Everyone thought it would be a quick and speedy war, but this battle proved it would be long and dreadful

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Who was the winner of the battle of Anteitam?

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Inconclusive but Lincoln told the union that the win went to them

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What document was released at the result of the battle of Anteitam?

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Emancipation Proclaimation

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What formation did the Union hold at Gettysburg by day 2?

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Fishhook formation

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What main event happened on the second day of Gettysburg?

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The battle of Little Round Top

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Who won on the second day of Gettysburg during the battle of little round top?

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Union wins the bayonet charge

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What main event happened on the 3rd day of Gettysburg?

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Pickets charge

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Who won pickets charge, why?

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Union because the confederates over fired and missed the union line

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Who won Vicksburg?

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Union

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What is a siege?

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A miny blockade, a surrounding around an area and waiting until the enemy gives up

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How long did the siege of Vicksburg last?

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47 days

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Vicksburg and what other event made up the turning point of the civil war?

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Gettysburg

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Which event led to the secession of southern states from the Union?

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Abe wins the election of 1860

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Which invention promoted more cotton production in the south

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The cotton gin

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Did the cotton gin increase or decrease the need for slaves?

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Increase

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How did the emancipation proclamation change the reason for union soldiers to fight?

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It boosted the union moral, shifting from preserving the union to freeing the slaves

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At what event was the Gettysburg address given?

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Dedication of the National Cemetery

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Who won the election of 1864?

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Lincoln

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How did Lincoln win the election?

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He had a democratic running mate and Sherman captures Atlanta

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Who were the two African Americans who were voted into senate for the first time, they were from Mississippi?

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Hiram Revels and Blanche Bruce

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Who were the leaders of the radical republicans

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Thaddeus Stevens and Charles Sumner

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Was the wade Davis bill or the 10% plan more generous?

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10% plan

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Who wanted to reduce power of wealthy senators and give African Americans the right to vote; extremist, political party that dominated the reconstruction era?

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Radical republicans

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What provided aid to freedman including food, clothing, and setting up school?

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Freedman’s Bureau

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Was a candidate in the 1876 election and won?

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Rutherford B. Hayes

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What political party was Rutherford B. Hayes?

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Republican

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33
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Ran for president in the election of 1876 did not win?

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Samuel Tilden

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What political part was Samuel Tilden

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Democrat

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35
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Who were men sent to the south for political or financial gain

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Carpetbaggers

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Who were southerners who aggreed with the north, wanted power and influence, supported reconstruction

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Scalawags

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For both the 10% plan and the wade Davis bill which amendment needed to be ratified before a confederate state could re-join the union?

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13th

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What process or sharing land to freedman did sharecropping tonight?

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40 acres and a mule

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What laws created by the Radical Republicans served as the ancestor for the 14th amendment?

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Civil Rights Act of 1866

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What are black codes?

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Laws created in southern states, told free slaves what they could and couldn’t do, segregation

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41
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Did Blackcodes stay in effect throughout the whole course of reconstruction?

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No

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42
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What amendment did black codes try to work around?

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13th

43
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What are Jim Crow laws?

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Sate laws created in the south enforcing segregation based on life, technically equal- FAIR IS NOT ALWAYS EQUAL

44
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What amendment did the Jim Crow laws try to work around?

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14th

45
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What amendment did literacy tests, grandfather clause, and poll taxes like to work around?

A

15th

46
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Who was targeted in the grandfather clause, literacy tests, and poll taxes?

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Freedmen, however in somethings poor and uneducated whites were also targeted

47
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What is the grandfather clause?

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If you, your father, or your grandfather was able able to vote before 1876 then you bypass all other laws

48
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Who was in charge during presidential reconstruction?

A

Andrew Johnson

49
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Who was in charge during congressional reconstruction?

A

Radical Republicans

50
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Which phase in reconstruction completed more?

A

Congressional

51
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Which phase in reconstruction lasted longer?

A

Congressional

52
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What does impeachment mean?

A

The attempt or process to remove a leader; trial

53
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What was the final verdict of the impeachment?

A

Not guilty

54
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How did the results of Johnsons impeachment impact the radical republicans

A

The radical republicans start to loose their power

55
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Why did congress have to come up with a compromise in the election

A

Neither candidate reached the electoral vote; 20 disputed votes

56
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What was promised to the losing party in the compromise of 1877?

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Reconstruction had to come to an end:
soldiers leave the south 
Put a democrat in the presidential cabinet 
Create laws to promote industry 
Put democrat in congress
57
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What countries were the first to begin the exploration movement in Europe?

A

Portugal and Spain

58
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What is the triangle trade? Give examples of products that came from each.

A

Sugar, molasses, rice, cotton, tobacco went from ______ to England, cloth, iron, guns went from ______ to west Africa and slaves went from ______ to the Americas

59
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Who is Abraham Lincoln?

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President of the USA, released the emancipation proclamation, gave Gettysburg address, served 2 terms won the election of 1060 and 1864 ended war in victory, was assassinated, 10% plan

60
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Who is Col. Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain?

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Comes up with bayonet charge during the battle at little round top, professor

61
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Who is Gen. George McClellan?

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Lincoln fired him as general, became Lincolnshire opponent in the election of 1864 , lost at Antietam, was afraid to kill her own friends

62
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Who is John Wilkes Booth?

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Lincoln’s assassin

63
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Who is Gen. Robert E. Lee?

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Commanding general of confederate army, surrendered to Grant, lost at Gettysburg, was the pride of the confederacy, against slavery but from Virginia

64
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Who won the battle of Gettysburg?

A

Union

65
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Who won day 1 of Gettysburg?

A

Confederates

66
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What river was claimed by the winners after the siege of Vicksburg ended?

A

Mississippi

67
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What three states were separated from the rest of the confederacy after the siege of Vicksbrug?

A

Texas, Louisianna, Arkansas

68
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Which book published prior to the Civil War created major controversy in the North and south?

A

Uncle Tom’s Cabin

69
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What event led to the official declaration of war, causing the Civil war to officially begin in April 1861?

A

Attack on Fort Sumter

70
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Who used the Anaconda plan during the war?

A

Union

71
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Who played defense during the war?

A

Confederates

72
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Who used total war during the war?

A

Union

73
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Is the emancipation Proclaimation a document or a speech?

A

Document

74
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Who created the emancipation Proclaimation?

A

Lincoln

75
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What was the intention of the emancipation Proclaimation

A

It was supposed to release the slaves

76
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Was the emancipation Proclaimation successful. Why or why not?

A

No because Lincoln thought he had control over the confederacy but he didn’t so they didn’t listen

77
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Who delivered the Gettysburg address?

A

Lincoln

78
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Who dominated during Sherman’s March to Sea?

A

Union

79
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Where did Sherman’s March start and end?

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Started: Atlanta Georgia, ended: savannah Gerogia

80
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Who created total war?

A

Grant

81
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Who were the candidates in to election of 1864?

A

Lincoln- Republican

McClellan- Democratic

82
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Who was lincolns running mate and what party was he

A

Andrew Johnson, democrat

83
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Who surrendered?

A

Lee

84
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What Union Gen. oversaw the surrender

A

Grant

85
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What were the conditions of the surrender?

A

The confederate soldiers were required to turn in all weapons and promise not to rebel
Officers could keep their side arms
Confederate soldiers kept horses to use whenever they were going to return home
Confederate soldiers were given food become so many troops were hungry
Confederate soldiers were not arrested or punished for serving in the confederacy, they were promised a quick and safe return home

86
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When and where was Lincoln assassinated?

A

April 14th, Fords Theatre

87
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Who replaced Lincoln as president after he died?

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Andrew Johnson

88
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What did the infantry, Calvary and Artiliery do specifically?

A

Infantry- foot soldiers, used for movement on the battle field
Calvary- on horse, the eyes and ears of the battle field
Artillery- worked the cannons for long range attacks

89
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What does “A cloudy day brings rain” stand for

A 
Army 
Corps 
Division 
Brigade 
Regiment
90
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Who was Andrew Johnson?

A

Led presidential reconstruction followed most of the 10% plan, went to impeachment

91
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Who is the Ku Klan Klux?

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A group who hated African Americans and tortured them and anyone who supported them

92
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Who created the 10% plan?

A

Lincoln

93
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What group created the Wade Davis Bill?

A

Radical Republicans

94
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What is sharecropping?

A

Labor process managed between the planters and freedmen

95
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Did sharecropping leave a positive or negative impact on freedmen? How?

A

Negative because eventually they were unable pay and keep the land

96
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What did the 13th amendment do?

A

Abolished slavery

97
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What did the 14th amendment do?

A

U.S.-born are citizens, citizens have rights, rights are to be protected. (not women)

98
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What did the 15th amendment do?

A

“all” citizens have the right to vote.

99
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What law did Johnson violate that was the cause of the impeachment?

A

Tenture of office act, fired Edward Stanton

100
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Who were the two main candidates in the election of 1876

A

Rutherford B. Hayes vs. Samuel Tilden

101
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Who won the popular vote

A

Samuel Tilden

102
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Why did people want to explore?

A

Curiosity, region, money/trade,

103
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What happened as a result of exploration?

A

Improvements in technology
New discoveries
Changes in culture

104
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What was the Colombian exchange? Gives examples of foods that came thorough each region.

A

When food went from the old work to the new world and visa versa examples ________________________

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