US History 1

Question 1

The pamphlet, Common Sense, urged Americans to

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declare their independence

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The controversy over Federal Power vs. States’ Rights was a basic cause of the

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Civil War

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The person accused of being a tyrant in the Declaration of Independence was:

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George III

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What is significant about Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address?

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It defined the nature of democratic government.

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Early European contact devastated Native American populations by introducing

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infectious disease

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The purpose of the Proclamation of 1763 was to

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prevent conflict between the colonists and Indians west of the Appalachians

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Prior to the Civil War what political party sought to prohibit the extension of slavery?

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Republican

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Who urged the South to accept defeat and reunite with the North after Appomattox?

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Robert E. Lee

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What was the opening confrontation of the Civil War.

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Fort Sumter

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Cornwallis surrendered his army to Washington at the Battle of:

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Yorktown

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What was Lincoln’s MAIN goal at the beginning of the Civil War?

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Save the Union

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According to President Polk, what was the nation’s manifest destiny?

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Extend west to the Pacific Ocean

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The population at the beginning of the Revolution was divided almost equally between:

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Tories, Patriots, and those uncommitted

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One way in which the United States Constitution differed from the Articles of Confederation was that the Constitution

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created a national government having three branches

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The French Alliance provided the Continental Army with the aid of its army and navy in the Battle of:

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Yorktown

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Uncle Tom’s Cabin was written by?

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Harriet Beecher Stowe

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Who delivered the Gettysburg Address?

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Abraham Lincoln, November 19, 1863, at the dedication of the Soldiers’ National Cemetery in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania

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The Great Awakening of the 18th Century was a(n):

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religious revival

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The Federalist Papers were written in support of the

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Constitution

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Indentured servants were:

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early colonists who worked for a specific number of years in exchange for their passage to America

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During the Civil War, who had better generals initially?

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the Confederacy

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Those who supported the ratification of the United States’ Constitution promised to add a Bill of Rights in order to

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persuade the Anti-Federalists to accept the Constitution

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The national legislative branch, as defined in the US Constitution, would consist of:

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two-house (bi-cameral) legislature,
House of Representatives whose membership was based on the population of a state and
a Senate whose membership was based on two Senators per state

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Who is called the “Father of the Constitution?”

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James Madison

Question 25

“Direct Democracy” is best illustrated by the

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New England Town Meeting

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In the 1750’s, the French became worried over possible British expansion into the

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Ohio Valley

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The power of Judicial Review was established by

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Case of Marbury vs. Madison

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The term “Muckraker” has been used to describe authors whose writing deal mainly with:

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exposing social conditions in need of reform.

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British troops fired upon anti-British demonstrators during the:

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Boston Massacre

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The Supreme Court can declare a law unconstitutional because of the principle of

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Judicial Review

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Which country did the North fear might become an ally of the Confederacy?

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Great Britain

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The Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom and the Virginia Declaration of Rights both influenced the creation of the:

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of the US Bill of Rights

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Tories are:

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members of two political parties which existed in England, modern conservative party and opposed whigs

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The First Continental Congress was significant due to its

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attendance by representatives form 12 of the 13 colonies, demonstrating colonial unity

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What reform allowed voters to propose legislation?

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imitative

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California entered the Union as a free state in the

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Compromise of 1850

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Which of the following caused the first southern states to secede from the Union?

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The Election of Abraham Lincoln

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The Three-Fifth’s Compromise, which became part of our Constitution, related to

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slavery

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Jefferson was the person most responsible for the ideas of which political party?

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Democratic-Republican Party

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The greatest contribution Benjamin Franklin made to the COLONIAL war effort was his work:

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negotiating an alliance with France

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The PRIMARY purpose of the Sugar, Stamp, and Tea Acts was to help Parliaments to

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pay for the French and Indian War debts as well as British troops sent to protect the colonists

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The citizenship rights of a person born or naturalized in the United States are protected by what amendment to the Constitution?

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14th Amendment

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How did the impeachment trial of Andrew Johnson turn out?

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He avoided conviction by one vote.

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What made the destruction of slavery a Northern war aim?

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Emancipation Proclamation

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Abraham Lincolns’ primary goal for his early Presidency was to

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preserve the Union

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The legislative assembly established in the 1640’s in Virginia, now known as the General Assembly of Virginia, was the

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House of Burgesses

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The event which led to the growth of the Methodist and Baptist religions

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The Great Awakening

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The Great Compromise and the Three-Fifths Compromise at the Constitutional Convention were both concerned with:

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representation in the Congress of the United States

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In McCulloch vs. Maryland, the Supreme Court decided that

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states could NOT tax the federal government

Question 50

The Battle of Antietam resulted in the issuance of the:

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Emancipation Proclamation

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In 1619, African slavery was introduced to the Southern colonies and in the Caribbean because:

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the tobacco plantations required a large labor force

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In the mid-1800’s, which issue was regarded as a violation of Christian principles by many Americans?

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slavery

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What was NOT a cash crop of the Southern Colonies?

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Wheat

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Which was a significant result of the Lincoln-Douglas debates?

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Douglas lost the support of the south for the Presidency

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The Virginia Declaration of Rights was written by

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George Mason

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The First Amendment of the Constitution guarantees all citizens the right to

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free speech

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subsistence farming was the prevalent agriculture where?

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New England

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The Declaration of Independence strongly reflected the earlier writings of:

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John Lock and Thomas Paine

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The British Act which prohibited colonial settlement west of the Appalachian Mountains because the region was too costly for the British to protect was the

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Proclamation Act

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Fighting in Lexington and Concord broke out between British soldiers and:

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Massachusetts “Minutemen.”

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What replaced the system of indentured servitude?

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Slavery

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George Washington’s contribution to the Constitution were based on his

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tremendous prestige as he presided over the Convention

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The spoils system is most associated with President

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Jackson

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Lee’s surrender to Grant took place at

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Appomattox

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What movement was led by Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony before and after the Civil War?

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Women’s Suffrage Movement in the 1800’s

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What was the underlying cause of President Johnson’s impeachment?

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His power struggle with Congress.

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The Election of 1800 was MOST significant due to

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its being the first instance of political power being transferred peacefully from one political party to another

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To what does “The Trail of Tears,” refer?

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The forced expulsion of Indians from the eastern part of the United States

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Secessionists did or did not support the abolitionist movement?

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did not

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What advantage did the North LACK in fighting the Civil War?

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Defensive strategy

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A political reason as to why Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation was to:

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assure British neutrality

Question 72

What were first built in the nineteenth century to

house the poor as cheaply as possible?

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Tenements

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Characteristics of the New England colonies included all of the following

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1. formation of covenant communities
2. intolerance of religious beliefs differing from Puritanism
3. desire for economic opportunity as well as religious and political freedom

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What was Sherman’s strategy of total war in his march through Georgia?

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To destroy troops, fields, and factories

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Lewis and Clark were guided by the Indian translator:

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Sacagawea

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Who gave a speech at St. John’s Church, Richmond, Virginia in March of 1775.

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Patrick Henry

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The main economic activities of the New England colonies were

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shipbuilding and fishing

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What drew an east-west line through the Louisiana Purchase, prohibiting slavery above that line, with the exception of Missouri?

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The Missouri Compromise (1820)

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Healing wartime bitterness by quickly bringing the South back into the “Union was the goal of Lincolns:

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Reconstruction

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voting rights were guaranteed regardless of “race, color, or previous condition of servitude.” This is a statement from which Amendment to the U.S Constitution?

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15th, Fifteenth

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Westward expansion resulted in an increase in bitterness and threatened national unity due to

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slavery

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Who led slaves through the Underground Railroad?

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Harriot Tubman

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“We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.”

This quotation reflects the ideas mainly derived from:

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John’s Locke’s theory of natural rights

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John Locke’s theory of the social contract as developed in the United State’s Declaration of Independence stated that

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the people should revolt against the government that did not protect their rights

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Why was the Thirteenth Amendment passed?

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To abolish slavery.

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Most colonists felt that British tax laws were unfair because:

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the colonists had not representation of their own in Parliament

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The practice by which men were forced to serve as British sailors was known as

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impressments

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Which was the first state to secede from the Union?

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South Carolina

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The middle colonies had more diverse lifestyles than New England or the Southern colonies because they had a greater variety of

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cultural groups

Question 90

William Lloyd Garrison founded what abolitionist newspaper?

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The Liberator

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The battle which caused the French to sign the Franco-American alliance was:

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Saratoga