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“Slavery is in all probability the wedge which will split up this union.”

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John Quincy Adams

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War fought to free American trade and earn the respect of other nations:

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War of 1812

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Borderline seperating Pennsylvania and Maryland:

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Mason-Dixon Line

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Slave who appealed to the Supreme Court for his freedom:

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Dred Scott

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“I have not yet begun to fight.”

Who said it?

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John Paul Jones

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“If I can ever hit that thing, I’ll hit it hard!

Who said it?

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Abraham Lincoln

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Battle fought after the War of 1812 had ended:

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Battle of New Orleans

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Short civil war in Virginia during which Jamestown was seized:

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Bacon’s Rebellion

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Date of surrender at Appomattox

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April 9, 1865

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Explorer after whom our continent is named:

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Amerigo Vespucci

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States int he Confederacy:

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  1. South Carolina
  2. Mississippi
  3. Floria
  4. Alabama
  5. Georgia
  6. Louisiana
  7. Texas
  8. Arkansas
  9. North Carlolina
  10. Virginia
  11. Tennessee
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Head of the Supreme Court:

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Chief Justice

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System of secretly transporting slaves to Canada:

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the Underground Railroad

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“Be sure you are right, then go ahead.”

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Davy Crockett

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Framework for the government of the United States:

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the Constitution

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16
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Columbus Discoverd America in:

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1492

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Men hired by Jefferson to explore the new territory:

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Meriwether Lewis and William Clark

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War between France and England in Europe:

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the Seven Years’ War

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Name three heroes in the Battle of the Alamo:

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Sam Houston, Davy Crockett, William Travis

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“Perhaps so; but I shall have the honor of presiding at that dinner.”

What was the occasion?

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Battle of New Orleans, in response to a boast from a British officer that he was going to eat his Christmas dinner in New Orleans.

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Law-enforcing branch:

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Executive

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General at Bunker HIll:

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William Prescott

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Union general who captured and burned Atlanta:

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William T. Sherman

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Head of the law-interpreting branch:

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Supreme Court

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25
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Who establised the colony?

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Sir Walter Raleigh

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26
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Commander-in-chief of the Confederate Army:

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Robert E. Lee

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Government established by the states that seceded from the Union:

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Confederacy

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28
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Date of the War of 1812:

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1812-1814

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29
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Two bodies of Congress:

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House of Representatives and the Senate

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First European to reach India by sea:

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Vasco da Gama

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Date of the Second Treaty of Paris:

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September 3, 1783

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32
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Invention that changed modern agriculture:

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McCormick Reaper

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Revolutionary battle lost by Americans but considered a victory:

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Battle of Bunker Hill

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“Liberty and Union, now and forever, one and inseparable.”

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Daniel Webster

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35
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First battles of the Revolutionary War:

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Lexington and Concord

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36
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Separatists that sailed to the new land:

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Pilgrims

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37
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Name the thirteen original colonies:

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  1. Virginia
  2. Massachusetts
  3. New Hampshire
  4. New York
  5. Maryland
  6. Connecticut
  7. Rhode Island
  8. North Carolina
  9. South Carolina
  10. New Jersey
  11. Pennsylvania
  12. Delaware
  13. Georgia
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38
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Famous American naval officers who fought in the War of 1812:

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Captain James Lawrence and Oliver H. Perry

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39
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“Don’t fire until you see the whites of their eyes!”

Who said it?

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General William Prescott

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40
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War between France and England in America:

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the French and Indian War

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41
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Land granted to William Penn:

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Pennsylvania

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42
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Law that inducted Maine into the Union as a free state and Missouri as a slave state and said no slavery will be allowed in the Lousiana Territory avoe the 36° 30° parallel:

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the Missouri Compromise

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43
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“Don’t give up the ship!”

Who said it?

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Captain James Lawrence

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44
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Those who opposed slavery:

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abolitionists

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45
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“We have met the enemy and they are ours.”

Who said it?

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Oliver Perry

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46
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Native chief who led war against settlers in the Indiana Territory:

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Tecumseh

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47
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The agreement that establihsed a form of government for the pilgrims:

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Mayflower Compact

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48
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Native Americans who aided the Pilgrims:

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Samoset and Squanto

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49
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First English sailor to circle the globe:

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Sir Fancis Drake

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50
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Even in Boston during which British soldiers opened fire on unarmed colonists:

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Boston Massacre

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51
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Battle that was the turning point for the Revolutionary War:

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Saratoga

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52
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Battles of Lexinton and Concord

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April 19, 1775

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53
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Date of the Constitution:

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March 4, 1789

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54
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“If I can ever hit that thing, I’ll hit it hard!

What was the occasion?

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speaking about slavery

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55
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First president of the United States:

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George Washington

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56
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First Chief Justice of the Supreme Court:

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John Jay

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57
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Father of the Constitution:

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James Madison

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58
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Commander-in-chief of the Union Army:

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Ulysses S. Grant

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59
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Volunteer soldiers ready at a moment’s notice:

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minutemen

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60
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Event during which Americans dressed as natives and dumped tea in the harbor:

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Boston Tea Party

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61
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Five causes of the Revolutionary War:

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  1. trade and navigation laws
  2. stamp act
  3. Townshend Acts
  4. Boston Massacre
  5. the Five Intolerable Acts
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62
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Date of the Emancipation Proclamation:

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January 1, 1863

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63
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R. W. Emerson describes the first battle as:

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“the shot heard round the world”

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First state to secede from the Union:

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South Carolina

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65
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Riders sent to warn Charlestownand Lexinton of the coming British army:

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Paul Revere and William Dawes

66
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Englishmen who desired a plainer and purer religion:

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Puritans

67
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French sailor who discoverd the St. Lawrence River:

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Jacques Cartier

68
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Document that signified the end of the French and Indian War:

A

the Treaty of Paris

69
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Treaty of Ghent

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1814

70
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Protectore of Engalnd who established the Navigation Act:

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Oliver Cromwell

71
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Father of the Declaration of Independence

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Thomas Jefferson

72
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American pioneer who conquered California:

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John C. Fremont

73
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United States national motto and meaning:

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E pluribus unum- One out of many

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American naval officer who did great damage to the British navy during hte Revolutionary War:

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John Paul Jones

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Leader of the first expedition to circle the globe:

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Ferdinand Magellan

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First Continental Congress:

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September 1774

77
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Wrote the first dictionary in America:

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Noah Webster

78
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First form of representative government in America, established in Virginia:

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The House of Burgesses

79
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Land purchased by Jefferson from Emperor Napoleaon:

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Louisiana Purchase

80
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American general who defeated Santa Anna:

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Zachary Taylor

81
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War fought over the boundaries between Texas and Mexico:

A

the Mexican War

82
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Revolt that demonstrated the need for a stronger central government:

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Shays’ Rebellion

83
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Document that established a central government for the United States:

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the Articles of Confederation

84
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Head of the colony in Jamestown:

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Captian John Smith

85
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Date of the Battle at Fort Sumter:

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April 12, 1861

86
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Land purchased from Mexico in the West for building train routes to California:

A

the Gadsden Purchase

87
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“I have not yet begun to fight.”

What was the occasion?

A

naval battle with British

88
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Foreign policy that forbade European countries from establishing colonies in North or South America and told them not to meddle in American affairs:

A

the Monroe Doctrine

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Bill that inducted California as a free state and allowed the Utah and New Mexico territories to choose whether or not they would be free or slave states:

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the Compromise of 1850

90
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Law-making branch:

A

Legislative

91
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Author of Uncle Tom’s Cabin:

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Harriet Beecher Stowe

92
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Wrote “The Star-Spangled Banner” while held captive on a British ship:

A

Francis Scott Key

93
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British general forced to surrender at Yorktown:

A

Cornwallis

94
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European credited with the discovery of America:

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Christopher Columbus

95
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The young American patriot who was hanged as a spy by the British:

A

Nathan Hale

96
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Act of President Lincoln that declared all slaves free in the Confederate States:

A

Emancipation Proclamation

97
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First lasting English colony:

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Jamestown

98
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“I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country.”

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Nathan Hale

99
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Confederate ironclad ship that wrought havoc on the union fleet:

A

Merrimac

100
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Law that forbade colonists from building boats and required all goods to be carried on English ships:

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the Navigation Act

101
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French and Indian War dates:

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1754-1763

102
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Place where Lee surrendered to Grant:

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Appomattox Courthouse

103
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English Sailor who discovered Cape Cod:

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John Cabot

104
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Date of the Gold Rush:

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1849

105
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Law-interpreting branch:

A

Judicial

106
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Document that signified the official end of the Revolutionary War:

A

Second Treaty of Paris

107
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Massachusetts Senator known as one of the greatest orators in the history of the U.S.:

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Daniel Webster

108
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Date of the Battle of Gettysburg:

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July 1-3, 1863

109
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Date of Boston Massacre:

A

1770

110
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“That man has an ax to grind.”

A

Benjamin Franklin

111
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The original inhabitants of this continent:

A

Native Americans

112
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Battle that changed the course of the Civil War:

A

Battle of Gettysburg

113
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Land purchased by the Dutch man Minuit for about twenty-four dollars’ worth of trinkets:

A

Manhattan Island

114
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Second Continental Congress:

A

May 1775

115
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King of Portugal who suggested dit was possible to sail around Africa:

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Henry the Navigator

116
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Chief frustration of American colonists:

A

taxation without representation

117
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Commander-in-chief of the Continental Army:

A

George Washington

118
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Inventor of the telegraph:

A

Samuel Morse

119
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Former slave who led over 300 slaves to freedom:

A

Harriet Tubman

120
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Final battle of the Revolutionary War:

A

Yorktown

121
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French nobleman who served int he American army:

A

Marquis de Lafayette

122
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President of the Confederacy:

A

Jefferson Davis

123
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Location of the first shot fired in the Civil War:

A

Fort Sumter

124
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Puritans that left the Anglican Chruch altogether:

A

Separatists

125
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First English colony in America, which disappeared:

A

Roanoke

126
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Oldest city in the mainland of the United States:

A

St. Augustine, Florida

127
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Treaty that ended the Mexican war and gave the United States New Mexico and what was called Upper California:

A

Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo

128
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Union ironclad that defeated the confederate ironclad:

A

Monitor

129
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“We have met the enemy and they are ours.”

What was the occasion?

A

naval battle in the war of 1812

130
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Battle during which one hundred fifty Texans fought a Mexican army of four thousand:

A

Battle of the Alamo

131
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Law passed by South Carolina in reaction to Congress’ attempt to place a high tariff on foreign goods:

A

the Nullification Act

132
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Head of the law-making branch:

A

Congresss

133
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Date of the Declaration of Independence

A

July 4, 1776

134
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Event during which Washington surprised and captured the Hessians:

A

crossing of the Delaware

135
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Traitor who plotted to give up the fort at West Point:

A

Benedict Arnold

136
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Date of the Louisiana Purchase

A

1803

137
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Movement of many settlers to California in hopes of becoming rich:

A

the Gold Rush

138
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“To be prepared for war is one of the most effectual means of preserving peace.”

A

George Washington

139
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“To the victors belong the spoils.”

Who said it?

A

Andrew Jackson

140
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President of Congress that accepted the Declaration:

A

John Hancock

141
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General of the Mexican army:

A

Santa Anna

142
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Governor of the Indiana Territory who defeated the feared Native chief:

A

William Henry Harrison

143
Q

“Don’t give up the ship!”

What was the occasion?

A

naval battle in War of 1812

144
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American general at the Battle of New Orleans:

A

Andrew Jackson

145
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Financed Columbus’s first voyage:

A

King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella of Spain

146
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Date of Boston Tea Party:

A

1773

147
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Head of the law-enforcing branch:

A

President

148
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“I know not what course others may take; but as for me, give me liberty or give me death.”

A

Patrick Henry

149
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American general who captured Mexico City:

A

Winfield Scott

150
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“Don’t fire until you see the whites of their eyes!”

What was the occasion?

A

Battle of Bunker HIll

151
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The Viking credited as the first European to visit North America in 1000 A.D.:

A

Lief Ericson

152
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Document that signified the end of the War of 1812:

A

Treaty of Ghent

153
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General who captured Quebec:

A

James Wolfe

154
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Date of The Mexican War:

A

1846-1848

155
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“Perhaps so; but I shall have the honor of presiding at that dinner.”

Who said it?

A

Andrew Jackson

156
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Inventor of the cotton gin:

A

Eli Whitney

157
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Three brances of the Amercian government established by the Constitution:

A

Legislative, Executive, Judicial

158
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Inventor of the first steamboat:

A

Robert Fulton

159
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First time delegates from all the colonies met to discuss the rights of American colonists:

A

First Continental Congress

160
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“To the victors belong the spoils.”

What was the occasion?

A

Andrew Jackson had won the election and given offices to all his friends.

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