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Victorious Confederate leader at the first Battle of Bull Run who was later accidentally killed by one of his own men. |
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The WestPoint graduate and Mexican War veteran who was offered command of all Union forces when the Civil War erupted. |
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Slavery in the United States was ended by which amendment? |
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A court order giving a judge the power to free a person who is being held illegally or without just cause. |
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The incident in which a Union warship stopped a British steamer and removed two Confederate diplomats. |
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Grant and Lee arranged the surrender of Confederate forces in 1865 here. |
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The financial needs of the United States during the Civil War led to this. |
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Chickamauga was written by? |
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Often risked his life to photograph battles of the war. |
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The president of the Confederate States. |
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Led the "March to the Sea," cutting a path of destruction 300 miles long through the "breadbasket" of the Confederacy. After the civil war he turned into an Indian fighter. |
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The only U.S. president to be impeached until Bill Clinton. |
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Assassinated Abraham Lincoln. |
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A cartoonist who helped expose the Tweed Ring. |
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Commander of the Union army who was nicknamed "Unconditional Surrender." |
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Confederate Prison Camp was located here.
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The border state that Lincoln kept with the Union, thereby saving Washington, D.C. |
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The place in South Dakota where 200 unarmed Native Americans were killed in 1890. |
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The home of the politically corrupt Tweed Ring. |
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Lincoln's plan for reunion. |
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The Supreme Court decision that permitted segregated facilities. |
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A law aimed at "Americanizing" the Indians. |
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Gave African Americans the right to vote. |
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The Government scandal involving the transcontinental railroad. |
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A terrorist organization that discouraged African Americans from voting. |
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Southern laws that limited African-American mobility and employment. |
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Established to provide meals, jobs, and schooling to former slaves. |
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Provide free land to settlers who were willing to live on it and cultivate it. |
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Forbade the President from dismissing federal officials without Senate approval. President Johnson challenged this by firing his Secretary of War. |
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Standing Bear gave his speech to the Senate in? |
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Tried to lead his tribe of Nez Perces to Canada, but was stopped about 50 miles short after 1300 miles of fighting with the U.S. Army. |
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Defeated at Little Big Horn. |
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The Indian chief at the victory at Little Big Horn, and later fled to Canada. |
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The radical Republicans plan for reunion. |
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Who was the victorious Confederate leader at the first Battle of Bull Run who was later accidentally killed by one of his own men? |
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Chickamauga was written by? |
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The WestPoint graduate and Mexican War veteran who was offered command of all Union forces when the Civil War erupted. |
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Slavery in the United States was ended by? |
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Ratification of the 13th Amendment |
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The rifle was superior to the smoothbore flintlock musket because it was? |
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Faster to reload, much more accurate, and more reliable in wet weather |
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The Battle of Chickamauga Creek was fought in what state? |
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The incident in which a Union warship stopped a British steamer and removed two Confederate diplomats. |
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Grant and Lee arranged the surrender of Confederate forces at? |
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The financial needs of the United States during the Civil War led to? |
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On July 4, 1863, the Confederacy suffered two great defeats when what occured? |
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Lee began his retreat from Gettysburg and Grant captured Vicksburg |
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______ and William Borah headed Senate opposition to the United States joining the League of Nations. |
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An American industrialist who sent a "peace ship" to Europe to end the war. |
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The English economist who favored increased federal spending to stimulate the economy. |
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The British liner sunk by Germany without warning, killing 128 Americans. |
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A German message, intercepted by the British, proposing an alliance with Mexico. |
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Often viewed as "Labor's Magna Carta," it guaranteed workers the right to join a union and to bargain as a group. |
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His solo flight over the Atlantic in 1927 made him a national hero. |
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Hoover's Secretary of the Treasury, who favored taking no government action to end the depression. |
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The New York Stock Exchange's worst day. |
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A share of a company's profits paid to stockholders. |
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All of the following explain the outbreak of WWI except:
A)Nationalism
B)Imperialism
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America tended to favor the Allies because of all the following except:
A)Language and cultural ties to Great Britain
B)Reports of German atrocities coming from England
C)The huge numbers of Irish and German immigrants in the U.S.
D)The militaristic goals of Kaiser Wilhelm |
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The huge numbers of Irish and German immigrants in the U.S. |
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WWI was the bloodiest war in history because of what? |
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The development of new weapons |
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The Selective Service Act of 1917 provided for ____? |
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The registration of men between ages 21 and 31 for the draft |
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All of the following were curtailed during the war except the freedom of:
A)speech
B)the press
C)assembly
D)religion
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The major reason for American opposition to the League of Nations was _____? |
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Fear of being required to get involved in future European wars. |
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Of the following, all are main reasons why the US entered WWI except:
A)unrestricted submarine warfare by Germany
B)financial ties between America and the Allies
C)American fears that Germany would help Mexico
D)Wilson's belief that the world must be made safe for democracy |
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American fears that Germany would help Mexico |
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The first declaration of war involved ______? |
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Austria-Hungary declaring war against Serbia |
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WWI was precipitated by the assassination of _____? |
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Archduke Francis Ferdinand |
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On the southern front, the Americans advance against Germany was led by _____? |
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All of the following took place during the "Roaring 20s" except:
A)the election of a Roman Catholic to the Presidency
B)the election of women to state offices
C)mass production of the Model T.
D)the first talking movies |
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The election of a Roman Catholic to the Presidency |
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Prohibition became law in 1919 with ratification of the _____? |
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The first solo nonstop flight from New York to Paris was made by ____? |
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Bold use of the Assembly line in his factories can be credited to ____?
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The "Roaring Twenties" were chracterized by _____? |
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jazz,ragtime, and blues
speakeasies
flappers |
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