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What did enslaved Africans provide? |
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Labor for the Southern rice fields |
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Who was the largest fighting force in the colonies in 1977? |
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Who did the Enlightenment influence? and what was it? |
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a movement that influenced the Constitutions architects |
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The amount the nations government owes |
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Who decided the election of 1800? |
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The House of Representatives |
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Where did Americans Industrial Revolution begin to take root in? |
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What did Stephen A. Douglas propose? |
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letting the people decide about slavery through popular sovereignty |
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Who is the author of Uncle Toms Cabin? and what is it about? |
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Harriet Beech Stowe is the author and its about the brutal, cruel system of slavery |
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What battle was named after a small church? |
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Who guarantees accused individuals the right to a hearing before being jailed? |
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The period of rebuilding after the Civil War |
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What does the 14th Amendment state? |
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The 14th Amendment states that no state could take away a citizens life liberty and property without due process of the law |
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Who founded The National Negro Business League? |
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Where did the first action of the Spanish-American war take place? |
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How much did World War I cost the US? |
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What is The gross national product? |
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Its the total value of all goods and services produced in a country |
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What year did Herbert Hoover win the presidential election? |
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the presidential election of 1928 |
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Who made the promise " your boys are not going to be sent into any foreign wars" when speaking about WWII ? |
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In the Middle East, Who claimed the Palestine? |
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What did The Marshall Plan help with? |
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rebuilding the countries of Western Europe |
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What ' refroze ' the Cold War? |
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What was the first foreign crisis President JF Kennedy faced? |
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Where was the first of a series of racial riots that hit cities on 1965 located at? |
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Who was the Polish leader of Solidarity? |
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the trade agreement with Canada, Mexico and the US |
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what was the largest empire in early American civilizations? |
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Who were the native people that were skilled in riding horses? |
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Who were the leaders of the War Hawks? |
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What did The Battle of New Orleans do for A. Jackson? |
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Helped him win the Presidency election of 1828 |
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It was the main route settlers took to Oregon |
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What was Sam Houston named? |
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Commander in chief of the Texas' forces |
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Why was the telegraph invented? |
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What state had a both pro and anti slavery government? |
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What did the " Dred Scott" case decision mean? |
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It meant the constitution protected slavery |
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What did the House of Representatives do when President A. Jackson violated the Tenure of Office Act? |
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The House of Representatives voted to impeach him |
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What would Wovoka, a prophet, for the Sioux Indians do to help them regain their former greatness? |
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What was the network of farmers that rallied against railroads and "money power" ? |
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What did Grace Abbott and Julia Lathrop found? |
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The immigrants' protective League |
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What did the Treaty of Versailles Wilson do to rally support? |
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Went on a national speaking tour |
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What did Hoover authorize? |
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Spending on public works to combat The Great Depression |
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What did Harry Truman win? |
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The 1948 presidential election |
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What did people call the generation gap of the 1950's? |
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the differing attitudes of the old and young |
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what did Ngo Dinh Diem's gov't take? |
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the rights away from the Buddhist of South Vietnam |
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The selective service system that supplies soldiers for war |
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What kind of division did the generation gap create? |
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What caused Arab oil producing states to impose an embargo on oil shipments to the US? |
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What is it called when the value of foreign imports exceeds the value of domestic exports? |
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What was not part of the C. Columbus' fleet? |
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Who became the leader of Education Reform? |
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Why did Texas struggle with Mexico? |
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What did the 13th Amendment do? |
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How did the US expand into the Pacific? |
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by acquiring Midway and Hawaii |
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What are groups that seek to correct injustice and solve social probems called? |
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What did the New Deal do? |
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It helped the nation to pull out of the Great Depression |
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What is the American Indian Movement? |
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Its a Native American organization that protest broken treaties and civil right violations |
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In the 2000 presidential election, how many electoral votes did Al Gore or G. Bush need? And from which state? |
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25 electoral votes from Florida |
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Through what did political balance in the South restore full rights to people who supported the Democrates? |
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To who did the question of becoming a free state or a slave state apply to? |
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New states entering the US |
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