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30 Cards in this Set
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Bacon's Rebellion was initiated to protest:
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Governor's friendly policies toward Native Americans
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Emancipation was signed by who and when?
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President Licoln in 1863
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general Custer's army was massacred while battling the Sioux at which location?
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Little Bighorn River
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Essentially what was the Monroe Doctrine concerning?
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Prevention of European powers from interfering with North and South Colonies
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First permanent English Colony NA
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Jamestown
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The First African American owned journal and newspaper, founded in 1827, was known as
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Freedom's Journal
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When was the Bill of Rights ratified by Congress and the States?
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1789
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Who was responsible for writing "Common Sense", a pamphlet that advocated the American Revolution?
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Thomas Paine
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Which amendment guaranteed a right to bear arms?
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2nd Amendment
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What was Andrew Jackson known for?
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Opposing National Banks
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The Homestead Act was used to
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promote settlement west of the Mississippi River
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The Gettysburg address was given in what year?
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1863, (same year as emancipation proclamation)
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The first shot occurred @?
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Fort Sumter
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In which year was the first transcontinental railroad completed?
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1869
A decade after the Gadsen Purchase |
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The 3rd amendment prohibits what?
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Peacetime quartering of soldiers in citizen's homes.
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A large number of Irish people immigrated to the US during the Great Famine, when did this occur?
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1830-1860
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The Kansas-Nebraska act of 1854 effectively ended which prior act?
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Missouri Compromise
(designed to keep the number of slaves and free states equal, ended because the new act allowed two states to choose) |
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In what year was the Alaska territory purchased from RRRRRussiaaaa?
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1867
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When was the Articles of Confederation ratified?
(FIRST governing doc of the US) |
1781
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Which author, born in late 1700's, was known for his short series "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow"
Hint: Not Ichobod Crane |
Washing Irving
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The south believed that which of their natural resources would persuade European countries to come to its aid?
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Cotton
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What religion did Pilgrims follow?
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Protestant
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Common reason as to why Prohibition failed?
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law enforcement costs
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Native American Chief who led an attack meant to push English colonists out of New England in 1675
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King Philip aka Metacomet (LOL)
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XYZ affair occurred when the US sent diplomats to which country in 1789?
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France
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What amendment states that when a civil case exceeds damages of 75,000 the case MUST be tried by a jury?
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7th amendment
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First College to accept male and female students?
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Oberlin College, located in Ohio
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Now, WHO was actually involved in the building of the First transcontinental railroad?
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Central Pacific Railroad Company
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Which of the following was the largest city in the 13 colonies by the 18th century?
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Philadelphia
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In which year did the US acquire the Louisiana territory? and from who?
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1803, from the damn France
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