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| Who was the director of the Seneca Falls Convention and a womens' rights advocate? |
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| Who was the woman who tried to get poor women to use birth control? |
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| Who was the Chief Justice of Supreme Court during the formative years? |
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| Who wrote "Star Spangled Banner"? |
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| What president was elected by the Common Man (1828) and moved Inidans to reservations? |
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| Who raided the army arsenal at Harpers Ferry to get weapons to kill slave owners? |
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| Who was the president of the U.S. during the Civil War and wanted no extension of slavery? |
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| Who was the commander of the SOUTHERN Army during the Civil War? |
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| Who was the 1st and only president of the Confederacy? (during the civil war) |
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| Who was the leader of the US Army during the Civil War, and a weak president later? |
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| Who created the idea of Social Darwinism, or survival of the fittest? |
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| Rich American who owned most all oil rights in the United States. |
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| Who founded the Niagra Movement in which became NAACP (National Assoc. for the Advancement of Colored People)? |
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| Who was the founder of the Tuskegee Institute, an Alabama flight school for blacks? |
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| Who invented peanut butter and developed over 300 products from peanuts? |
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| What president was one of the "Rough Riders" during the Spanish-American War? |
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| Theodore "Teddy" Roosevelt |
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| What president created the League of Nations after World War 1, but the US didn't join it? |
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| Whose assassination started WWI? |
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| Who was the leader of Germany who killed Jews during WWII? |
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| Who made the 1st non-stop flight from U.S. to Paris? His plane was named the Spirit of St Louis? |
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| Who was the president during the Great Depression and WWII, and created TVA and alpbabet agencies? |
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| Who was the president blamed for the Great Depression? |
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| Who was the leader of Russia (Soviet Union) during WWII? |
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| Who was the leader of British (England) forces during WWII? |
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| Who was the leader of Italy during WWII? |
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| Who was the United States Supreme Commander of WWII? |
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| General Dwight D. Eisenhower |
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| Who was the person who warned colonists the British soldiers were headed to Lexington and Concord? |
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| What is the name of England's Bill of Rights? It was signed in 1215 by King John. |
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| What was the Constitutional Conventions decision to apportion representation in Congress called? Senate (2) and House of Representatives (population). |
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| When deciding how to apportion representation. what was the Constitutional Conventions decision to count 5 slaves as 3 people? |
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| What was the Court case which decided judicial review? (supreme court decide if law is legal) |
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| Which Branch of government makes the laws? |
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| Branch of government which interprets law? |
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| Said we could change or add laws as times change or as necessary. |
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| Laws which separated blacks and whites. |
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| Treaty: England got all land east of Mississippi, ended French and Indian War |
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| US got all land east of Mississippi River, ended American Revolution |
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| What was the process of kidnapping by British Navymen and forcing into military service? |
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| What is a government order prohibiting tbe movement of merchant ships into or out of its ports? |
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| WHat is the surrounding and blockading of a city, town, or fortress by an army attempting to capture it? |
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| How to divide and sell new land, sold off land in the Northwest territory. |
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| What document describes how to become a state? |
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| Established that new states above 36" 30" would be free and those below could decide. |
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| Movement attempting to end the legal sale of alcohol. |
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| What is the movement to end slavery called? |
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| What is the term which means pride in ones country? |
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| What was the high tax on imported goods, designed to help American factories by causing import prices to be higher? |
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| What was the law which said: North had to return runaway slaves to Southern slave owners. |
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| Court case that said: "once a slave always a slave" |
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| Land which gave you 160 acres of land if you lived on it for 5 years |
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| Lincoln's attempt to free slaves in the South |
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| Emancipation Proclamation |
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| Northeners who helped the south during the Civil War and Reconstruction |
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| Southerners who helped the North during the Civil War were called... |
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| Area of the country that always voted democratic in earely elections. |
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| to own all of something in business, or a particular kind of business |
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| Newspaper writers who exposed corruption were called; |
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| wrote "The Jungle", an expose' on the meat packing industry; muckraker |
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| Court case which established "Separate but equal" |
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| These two acts stopped creation of monopolies |
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| Clayton and Sherman Anti-Trust Acts |
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| Word describing farms and plantations in the South (Country) |
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| A German U-boat sank this British ship involving the US in WWI, 128 Americans on board |
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| Caused US to enter WWI- promised Mexico would get back Texas to California if the declared war on the US |
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| Organized by President Woodrow Wilson, similar to UN- US did not join |
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| During the 1920s GOOD TIMES nickname |
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| A person who worked on a farm in exchange for a percentage of crop was called: |
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| A person who rented land and shared the proceeds of his crop was called: |
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| Movement which attempted to end sell of alcohol in the US |
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| FDR's plan to stop the Great Depression |
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| Act creating unemployment insurance, old age pension, and help for the handicapped |
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| New Deal Organization that insured bank deposits |
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| FDR talked to people over the radio in a series of broadcasts called |
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| wind blew topsoil away in the west |
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| to kill an entire group of people |
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| Choctaw, Creek, Cherokee, Chickasaw |
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| 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments are collectively known as: |
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| required before one could be able to vote in the US |
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| Famous jazz musician from Alabama (Father of the Blues) |
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| Drained areas around Panama Canal to control Mosquitos and end Yellow Fever epidemic |
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| 1st permanent Spanish settlement in present day US |
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| 1st permanent English settlement in the present day US |
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| Cornwallis surrendered to Washington here: (French broke British blockade) |
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| Washington's winter quarters and the place of his harshest winter. |
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| State admitted to the union on December 14, 1819 |
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| Indians were moved from southeast US to this present day state on the trail of tears |
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| Mormons moved here to practice their religion without interference |
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| gold was discovered here starting the 1849 Gold Rush |
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| area of the nation that developed industrially early in our history |
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| area of US known for their farming and plantations |
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| state that got independence from Mexico, it once was an independence nation. |
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| Andrew Jackson defeated Creek Indians here (Alabama) |
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| The fort under fire when "F. Scott Key" wrote the National Anthem during the War of 1812 |
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| Kansas-Nebraska Act: proposed that the states would have the freedom to decide the issue of slaves. What was this doctrine called? (Let the people decide) |
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| First state to secede from the US starting the Civil War |
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| 1st capital of the Confederacy |
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| 2nd capital of the confederacy |
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| county that attempted to secede from Alabama during the Civil War |
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| state that seceded from Virginia during the Civil War |
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| city on the Mississippi River Grant captured to split the South during Civil War |
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| battle that was the turning point of the civil war |
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| Lee surrendered to Grant here |
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| Place in the Americas that connected Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, yellow fever |
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| Germany invaded this country starting WWII |
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| US naval base bombed by the Japanese Dec. 6, 1941 |
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| Allied invasion, D-Day began here (city in France where US troops landed) |
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| Two Japanese cities where Atomic bombs were dropped by the US |
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| turning point of the American Revolution, huge defeat of England |
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| Amendment that ended slavery in seceding states |
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| Amendment which made former slaves citizens |
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| Amendment which gave all men right to vote |
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| Amendment that created the Income Tax |
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| Amendment that stopped the sell of alcohol |
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| Amendment that gave women the right to vote |
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| This amendment appealed the 18th |
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| War to regain Holy Land from Muslims for Christians, led by Pope Pious II |
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| Period of time in which there was a rebirth of learning in Europe |
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| Led to creation of other churches outside the Catholic faith |
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| French and Indians fought settlers, settlers moved into Ohio Valley |
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| Thomas Jefferson wrote this document which caused the separation of the US from England |
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| Declaration of Independence |
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| Who warned us to avoid political parties and foreign alliances in his farewell address |
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| Washington Farwell Address |
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| The supreme law of the US that begins with "We the people" |
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| First 10 Amendments to the Constitution are collectively known as: |
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| 1776 War in which US vs England, France helps US |
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| Us vs. England again (2nd American Revolution) |
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| Name of land Jefferson bought from France (Napoleon) |
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| Scientific expedition from Mississippi River to Pacific Ocean to map Louisiana Purchase |
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| Lewis and Clark Expedition |
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| time when there was only one political party |
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| Indians were moved from Southwest to Oklahoma along this.. |
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| Belief that it was the U.S. right and destiny to own land from the Atlantic to the Pacific |
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| U.S. defeated Mexico and got land from Texas to California in this war |
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| In this war, the U.S. fought Spanish in Cuba; short war started by muckrakers |
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| Woodrow Wilson was president during this war |
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| There was widespread unemployment during this time; the stock market crash signaled the start of this |
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| Term describing the killing of the Jews in WWII Germany |
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| Event where colonists (upset over taxes) threw tea into the harbor |
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| First shots of American Revolution were fired here ("shot heard 'round the world") |
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| 1st Battle of American Revolution (after war is declared) |
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| Andrew Jackson defeated British at this battle (fought after War of 1812 was over) |
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| Yankee general who destroyed everything from Atlanta to Atlantic Ocean during the Civil War |
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| Sherman's March to the Sea |
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| Man associated with Jamestown - Tobacco, No work, No food! |
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| King of England during American Revolution |
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| Leader of Boston Sons of Liberty |
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| Commander of Continental Army and 1st President of the United States |
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| Man who said, "Federal government has the MOST power!" Leader of the FEDERALISTS |
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| President who said, "States' governments have the MOST power." (STATES RIGHTS) |
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| "Give me liberty or give me death" author |
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| British General who surrendered to Washington at Yorktown |
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| dictator of France; sold Louisiana to U.S. for $15 million |
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| 5th president of the United States; he ran unopposed (during Era of Good Feeling) |
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| Invented cotton gin and interchangeable parts for guns |
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| Developed the "American System" better roads, bank of U.S., protective tariff |
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| Wrote "Uncle Tom's Cabin" |
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| Published anti-slavery newspaper called the "Liberator" and ran anti-slavery movement |
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| Woman involved in movement to help mental patients to make sure they were treated fairly |
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| Former slave; published "North Star" newspaper |
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| Former slave; traveling speaker after emancipation woman |
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| Woman associated with the Underground Railroad |
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| Man associated with "Free Public Education" |
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| Man responsibile for the Founding of Mobile |
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| Serbian who assassinated the Archduke of Austria-Hungary starting WWI |
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| Wrote the "Scarlet Letter" |
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| Wrote the "Grapes of Wrath" |
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| Wrote "The Old Man and the Sea" |
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| Wrote "The Sun Also Rises" |
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| Wrote "The Last of the Mohicans" |
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| Attempt by John Adams to keep Federalists in control during Jefferson's administration |
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| American foreign policy opposing interference in Western Hemisphere from outside powers |
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| Truman's policy of providing economic and military aid to any country threatened by communism |
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| United States program of economic aid for the reconstruction of Europe named afer George C. Marshall |
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| Italian immigrants accused of payroll robbery during Red Scare |
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| This would allow trade with China and keep the nation from being divided |
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| Time after WWI when people in the U.S. were afraid the Communists would take over |
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| Political party that wanted government ownership of transportation industry, free coinage of silver, direct election of Senators, and graduated income tax |
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| Period of rebuilding the South after the Civil War |
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| Towns which sprang up overnight usually around gold mines |
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| This ended the Missouri Compromise and created the Fugitive Slave Act; it admitted California as a FREE state |
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| The cause of the "Dust Bowl" |
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| Written to dedicate a cemetery. |
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| The practice of commercialism based on the build up of gold or silver bullion. |
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| Led charge up San Juan Hill during Spanish American War (Teddy Roosevelt). |
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| Period of reform in the 1800's that saw the beginings of the prohibition movement, suffrage, muckrakers, and economic reform. |
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| Exaggerates stories to attract readers to the newspapers. |
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| A young woman who showed disdain for appropriate dress and behavior during the 1920's. |
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| Law requiring appropriate imprisonment, suspended by Lincoln during Civil War. |
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| Grew up around the iron and steel industry. |
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| Noted for its shipping industry. |
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| Concentration camp during WWII when Hitler was killing Jews; HOLOCAUST. |
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| Sued Vanderbilt for using waterways where they had a monopoly. Vanderbilt won in Supreme Court (New York). |
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| Killed Alexander Hamilton in a duel. |
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| Gave Congress the power to create a bank and said Maryland had no power to tax it. |
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| White man who dressed as a black man in minstrel shows. |
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| Gave 160 acre plots of land to those who would settle it for 5 years and improve it. |
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| Rich American from Scotland who gave money to create libraries and colleges. |
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| At one time the richest man in America who made his money from the shipping industry (Ogden v. Gibbons). |
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