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| Who saved important items before the British burned the White House? |
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| 50) Which of the following is an example of a radical? |
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| a person who take extreme position on a political issue. |
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| 51) How did the War of 1912 encourage the growth of u.S maufacturing. |
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| Americans had to make their own products because of a British blockade kept Eurpoean products out of the United States. |
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| 52) Which of the following actions is required of the President to stop a new bill? |
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| 53) Which battle was considered the turning point of the civil war? |
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| 54) What did the fifteenth Amendment do? |
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| It gave African-American men the right to vote. |
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| 55) Which battle resulted in the bloodiest day in all of American history, with neither side having gained any ground? |
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| 56) What did the Supreme cour rule in the case of Gibbons v. Ogden? |
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| Only the federal goverment had the right to contro intersate commerce. |
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| 57) What is the only amendment to be repealed and which amendment replealed it? |
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| The 18th Amendment was replaced by the 22nd. |
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| 58) What roles do both houses of Congress play in the introduction of a new bill? |
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~ They may work together to approve a bill.
~They may rewrie or stop a bill that was passed by the other house.
~ they may vote to pass a vetoed bill
~all of the above |
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| 59) What did the Adams-Onis Treaty of 1819 accomplish? |
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| gave Florida to the United states |
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| 60) The purpose if the 13th Amendment to the Constitution was |
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| to end slavery in the United States. |
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| What is the name given to the first 10 amendments to the Consitituionm which guarantee certain individual rights? |
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| 62) To whom did Washington turn for help in solving the challenges facing the new nation? |
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| 63) The cotton gin was invented in 1793 by |
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| 64) What was the Missouri Compromise? |
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| a plan to allow slavery to spread in some areas but not others |
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| 65) The power if the supreme court to declare laws unconsitsituional is an exaple od which of the following principal? |
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| 66) The songs in which enslaved people of the South exressed their religeuos beleifs or passes coded messages were called |
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| 67) The author of the poem that in 1931 became the national anthem of the United tates was |
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| 68) The Kansas-Nebraska Act called for |
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| the residents of Kansas and Nebraska vote to decide ths issue of slavery |
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| The President of the confederacy was |
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