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| People who move from place to place |
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| A journey to a holy place |
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| Renaissance paved the way for an age of |
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| Exploration and discovery |
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| Who developed the stern rudder and triangular sails? |
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| What cleared the way for England to start colonies in North America? |
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| Defeat of the Spanish Armada |
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| The first African American child born in the American colonies |
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| Crops that are sold easily |
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| Which of the following means producing just enough to meet the families' needs, with little left over to sell or exchange? |
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| The most inhuman aspect of the triangular trade |
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| Writs of assistance enabled British customs officers to search |
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| The colonist paid lower taxes on molasses because of the |
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| Goods being imported to the colonies were taxed by the |
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| American supporters of independance |
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| Enslaved African Americans who fought on the British side were given |
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| The Articles of Confederation |
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| America's First Constitution |
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| The Declaration of Independance |
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| Battle for American Independence began here in 1775 |
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| Patriots defeated British here in 1781 |
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| The Stamp Act, Sugar Act, and Townshend Act were British taxes |
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| One of the liberties guaranteed in the Bill of Rights is |
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| What case represented the first time the Supreme Court reviewed and ruled on acts of the other branches of government? |
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| The power that has become a basic part of the system of checks and balances of our government today is called? |
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| Which reform movement of the 1800s met with opposition? |
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| The main route that settlers took to Oregon was called the |
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| Who was the Tennessee backwoodsman who lost his life at the Alamo? |
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| Santa Anna was captured in the battle of |
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| The main crop of the Deep South was |
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| What was the Second Great Awakening? |
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| What term refers to minorities that speak different languages or follow different customs from most people in a country |
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| What was the most important institution in immigrant neighborhoods |
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| What change to America's military was needed before imperialistic expansion could occur |
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| An improved and enlarged navy |
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| During the late 1800's, what event encouraged the Japanese to resolve many of their differences with the United States |
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| Why did the United State send naval vessels to the Philippines after declaring war on Spain |
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| The Spanish naval base was located on the Philippines |
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| As a part of the Treaty of Paris, Cuba became |
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| As World War I began, the Allied Powers were |
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| Great Britain, France, and Russia |
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| A feeling of intense loyalty to one's country or group is called |
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| Which of the following was most responsible for the United State entering World War I |
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| German U-boat attacks on U.S. ships |
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| President Wilson's post war peace plan proposal was known as the |
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| Did the United States join the League of Nations? |
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| The United States never joined the League |
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| What contributed to the Great Depression? |
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| Which of the following created a tax on workers and employers and used the money to provide monthly pensions for retired people |
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| Who were the "Big Three" who met at Yalta to discuss the postwar world |
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| Adolf Hitler or Franklin D. Roosevelt, Winston Churchill, Joseph Stallin |
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| Who declared that an "Iron Curtain" had descended on Europe |
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| Who proposed a plan to provide massive economic aid by the United States to Europe |
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| What was President Truman's response to the Soviet blockade of West Berlin |
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| A massive airlift of food, fuel, and other supplies |
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| What separated North Korea from South Korea? |
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| How did the Korean War begin? |
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| North Korea invaded South Korea |
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| Who dominated the hunt for Communists in America? |
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| What is the iron curtain? |
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| Term used to describe the political division of eastern from the West |
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| A war without actual fighting |
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| Building more and more weapons in an effort to surpass another’s military strength |
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| What is meant by the Baby Boom? |
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| Nation's soaring birthrate in the 1950's |
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| What was the United State's first program to put an astronaut in space? |
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| What was the term for the United States threat to respond instantly to any Soviet attack by using nuclear weapons? |
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| What agreement temporarily divided Vietnam in 1954? |
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| Who developed the first safe and effective vaccine against polio? |
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| What Supreme Court case declared racial segregation in public schools to be unconstitutional? |
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| Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka |
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| Whose arrest led African American to boycott city buses in Montgomery, Alabama? |
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| Who was the first female justice of the Supreme Court? |
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| The Space race began with successful launching of the |
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| What region did both Jews and Arabs claim? |
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| What is the separation of races? |
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