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| What was the Missouri Compromise? |
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| Anything above 3630 was a slave state. |
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| Who was the first president of Texas? |
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| When did Texas win its independence from Mexico? |
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| When did the Mexican War end? |
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| Who spoke for the South during the Mexican Cession? |
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| What was the result of the Compromise of 1850? |
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| Freed California, Popular Slov, Ended slave trade, And split Mexico into New Mexico and Utah |
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| What law declared that all American has to help catch runaways? |
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| What was Uncle Tom's Cabin? |
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| A novel written to show the evils of slavery |
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| What principle did Stephen Douglas apply to the Kansas-Nebraska Act? |
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| To divide Kansas and Nebraska into two territories. They decide slavery by popular sovereignty |
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| Which law encouraged proslavery and antislavery groups to fight over which government they would have in this territory? |
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| What did John Brown want to do? |
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| Wanted to campaign no slavery |
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| Abolitionists became stronger in their beleifs after what law and book? |
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| Uncle Tom's Cabin and Fugitive Slave Act |
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| What event made Southerners believe that a compromise with the North was impossible? |
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| What supreme court decision allowed for slavery in all states? |
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| What was the Union plan for victory? |
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| Block Southern ports, seize the Mississippi River, and seize Richmond,Va. |
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| Why did Lincoln not use force against the Confederates at the beginning? |
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| He wanted to show that the South was evil and would attack first. |
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| What law said that slaves living in a rebellious state were free? |
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| Emancipation Proclamation |
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| What made it difficult to collect taxes and draft soldiers from confederate states? |
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| Because they had a bad economy |
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| What helped the tide of war to turn for the Union? |
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| The South's economy was suffering |
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| What were the South's greatest strengths? |
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| They knew their countryside |
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| Why did both sides draft soldiers? |
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| They needed all the help they can get |
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| What led to more ironclad ships being built? |
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| The fight between the Merimeck and Mointor |
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| What was the turning point of the war? |
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| What was a serious weakness for the South? |
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| Which law made the abolition of slavery become a Northern goal? |
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| Emancipation Proclamation |
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| What was an advantage for the South? |
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| What was Lincoln's plan for reconstruction? |
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| The Ten Percent Plan - Southern states can build their own governments if 10% of the population swear on a oath to loyalty of the U.S |
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| What did the Freedmen's Beaureu do? |
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| A government agency to help former slaves |
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| What was the 13th ammendment? |
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| Which group was not allowed to take part in reconstruction? |
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| What was the plan for some of the reconstruction? |
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| South was divided into 5 military disctricts. Southern date had to pass the 14th ammendments. New constitutions and Southern States had to allow states to vote. |
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| Why was Andrew Jackson impeached? |
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| Didn't agree with congress |
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| Why did some Republican senators vote against removing President Johnson? |
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| Didn't thing it was right, wrong against constitution |
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| What ended Reconstruction? |
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| Republicans were losing power |
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| What group supplied medicine to whites and blacks after the Civil War? |
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| What was the 14th Ammendment? |
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| If you're born in the U.S. you're a citizen |
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| What was the 15th Ammendment? |
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| How did white southerns keep African Americans from voting? |
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| Why did most cities start growing in the 1800's? |
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| The policy of powerful countries seeking to control the economic and political affairs of weaker countries of regions |
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| How did the US acquire Alaska? |
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| Russia was willing to sell it, and the U.S. accepted |
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| Why did Perry visit Japan? |
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| He asked the Japanese to open their trading ports |
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| What was the result of the treaty of Kanagawa? |
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| It opened two ports for American trading |
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| The destruction of the U.S.S. Maine started which war? |
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| The Spanish-American War. |
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| Who was Emilio Aguinaldo? |
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| a general in the Spanish American War |
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| Columbia was forced to give up what new country in 1903? |
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| What was "Steward's Folly" |
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| People thought it was foolish that he bought Alaska because they thought it was just an icy barren land. |
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| Which group of people wanted the US to annex the Hawaiian Islands? |
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| Which treaty made the US a colonial power? |
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| The peace treaty that made the US a true overseas empire |
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| What were the four long range causes of W.W.1? |
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| Nationalism, Militarism, Imperialism, and alliances. |
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| What was the US's position at the beginning of World War 1? |
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| What happened to cause President Wilson to almost cut off diplomatic relations with Germany? |
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| In germany they had U boats set around Britain. They said that any boat that entered would be attacked. The US said they would hold harm against Germany if one of our boats were attacked. |
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| Who led the American Expeditionary Forces in WW1? |
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| Where was most of the fighting done in WWI? |
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| What event encouraged Americans to enter WW1? |
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| Why did Senator Lodge and other not want too sign the Versailles treaty? |
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| He thought it would put the US in future European wars |
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| What did the War Industries Board do during WW1? |
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| Food administrations and Industry leaders were asigned |
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| What did the food administrations board do during WW1? |
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| They boost food production |
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| The Bolsheviks took over this country and made peace in Germany in WW1? |
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| How did woman help the war effort during WW1? |
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| Woman worked in factories..pretty much took over mens jobs. |
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| What was the Selective Service Agency? |
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| It required all men from 21 to 30 to register from the draft. |
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| Name at least 3 new weapons used during WW! |
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