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| What important movement in Europe ensured that the people who colonized North America would be heavily influenced by the word of God? |
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| The Protestant Reformation |
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| Who sailed all the way around Africa to India? |
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| Who was the viking that landed on the shores of North America around A.D. 1000? |
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| Who sent out several ships to explore the western coast of Africa? |
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| Prince Henry the Navigator |
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| Who was the first European to travel the length of Asia |
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| What term means that the government leaves individuals free to own buisnesses and make a living dependent on their own initiative? |
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| Who established the first permanent French settlement in the New World in at Quebec Canada? |
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| Who discovered the Pacific Ocean? |
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| What document did the Pilgrim leaders write which set a precedent for representative government? |
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| Who led an expedition that discovered the St. Lawrence River? |
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| Who led a 3 year expedition that proved the earth is round? |
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| What Indian tribe did Francisco Pizarro conquer? |
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| Who claimed the entire Mississippi Valley for France? |
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| Robert Cavalier de la Salle |
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| What event ensured that the Protestant England and Scotland would be free to lay the groundwork for political and religious freedom in North America? |
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| The defeat of the Spanish Armada |
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| Where was the first permanent European settlement in the present day United States? |
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| Who were the French Protestants that came to America to avoid religious persecution? |
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| What settlement established in 1607 became the first permanent English settlement in the New World? |
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| Why did the common store system fail? |
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| Because not everyone contributed to it and eventually the food supply ran out |
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| Who was the first English child born in America? |
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| Who led his congregation of Seperatists from England to Holland to escape persecution and to gain religious freedom? |
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| Who was the first Englishman to sail around the world? |
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| Who introduced the tobacco crop to the colonists? |
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| Who became the first modern European explorer to set foot on the mainland of North America? |
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| What was the name of the group of German immigrants who followed the teachings of John Huss? |
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| What was the occupation of the majority of colonial Americans? |
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| Who founded the city of Bethlehem, Pennsylvania? |
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| What colonies were known as the "Bread Colonies"? |
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| What was the trade route that included Africa, the West Indies, and New England? |
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| The Triangular Trade Route |
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| What was the homespun used for? |
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| What was the name for the plant from which a blue dye was produced? |
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| What term describes the exchange of goods between the colonists and the Indians? |
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| What group wrote the first classical music to be composed in America? |
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| Which nation was the chief customer of the colonies? |
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| Who was the preacher of the sermon "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God"? |
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| Who was the evangelist who had the greatest impact during the Great Awakening? |
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| Who was colonial America's foremost theologian adn one of the greatest American intellects ever born? |
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| Who was the best known missionary to the Indians? |
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| Which college was an outgrowth of a mission school founded to train Indians as missionaries to their own people? |
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| Why did 4 Indian chiefs representing the Flathead and Nez percé tribes travel to St. Louis in 1832? |
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| To look for "the book from Heaven" |
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| Who were the first white women to journey west of the Rockies? |
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| Narcissa Whitman and Eliza Spaulding |
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| What was the rovolt staged by the American settlers? |
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| What name was given to the covered wagons which families used to move west to Oregan? |
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| Who was the supervisor of Fort Vancouver who became known as the "Father of Oregan"? |
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| From which city and state did wagon trains usually start when going on their long journey to the west? |
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| Who led the largest wagon train ever to go west? |
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| Who discovered gold at John Sutter's mill? |
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| Who became known as "The Street Preacher" for his ministry in San Francisco? |
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| Who led the first expedition of white men to cross the |
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| Who founded the African Methodist Episcopal Church? |
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| Who was the "Father of American Missions"? |
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| Who started New York City's first Sunday School? |
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| Who improved the condition of the mentally ill? |
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| Who founded New York City's first settlement house? |
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| Who opened Japan to trade? |
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| Who discovered the Hawaiin Islands in 1778? |
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| Who became the first Baptist missionary to Japan? |
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| Who accompanied Lott Carey to Liberia? |
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| Who united all but two of the Hawaiin Islands under his rule? |
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| Who is the "Father of Western African Missions"? |
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| Who opened Japan to missionaries? |
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| Who was the leading evangelist of the Second Great Awakening? |
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| What great Methodist circuit rider preached the gospel in Kentucky and Tennessee for 20 years? |
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| Who pioneered the camp meeting revival? |
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| What did Transcendentalists worship? |
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| Which was the first state to outlaw the use of liquor? |
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| What society was organized in 1816 to distribute Bibles to frontier families? |
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| What did the American Temperance Union work to stop? |
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| The consumption and sale of alcohol |
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| What Indian tribe experienced hardship and suffering on the "Trail of Tears"? |
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| What was the name of the socialist community founded by Robert Owen? |
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| What did Horace Mann work to achieve? |
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| Tax-supported public schools? |
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| What is William McGuffey best remembered for? |
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| Which great revival preacher in the 1700s founded an orphanage in Georgia and showed a special interest in reaching children with the Gospel? |
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| What was the name for evangelists who rode regular routes on horseback, conducting church services on the frontier? |
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| What was the term for the group of American poets who emphasized family values and patriotism in their works? |
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| Who was the Methodist evangelist that John Wesley sent to America in 1771 to establish churches and Bible studies on the frontier? |
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| What two men were responsible for organizing the Methodist denomination? |
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| What was the revival that took place in England? |
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| What revival took place in America? |
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| What was the name given to the agreement to grant membership to unconverted descendants of church members? |
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| What fort was later renamed Fort Pitt? |
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| In other parts of the world, the French and Indian War became known as what war? |
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| Who won the final battle of the French and Indian War? |
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| Who believed that the colonists should have direct representation in Parliament? |
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| Who ignored Washington's advice and insisted on fighting in the open as in Europe? |
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| Who became king in 1760 and was determined to bring colonies into subjection? |
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| Who was appointed prime minister of England in 1763? |
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| Who was sent by Governer Dinwiddie of Virginia to order the French army to leave Virginia? |
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| What local Virginia militia unit had the job of preserving law and order and defending frontier posts from possible Indian attack? |
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| What was the name of the war that took place in the colonies and lasted from 1754-1763? |
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| The French and Indian War |
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| What act did Parliament pass in 1765 requiring the colonists to buy seals for all legal documents, pamphlets, and newspapers? |
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| Who was the first governer of the Massachusetts Bay Colony? |
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| Who was the founder of Connecticut? |
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| Who was the founder of Rhode Island? |
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| Who was the founder of Georgia? |
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| Who was the "apostle to the Indians"? |
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| What college was founded by the Puritans in 1636 to prepare young men for the gospel ministry? |
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| What colony was founded to provide a refuge for debtor prisoners? |
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| What act passed in Massachusetts that established the first town school system in America? |
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| The Ole' Deluder Satan Act |
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| What is another name for the English group who called themselves "The Society of Friends"? |
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| What was the Puritans' main reason for teaching children to read? |
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| So Satan couldn't stop them from learning the Gospel |
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| What name was given to the rebirth of learning that took place in Europe in the early 1300s? |
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| Who attacked false doctrines of the Roman Catholic Church by nailing his 95 Theses to the church door in Wittenburg, Germany in 1517? |
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| What very important invention, introduced to Europe about 1440 made possible the printing of the Bible? |
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| The movable type printing press |
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| Who was the only American poet honered in England's Westminister Abbey? |
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| Henry Wadsworth Longfellow |
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| Who was the Schoolroom Poet who wrote "Snowbound"? |
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| Who introduced the Blue-Backed Speller and wrote the first dictionary of the American language? |
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| Who wrote exciting stories about frontier life in his Leatherstocking Tales? |
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| What do we call education that passes accumulated knowledge of the past to the present generation? |
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| Name the two authors whose understanding of man's fallen nature made them perhaps the two greatest novelists of the 1800s |
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| Nathaniel Hawthorne and Hermin Melville |
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| What movement was begun in the United States by Josiah Holbrook? |
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| What group of poets became a favorite in American homes and schools? |
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| Who was responsible for the start of public education? |
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| Who is best remembered for his paintings of George Washington? |
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| Who invented the steel plow? |
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| Who traveled with Lewis and Clark? |
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| Who invented a much improved sewing machine? |
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| Who won the Battle of Lake Erie? |
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| Who served as director of the National Bank? |
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| Who worked with transatlantic cable? |
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| Who served as President Jackson's Vice President? |
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| Who sold territory of Louisiana to United States? |
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| What improved the power loom and built textile factories in New England? |
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| Where did a terrible potato famine cause much hardship in? |
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| The Webster-Ashburton Treaty of 1842 settled the boundary between what 2 states? |
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| Canada and the United States |
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| The trail that daniel Boone cleared through the Cumberland Gap was called the what? |
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| What war was Washington D.C. burned during? |
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| What compromise preserved peace between the North and South? |
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| What purchase tripled the size of the United States? |
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| What vice president wrote a pamphlet in supprot of states' rights? |
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| Who did President Jefferson send to explore the lands from the Arkansas River to the Rockies? |
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| Who was the "man from Tennessee" who won the Presidency in 1828? |
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| Who did Alexander Hamilton die in a duel with? |
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| To stop land speculation in the West, President Jackson issued a what requiring that all public lands be paid for in silver and gold? |
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| What was the fastest overland communication service before the telegraph? |
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| What was described as a "dark and bloody ground"? |
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| What was won from the British as a result of the War for Independence? |
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| What was the valley littered with fossils? |
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| What state was controlled by Russian traders? |
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| What was considered by the South to be the "Tariff of Abominations"? |
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| Where was a great American victory won after the War of 1812 was over? |
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| Who invented the telegraph? |
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| one who risks personal loss to develop and market new products or ideas |
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| Who was America's greates scientist? |
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| What senator from Massachusetts was the greatest orator in Congress? |
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| What did the Northwest Ordinance of 1787 provide for? |
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| Public schools with religious instruction |
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| What territorial governor led an American force that defeated the Indians at the Battle of Tippecanoe? |
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| Which inventor made important improvements on the sewing machine? |
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| What political party was formed out of dislike for President Jackson and his powerful Presidency? |
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| What was the name for the sleek, record-breaking sailing ships built in America? |
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| What mountain is named after the famous explorer Zebulon Pike? |
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| What policy warned European powers against interfering in the Western Hemisphere? |
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