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| The introduction of corn to Europe and horses to the Americas are an example of the ________ _________. |
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| First permanent English settlement in North America. |
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| Many colonists, including George Washington, fought on which side of the French and Indian War? |
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| An African-American named Crispus Attucks was killed by British soldiers during the _________________? |
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| What aspect of our government is based on the writings of Montesquieu? |
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separation of powers
checks & balances
3 branches of gov't |
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| What document was the foundation of our government before the Constitution of 1787? |
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| Articles of Confederationn |
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| What two things did George Washington warn against in his Farewell Address? |
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| political parties & alliances |
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| "We hold these truths to be self-evident that all men are created equal." This statement can be found in which document? |
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| Declaration of Independence |
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| According to the 1st Amendment, what 5 basic rights are given to individuals? |
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religion
speech
press
petition
assembly |
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| Which Constitutional amendments are known as the Civil Rights Amendments? (Know what each amendment did.) |
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13th -- Freed Slaves
14th -- Gave freemen citizenship
15th -- Black men right to vote |
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| System of gov't in which power is shared between a national government and several state governments is known as what? |
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| Federal System (federalism) |
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| Which Amendment gave women the right to vote? |
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| "Give me liberty or give me death." (Who said this?) |
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| What treaty officially ended the American Revolution / Revolutionary War? |
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| What was the main cause of the War of 1812 between the U.S. and Britain? |
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| What major land acquisition doubled the size of the U.S. in 1803? |
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| In what year did Alabama become a state? |
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| What important foreign policy warned Europe against future colonization in the western hemisphere? |
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| What whit abolitionist published a newspaper called The Liberator? |
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| Who led a massacre of Native Americans at Horseshoe Bend? |
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| What part of the Compromise of 1850 required the Northerners to help catch and return runaway slaves to the South? |
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| What Alabama county seceded from Alabama? |
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| What major Southern victory gave the Union control of the Mississippi River and the port at New Orleans? |
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| 1st battle of the Revolutionary War? |
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| Turning point of the Revolutionary War? |
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| Last battle of Revolutionary War? |
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| Name some inventions that enabled farmers to be successful on the Great Plains during the age of western settlement. |
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| steel plow, windmill, barbed wire, revolver |
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| What's the difference between a sharecropper and a tenant farmer. |
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TENANT FARMER -- pays rents, has own tools and workforce.
SHARECROPPER -- pays with share of crops, has no tools or workforce. |
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| What political party formed in 1892, was supported by farmers and African-Americans? |
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| What phrase described the idea of Andrew Carnegie that the rich had a duty to improve social conditions? |
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| Journalists who exposed corrupt business and government practices were called what? |
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| What Constitutional Amendments are known as the Progressive Amendments and what did each do? |
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16th -- Income TaX
17th -- Direct Election of SEnators
18th -- Prohibition |
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| Alabama doctor William C. Gorgas played a big role in building what? |
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| The calvary unit led by Teddy Roosevelt was known as what? |
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| What foreign policy was added to the Monroe Doctrine that allowed for U.S. involvement in western hemispheric affairs? |
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| What was the proximate cause (or spark) that ignited WWI? |
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| Assassination of Archduke Ferdinand |
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| What events led to the U.S. getting involved in WWI? |
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Germany's submarine warfare
Sinking of the Lusitania
Zimmerman Telegram/Note |
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| Why is WWI commonly known as an “immobile war”? |
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| Who were the opposing powers in WWI? |
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Britain, France, Russia, U.S.
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Germany, Austria-Hungary, Ottoman Empire |
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| What phrase describes President Woodrow Wilson’s peace proposal at the end of WWI? |
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| Fourteen Points (League of Nations) |
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| What Alabama musician is known as “The Father of the Blues”? |
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| In our history, the U.S. has endured several Red Scares, what is a Red Scare? |
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| Name the underlying causes of the Great Depression. |
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overproduction
wild investing
too many people buying on credit
foreign trade problems |
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| What happened on Black Tuesday? |
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| stock market crashed (October 29, 1929) |
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| What New Deal program provided jobs and electricity to many people in North Alabama? |
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| Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) |
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| What New Deal program is still a valuable source of income for elderly and disabled people? |
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| List the remote causes of WWII? |
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nationalism
militarism
alliances
bad economic conditions
Treaty of Versailles failed |
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| What was the proximate cause (or spark) that started WWII? |
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| What one event brought the neutral U.S. into WWII? |
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Japan attacked Pearl Harbor
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| Who were the opposing sides in WWII? |
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Britain, France, USSR, U.S.
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Germany, Italy, Japan |
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| Upon entering Germany, the Allies discovered the mass murder of 6 million Jews at the hands of the Nazis, what was this called? |
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| What was the secret operation called to create the Atomic Bomb? |
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| On what Japanese cities were the two bombs dropped? |
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