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| What religious group was formed by Joseph Smith? |
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| What law was passed that allowed Southerners to hunt for runaway slaves in the North? |
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| What term refers to the British forcing sailors into their navy? |
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| What term refers to the ban on discussing slavery on the floor of Congress? |
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| What term refers to forcing people into the military, such as the Confederates during the Civil War? |
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| What was the name of the legislation that gave land to build colleges/universities? |
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| What is the name of the act that created the Civil Service? |
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| What piece of New Deal legislation was designed to help the elderly? |
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| What term refers to trying to place justices on the court with your same political views? |
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| What was the name of the religious sect who thought sex was a sin so they didn't have it? |
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| What crop saved Jamestown? |
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| Name of cartoonist who took down Boss Tweed and created use of donkey and elephant for political parties? |
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| Which president was never elected? |
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| Who is the only president elected to two non-consecutive terms? |
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| Who made the decision to purchase Alaska and then everyone made fun of him? |
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| Who was the first African American invited to dine at the White House? |
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| Who was the newspaper publisher who is blamed for starting the Spanish American War with his newspaper? |
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| Who was the lawyer that was considered the defender of the faith and gave the Cross of Gold speech? |
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| Name the man who coined the term "massive retaliation" during the Cold War? |
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The "War Hawks" in the period leading up to the War of 1812 garnered most of their support from which region?
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| Who fought for the rights of the mentally ill? |
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| Who was the 'muckracker' photographer that took photos of the miseries of tenement life? |
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| What was the book that created a major growth in Women's movements in the 1960's? |
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| Betty Freidan's The Femine Mystique |
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| What document encouraged church membership in the Massachusetts Bay Colony? |
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| What did George Washington warn against in his Farewell Address? |
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| Formation of Political Parties |
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| What rights did the Wagner Act deal with? |
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| What term refers to measuring power and influence by how much gold your country has? |
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| Who was the lawyer that defended John Scopes in the Monkey Trial? |
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| Who wrote the poem Harlem? |
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| What was the name of the group that investigated the death of Kennedy? |
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| What amendment created Prohibition? |
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| What was the name of Lyndon Johnson's domestic programs? |
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| What was the name of the Civil rights movement that integrated interstate busing? |
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| Who wrote the book Silent Spring? |
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| Who was the leader of SCLC? |
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| Who was banished and then founded Rhode Island? |
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| Who sued for his freedom and lost? |
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| Who sued for her freedom and won? |
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| Who ran against Lincoln for the senate and was engaged in a famous debate with him? |
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| Who ran against Lincoln for the senate and was engaged in a famous debate with him? |
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| Who was the first woman in the cabinet? |
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| Who wrote Feminine Mystique? |
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| What is the name of the woman who created settlement houses for immigrants? |
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| Who was the leader of the political machine in New York during the late 1800's? |
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| Who was the president of the American Federation of Labor? |
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| What is the name of the famous strike at the Carnegie plant? |
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| What was passed after WWII to help veterans pay for college? |
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| Name the African American opera singer who was invited to sing at the Lincoln Memorial by Eleanor Roosevelt? |
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| What famous hero of the 20's had his baby kidnapped in the 30's? |
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| Who was the famous lawyer who argued the Brown vs. Board case? |
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| Who was the first American in space? |
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| The term 'Manifest Destiny' is associated with which US president? |
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| Who is the American architect that is considered to be the father of the modern skyscraper? |
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| What was the immediate effect of Lincoln winning the 1860 election? |
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| The secession of South Carolina |
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| Which book was associated with the "Dust Bowl?" |
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| John Steinbeck's The Grapes of Wrath |
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| The resignation of Richard Nixon was in response to which event? |
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| Who was the writer of Uncle Tom's Cabin? |
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| Which law was passed as a result of The Jungle? |
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The Pure Food and Drug Act (During the presidency of FDR)
Upton Sinclair's The Jungle
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| What battle lead to the Franco-American Alliance of 1778? |
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| The Ballinger-Pinchot Affair occured during whose presidency? |
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A grant of $400 million dollars was given to Greece and Turkey in 1947 in accordance with what policy?
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| Which event after the Revolutionary War represented the most action on the part of colonists against British authority? |
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| Which Cold War measure was faced with the most congressional resistance? |
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| The southern Democrats that voted against Truman were known as what? |
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| United State's decision to shut off Japan's oil resources resulted in what? |
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| Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor |
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What was the name of the plane that dropped the nuclear bombs on Japan?
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| Paperback books were popularized by who? |
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| "Liberty Ships" were created by who? |
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| What was it called when employers were shut out of their workplace before a projected strike? |
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| Strikes in Union businesses that were not organized by the Union itseld were called what? |
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| Which amendment gave women the right to vote? |
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| Who was the axe wielding woman that tiraded saloons? |
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| Who was Jackson's vice president that supported nullification? |
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| What psycology study was used by Thurgood Marshall in the Brown vs. the Board case? |
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| What were the laws called that regulated moral behavior? |
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| Which amendment repeal prohibition? |
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| Which president was assassinated by an angry supporter? |
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The Teapot Dome scandal took place during which presidency?
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| What was the name of the failed attempt to kill Castro? |
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| Which court case resulted in a person being read their rights? |
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| Which president only served for one month? |
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| What is the name of the law that made it so the president had to have congressional approval to declare war? |
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| Who shot Lee Harvey Oswald? |
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| What was the name of the first African American to attend University of Mississippi? |
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| Who was the Catholic leader that was disposed by a coup? |
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| Which president's domestic plans were known as Fair Deal? |
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| Who painted the Construction of the Dam? |
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| Who wrote the book Hiroshima? |
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| Who ran against Truman in 1948 and lost? |
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| Who was the first secretary of war? |
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| Who was the head of the NAACP who helped James Maredith get in and was later killed? |
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| Who tried to find the Northwest Passage but was then left for dead by his crew? |
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| Which president was known as a man of few words? |
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| What did Hamilton do that angered Westerners? |
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| Who was the first African American to graduate with a PhD? |
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| Reconstruction ended with the election of which president? |
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| Which early colonist woman thought women could preach at home so she was banished? |
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| What was the name of the Native American that tried to unite the tribes against the British? |
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| What decree was made by the king after the Seven Years' War so that the British would not have to mediate disputes between settlers and Native Americans? |
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| Who said "Taxation without representation is tyranny?" |
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| Who was the first person killed at the Boston Massacre? |
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| What laws were passed in response to the Boston Tea Party? |
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| Coercive Acts/Intolerable Acts |
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| What group called for a complete boycott of British goods? |
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| Continental Congress/Sons of Liberty |
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| What document was seen as a last ditch effort for peace in the colonies? |
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| Who lead a rebellion of farmers against the new government because of farmers debt? |
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| Who was the first secretary of state? |
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| What diplomatic event strained the relationship between France and the US? |
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| Which court case declared banks a government agency and denied the state the power to tax that agency? |
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| Which court case resulted in the establishment of judicial review? |
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| Who founded the Ku Klux Klan? |
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| What court case denied a man his freedom, claiming he wasn't a citizen? |
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| Which court case created the 'seperate but equal' mentality? |
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| Which court case made an attorney the rights of a criminal, even if one could not afford it? |
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| Which court case ruled that it was a right to have a counsel? |
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| Which court case ruled the evidence found without a warrant is not valid inside the courtroom? |
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| Which court case ruled that the state could not prevent a woman from having an abortion during the first trimester? |
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| The name for the liberal court was? |
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| What court was the conservative court? |
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| Who killed Robert Kennedy? |
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What term refers to exaggerating the newspaper in order to sell more papers?
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| Which president was the first to visit Europe while in office? |
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