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history109 quiz
general history questions
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Undergraduate 1
02/11/2009

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In what year did Christopher Columbus arrive in the western hemisphere?
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1492 (columbus sailed the ocean blue)
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What settlement was founded in Virginia in the year 1607 by the english?
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Jamestown
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In what year did the united states declare independence?
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1776
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Who was the first president on the us
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George Washington
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Who was the third president of the united states?
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thomas jefferson
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from which country did the united states make the louisiana purchase?
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france
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which european country did the united states fight during the war of 1812
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Great Britian
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from which country did the us annex the southwest, including arizona
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mexico
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what war did the US fight from 1861 to 1865
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Civil War
Term
what presidential proclomation ended slavery in 1862?
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the emancipation proclimation
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who was the president during the civil war
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Abe Lincoln
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the us aquired posession of puerto rico and the phillipines as a result of which war
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SpanishAmerican War
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what year did america enter world war 1
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1917
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what economic cataclysm began with the stock market crash of 1929 and lasted through the 1930s
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the great depression
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who was the president of the us for most of the great depression and world war 2?
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Herbert Hoover
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When did the US enter world war II
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December 2, 1941
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two countries that the US fought in World War 11
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Germany and france
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in which conflict was the us involved in the early 1950s
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Korean Conflict
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What country was Americas primary adversary during the cold war?
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soviet union
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which president was assasinated in 1963
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john f kennedy
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in which conflict was the united states involved from the mid 1960s to mis 1970s?
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vietnam war
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name two presidents in the 1980s
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ronald reagan and george bush
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what conflict did the united states fight in 1991?
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desert storm
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Name the president who preceded the current one
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george w. bush
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