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11th Grade
05/01/2012

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the only federalist president of the united states was
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john adams
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the separate but equal doctrine of the 1896 supreme court case of plessy v. ferguson was struck by what warren court ruling that outlawed segregation ni public school
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brown v. board of education of topeka kansas
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the corps of discovery is a reference to
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lewis and clark expedition
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the turning point in the pacific during world waqr II (in favor of the US against Japan) was
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midway
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thomas jefferson described this as a "fireball in the night". this event banned slavery in the territories north of lattitude 36-30 degrees north
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missouri compromise
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often called the "world's greatest real estate deal", it was obtained from france by jefferson's minister robert livingstone; it doubled the size of the US and extended our boundaries to the rocky mountains
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louisiana purchase
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this whig senator from kentucky was called the great compromiser; he was part of the 1842 election decided by the house of representatives and served as j.q. adams secretary of state
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henry clay
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the turning point in the american revolution; this battle also known as freeman's farm convinced france to enter the war on the side of the american's
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saratoga
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this 1803 supreme court case established the power of judicial review
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mcculloch v. maryland
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lincoln's emancipation was issued after the union army scared a strategic victory at what 1862 maryland battle
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antietam (sharpsburg)
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the mississippi senator and former secretary of war under franklin pierce was the president of the confederacy
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jefferson davis
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cero gordo, buena vista and chapultepec were part of what 19th century american war
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mexican war
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this amendment prohibited slavery
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13th
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the harlem renaissance, the scopes monkey trial, the trial of sacco and vanzetti, ratification of the 19th amendment and charles lindbergh's solo flight accross the atlantic took place in what decade
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1920s
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religious revival movement of the 1700s led by george whitefield and johnathan edwards
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great awakening
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dorthea dix lange chronicled the depression through photographs of
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migrant workers during the dust bowl
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cam ranh bay, my lie, da nang, haiphong harbor and the tet offensive were all part of what war
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vietnam
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the albany plan of union-a proposed league of colonies for protection from indians- was proposed by whome in 1754
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benjamin franklin
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the federalists (papers) was a collection of essays by james madison, alexander hamilton and john jay, which argued in favor of
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ratification of the constitution
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"father of the spoils system", "king mob" and "old hickory" are references to
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andrew jackson
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the opening shots of the american revolution took place where in massachusetts in 1775
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lexington and concord
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inventor of the telegraph
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samuel f. morse
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this new york politician and former vice president of the US killed alexander hamilton in a duel in weehawken, new jersey. he was later tried for conspiracty against the US
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aaron burr
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building trait associated with adena, hopewell, and mississippian cultures of the eastern woodlands of north america
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mounds
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the last major confrontation between the US government and native americans took place where in 1890
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wounded knee
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this scottish immigrant to the US became known as the "prince of steel" after he built the world's biggest steel empire; he was a noted philanthropist who endowed libraries and was an advocate for the gospel of wealth
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andrew carnegie
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this event in colonial american paved the way for whites to gain total control of new england-ended indian resistance
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king philip's war
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what did the following have in common - george washington, richard henry lee, john hanson, cyrus griffin, thomas mifflin, arthur st. clair, nathan gorman, and elias boudinot
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they were all presidents of the US
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king george III's royal proclamation of 1763 prohibited colonial settlement beyond what natural barrier
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appalachian mountains
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police must read suspects their rights as a result of what supreme court decision
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miranda v. arizona
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the indian removal act, the specie circular, the peggy eaton affair, and the tariff nullification crisis occurred under which president
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andrew jackson
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what conflict was fought as a united nations "police action" as part of the truman policy containment (of communism) from 1950-53
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korean war
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bushwackers and jayhawkers, "bloody bill" anderson, quantrill's raiders, frank and jesse james, raid of lawrence, potawattamie murders, john "old osawattamie" brown, the lecompton constitution were all associagted with
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"bleeding kansas" (slave/freee fight in terretorial kansas) 1856-59
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america's code of government from 1781-1789
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articles of confederation
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illinois senator called "the little giant": author of the 1854 kansas-nebraska act and advocate of popular sovereignty and the freeport doctrine; defeated for president in 1860-debated lincoln in a series of appearances for a senate election in 1858, which he won
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stephen douglas
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"speak softly and carry a big stick" was to theodore roosevelt as dollar deplomacy was to
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taft
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the final battle of the american revolution in 1781, where charles cornwallis surrendered to the american and french armies
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yorktown
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the seneca falls convention was concerned with
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women's rights
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reporter and photographer who exposed the squalid conditions and abject poverty of inner city tenements in the book "how the other half lives"
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jacob riis
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"the jungle", by upton sinclair, exposed
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meat packing industry
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the supreme court case of gibbons v ogden upheld
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power of the federal government to regulate interstate commerce
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the ______ amendment gave women the right to vote
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19th
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AAA, CCC, WPA, PWA, REA, and FERA were all
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new deal programs
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"black tuesday" is a reference to
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stock market crash in 1929
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what play by arthur miller was based on a modern day witch hunt- the mccarthy hearings of the late 40s and early 50s
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the crucible
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coined by the journalist john o'sullivan, the word or phrase meant that it was america's clear destiny to expand from atlantic to pacific
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manifest destiny
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langston hughes, countee cullen, claude mckay
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writers of the harlem renaissance
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phrase coined by the writer gertrude stein to desribe writers such as ernest hemingway and others who were disillusioned by WW1-many of them who began living as expatriates in europe
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lost generation
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this book by rachel carson led to the eventrual government ban on the pesticide DDT
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silent spring
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born in south carolina aristocrayc; influenced susan b. anthony, lucretia mott and elizabeth cady stanton; condemned slavery and worked toward abolition; later advocated women's rights
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sara and angelina grimke
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the english social philosopher herbert spencer applied what concept of survival of the fittest (natural selection) to society
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social darwinism
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this group of extreme federalists, led by timothy pickering, opposed the louisiana purchase because they felt it would take away power from the northeast; they also spoke of secession in 1804 and forming a "northern confederacy"
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essex junto
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which of the following WAS NOT part of the compromise of 1850
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texas was formally admitted as a state
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jamestown was burned to the ground during what insurrection
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bacon's rebellion
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what amendment applied the bill of rights to the states
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14th
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which of the following presidents was not impeached
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andrew jackson
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which president was called the great communicator and was associated with supply-side ("trickle down") economics
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reagan
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which president was called "his fraudulency" after the disputed election of 1876, which settled by a special commission after the compromise of 1877
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rutherford b. hayes
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which of the following WAS NOT one of the presidential elections that was decided by the house of representatives
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1912
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author of "i know why the caged bird sings" and "all God's children need traveling shoes"
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maya angelou
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this event of the war of 1812 marked the demise of the federalist party
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hartford convention
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one of the best examples of a president exercising a pocket veto was lincoln's killing of what bill in 1864
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wade-davis bill
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first woman to serve as a congressman; she voted against declaring war on germany in WW1 and opposed going to war in WW2
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jeanette rankin
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the de lome letter was to the spanish-amnerican war as the zimmerman telegram was to
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WW1
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this was a secret group of irish-american coal mine workers who banded together in pennsylvania to fight against the oppressive industrial and living conditions
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molly maguires
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the corrupt political age of the latter half of the 19th centruy which was marked by laissez-faire, lack of consumer protection, and robber baqrons was given what name taken from a book by mark twain and charles dudley warner
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gilded age
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many of the ideas that thomas jefferson used in the declaration of independence were heavily borrowed from what 17th centruy british political philosopher who wrote about natural rights-life, liberty and property in "two treatiese on government"
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john locke
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the alien and sedition acts, the XYZ affair, the quasi-war with france, and the "midnight judges' are associated with what persident who served from 1797-1801
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john adams
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which article of the constitution defines treason
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which new england colony did governor john winthrop say would be an example-"a city on a hill"-for the world to follow
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massachusetts bay
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this constitutional amendment was first proposed over 200 years ago by james madison and it concerned congressional pay raises. what is this amendment to the constitution
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27
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what act of 1947 was passed over president truman's veto? it outlawed the closed shop union arrangement and allowed states to pass right to work laws
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taft-hartley
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the monroe doctrine was written by what secretary of state for president monroe
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john quincy adams
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the acquisition of the oregon country, mexican war, and treaty of guadelupe hidalgo as well as texas statehood occurred under which president
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james polk
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frederick jackson tuner's idea that the american west was so unique that it had a special democratizing effect on america
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frontier thesis
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woman who received the nobel peace prize for her work with the poor and in particular for her chicago settlement house-hull house
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jane addams
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which of the following best describes the message or the below cartoon? (join or die snake)
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a plea for keeping the union together on the eve of the civil war
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on the above map, the routes moving northward from south texas represent
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trails used for the "long drive
during the cattle kingdom
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on the above map, the railroad route linking new orleans and los angeles was made possible by
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the gadsden purchase
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literary movement in new england best represented by ralph waldo emerson ("concord hymn"), margaret fuller (editor of "the dial") and henry david thoreau ("self reliance" and "walden")
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transcendentalism
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flamboyant louisiana senator nicknamed the "kingfish"; he espoused a "share the weath" program during the depression
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huey long
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this group was formed by samuel adams in reaction to the 1765 stamp act and led by isaac sears in new york; they used violence against tax collectors and were responsible for the boston tea party
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sons of liberty
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this school of art was led by thomas cole and his course of empire series the 1st serious american art movement
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hudson river school
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architect who designed the st. louis gateway arch
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eero saarinen
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the literary charachter hester prynne is punished when she runs afould of puritan ethics in what novel by nathaniel hawthorne
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the scarlet letter
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pop artist known for his campbell's soup cans and marilyn monroe
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andy warhol
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italian-american anarchists who were tried and executed during the 1920s red scare after they were found guilty of a payroll and murder
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sacco and vanzetti
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robert m. ("fighting bob") la follette was an important reformer during what movement
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progressive
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