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Name the Indian princess who married John Rolfe at Jamestown.
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Pochahontas
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What was the first European country to establish permanent settlements in the New World?
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Britain
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Who was the commander of the Continental Army during the American Revolution?
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George Washington
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Virginia patriot who said, "I know not what course others may take, but as for me, give me liberty or give me death!"
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Patrick Henry
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How many states were needed to ratify the Constitution?
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9
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According to the Constitution, who elects the president and vice president?
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Electoral College
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Name the three branches of government.
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Legislative, Executive, Judicial
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What are changes or additions to the Constitution called?
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amendments
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Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?
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Thomas Jefferson
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What did England do to punish Boston for the Boston Tea Party?
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Coercive Acts
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In which house of Congress do the states have equal representation?
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Senate
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Who was chosen as chairman, or President of the Constitutional Convention?
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George Washington
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Who was America named for?
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Amerigo Vespucci
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What was the first representative legislature in America?
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House of Burgesses
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Who was the first Vice President of the United States?
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John Adams
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Who was President when the US purchased Louisiana from France?
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Thomas Jefferson
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Name the groups that formed, during the American Revolution, to resist British taxation through open rebellion.
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Sons of Liberty, Patriots
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Who must approve al treaties and presidential appointments?
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Senate
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Which of the 13 colonies was founded by Lord Baltimore to encourage religious freedom for Catholics?
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Maryland
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Which of the 13 colonies was founded my James Oglethorpe as a refuge for debtors?
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Georgia
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Explain how Jackson destroyed the national bank.
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Pet banks
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Who was America's last king?
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King George III
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What 2 men explored the Louisiana Territory and Columbia River, to the Pacific, for the US?
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Louis and Clarke
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How did Alexander Hamilton interpret the Constitution?
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loose interpretation
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Which country first controlled the colony of New York and founded New Work City?
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Britain
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What was the name of the ship that brought the Pilgrims to America?
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Mayflower
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Which document stated our freedom from England?
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Declaration of Independence
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What was the last major battle of the war for Independence?
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Yorktown
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Name two undemocratic practices still in existence after the Treaty of Paris, 1783 was signed?
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State- imposed tarrifs and power to the government
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Who killed Abraham Lincoln?
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John Wilkes Booth
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What is meant by the term suffrage?
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the right to vote
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What are the first ten amendments to the Constitution called?
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Bill of Rights
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What are general search warrants, that were used to search colonial homes and businesses called?
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Writs of Assistance
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What disputed territory lead to the French and Indian War?
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upper Ohio River Valley
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What document did the Pilgrims write to insure they would have a good government in their new land?
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Mayflower Compact
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The colony of Pennsylvania was founded by which religious group?
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Quakers (William Penn)
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According to the 22nd amendment, how many total years may the President serve?
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8 years (2 terms)
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What was the campaign against the consumption of alcohol called?
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Temperance movement
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Who was the first Chief Justice of the US Supreme Court?
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John Jay
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Who was George Washington's Secretary of Treasury? He was later killed by Aaron Burr.
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Alexander Hamilton
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What 3 qualifications must be met by anyone elected to the House of Representatives?
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25 years old, 7 year citizen, must live in state represented
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What officially ended slavery?
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13th amendment
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What country lost all of her territory on the mainland of North America in 1763?
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France
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Which group gave us our Thanksgiving holiday?
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Pilgrims
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Who was the man that held the Jamestown colony together with his policy of "No Work-No Food"?
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John Smith
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What major American city is at the mouth of the Mississippi River?
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New Orleans
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What major American city sserved as the first capital of the US?
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New York City
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Who was the original leader of the first expedition to sail around the world?
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Ferdinand Magellan
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The Line of Demarcation was established by a treaty between what two European countries?
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Portugal and Spain
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What was the main objection that the colonists had to the Stamp Act and other taxes passed by Parliament?
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taxation without representation
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What were the boundaries of the US after the American Revolution?
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North: Canada South: Spanish Florida East: Altantic Ocean West: Mississippi River
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What did the Missouri Compromise say about slavery?
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Missouri=slave, Maine=free, no slavery north of 36 30' parallel in LT
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Whose Reconstuction plan provided for amnesty to all confederate soldiers?
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Lincoln
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What amount of money was paid for the LP? Year?
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$15 mill, 1803
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What were the names of the first two political parties?
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Dem.-Rep. and Federalists
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What was a colony owned by an individual called?
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Proprietary colony
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What were the two proprietary colonies that were originally chartered by a joint-stock company?
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Deleware and New Jersey
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What was the most sensational part of the Dred Scott case?
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SC decision divided the country even more
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Who was the oldest member of the CC and often called the peacemaker because he encouraged compromise?
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Benjamin Franklin
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Name the German mercenaries that the British hired to fight the American colonists during the Revolution.
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Hessians
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What were the dates, in years, of the American Revolution?
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1775-1783
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Under the flag of what European country did Columbus sail?
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Spain
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What was the first state to seced from the US?
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South Carolina
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With what European country did Thomas Pinckney negotiate a treaty in 1795?
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Spain
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Who was Alexander Hamilton's chief opponent to the national bank?
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Thomas Jefferson
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Name 5 states that were carved from the NW Territory and admitted into the Union, on an equal basis with the original 13 states.
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Wisconsin, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan
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Name the border states in the Civil War
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Maryland, Delaware, Missouri, Kentucky
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What European explorer discovered the Pacific Ocean?
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Vasco Balboa
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What were people who signed contracts to work without wages in return for transportation to the New World known as?
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indentured servants
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Who introduced the resolution for independence in 1776?
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Richard Henry Lee
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What group declared America's independence from Britain and served as the government during the war?
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Congress
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What act, during John Adams's administration, stipulated that immigrants could not become US citizens for 14 years?
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Naturalization Act
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Which President made the appointment of the midnight judges?
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Thomas Jefferson
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Who developed the northern strategy in the Civil War? What did he call it?
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Lincoln, Anaconda Plan
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What was the name of the law which outlined how a territory could become a state?
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Ordinance of 1787
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What proved to be the main drawback of General George McClellan as a leader in the Civil War?
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He did not pursue the Confederate troops
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What act, passed by Parliament in 1766 after the repeal of the Stamp Act, said that Parliament had the right to pass any laws concerning the colonies?
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Declaratory Act
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Name the Indian who helped the Pilgrims survive by teaching tehm planting techniques.
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Squanto
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Connecticut was founded by which Puritan Minister?
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Thomas Hooker
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What position did John Marshall hold in the early US government?
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Chief Justice
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Who was President during the War for 1812?
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Madison
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What foreign country helped America win the Revolutionary War?
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France
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Who headed the American Navy during the Revolutionary War and when asked to surrender said "I have not yet begun to fight!"?
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Captain John Paul Jones
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What was the official state religion in England during the colonial period?
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Catholic
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Which European explorer conquered the Incas of Peru?
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Francisco Pizarro
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Who appoints Cabinet members?
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The president with Senate's approval
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What is the power of the Supreme Court to determine when laws of Congress are unconstitutional?
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Judicial Review
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What group was formed before the Revolution to inform the colonies and the world about what the British were doing in the colony of Massachusetts?
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Committee of Correspondence
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Who defended the British soldiers involved in the Boston Massacre?
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John Adams
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Which European explorer conquered the Aztecs of Mexico?
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Hernan Cortes
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Who was the Italian adventurer who traveled to China and wrote a book about his travels which increased people's desires for products from the East?
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Marco Polo
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From what European nation did the US buy Florida?
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Spain
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What term is applied to the seizing of American sailors and forcing them to serve in the British Navy?
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impressment
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What title is given to the presiding officer of the HR?
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Speaker of the House
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What is present date for the inauguration of the President of the US as set by the 20th amendment?
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January 20
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What was the method of pretest the colonists used before the Revolution that was most effective in getting the British to repeal taxes?
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boycott
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Name the British commander who surrendered to Washington at Yorktown
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Cornwallis
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Who was the first Englishman to sail around the world?
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Ferdinand Magellan
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Who was the Portugese explorer who reached India by sailing aroung the Cape of Good Hope?
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Vasco de Gama
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What officer presides over the Senate when the Vice President is not there?
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President Pro tempore
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Who tries cases of impeachment?
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Senate
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By what two names were Americans known who supported the British during the Revolution?
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Loyalists, Tories
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What act passed by the British before the Revolutionary War required the colonies to house and feed British troops?
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Quartering Act
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In 1823, what was adopted as the cornerstone of American foreign policy for the next 100 years?
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Monroe Doctrine
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Who was the President during the "Era of Good Feelings"?
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James Monroe
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What was the first permanent English settlement in the New World?
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Jamestown
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Maryland, in 1649, passed a law allowing religious freedom for all Christians- name that law.
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Act of Tolerations
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What term is applied to the form of government in which states that retain their local powers are united under a strong central government?
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Federalism
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Who was the first person killed in the Boston Massacre?
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Crispus Attucks
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What was the pamphlet written by Thomas Paine, which encouraged Americans to fight for their independence?
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Common Sense
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Name the first place to establish a high school. This state also established the first board of education.
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Nauvu, Massachusetts
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What is the court order requiring that a person accused of a crime be brought to trial without any unreasonable delay called?
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Subpoena
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What happened that aided the North in defeating Rober E. Lee at the Battle of Antietam?
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They found Lee's plans for battle.
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What was the bloodiest one-day batttle ever waged on American soil?
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Battle of Antietam
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What person built a factory in America from his memory of facotires in England?
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Samuel Slater
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Who is the first president to be impeached?
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Andrew Johnson
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What was it in the Kansas-Nebraska Act that caused the controversy?
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Slavery was to be decided by popular sovereingty
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What anti-black group formed in the south in response to many of the Reconstruction policies?
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Ku Klux Klan
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Who originated the Virginia Plan for large states during the CC?
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Edmund Randolph
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Who is known as the "Father of the Constitution"?
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James Madison
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Who originated the New Jersey Plan or Small State Plan during the CC?
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William Patterson
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This President is sometimes called "King Mob" due to his rowdy inauguration.
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William Harrison
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Who established the colony of Maryland?
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Lord Baltimore (Sir George Calvert)
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Before being hanged by the British as a spy, he stated, "I regret that I have but one life to give for my country."
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Nathan Hale
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Who was the author of the "Great Compromise" during the CC?
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Roger Sherman
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What was the location of the convention of 1787?
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Philadelphia
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Name the Supreme Court Chief Justice who handed down the decision in the Dred Scott Case?
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Roger Taney
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Who was the first President to live in the Presidential mansion, later called the White House?
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John Adams
