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WHEN was the Magna Carta written?
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1215
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WHY was the Magna Carta written?
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To limit the power of the king
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WHERE was the Magna Carta signed?
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England
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WHAT was the Magna Carta?
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A collection of 37 laws limiting the power of the king
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WHO wrote the Magna Carta?
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Barons of England and Archbishop Stephen Langton
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WHY is the Magna Carta important to US History?
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1. It's considered to be the beginning of consitutional government in England.
2. It is considered to be the founding document of English liberties and hence American liberties 3. Its influence can be seen in the US Constitution and Bill or Rights |
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WHERE was the first permanent English settlement in North America?
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Jamestown, VA
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WHEN did the English settle the first permanent colony in North America?
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1607
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WHO settled the first permanent English colony in North America?
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John Smith and the Virginia Company of London
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WHY did the English want to settle in North America?
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1. To explore new territory
2. To gain new land 3. To find gold and/or silver |
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WHAT was learned in the first permanent English settlement in North America?
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It was important to have a "government" in place to be successful
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WHEN was the Plymouth Colony settled?
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1620
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WHEN was the Mayflower Compact signed?
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1620
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WHERE was the Mayflower Compact signed?
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Plymouth, MA - near Cape Cod, MA
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WHO wrote and signed the Mayflower Compact?
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William Bradford, Myles Standish and the other persecuted Separatists. The document was signed by all 41 males.
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WHY was the Mayflower Compact written and signed?
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The signers believed covenants were to be honored between man and God and between each other
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WHAT was the Mayflower Compact?
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A document composed for the survival of the settlement providing fair and equal laws for the good of the settlement and the will of the majority
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WHY is the Mayflower Compact important to American Government?
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It is considered the foundation of the US Constitution
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WHERE were the first two battles of the American Revolution?
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Lexington and Concord
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WHO fought in the first two battles of the American Revolution?
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British soldiers and colonial minutemen
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WHEN were the first two battles of the American Revolution fought?
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1775
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WHY were the first two battles of the American Revolution fought?
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The British hoped to avoid an armed rebellion by stealing the colonial military stores in Concord
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WHEN did the US acquire land known as the Louisiana Purchase?
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1803
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WHO were the leaders and countries involved in the Louisiana Purchase?
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Jefferson, United States and Napoleon, France
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WHERE was the treaty completing the Louisiana Purchase signed?
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Paris, France
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WHAT was the Louisiana Purchase?
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1. America's largest single land purchase doubling the size of the US
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WHY was the Louisiana Purchase important?
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1. To avoid war
2. Double the size of the US 3. Secure free navigation of the Mississippi River 4. Provide westward expansion |
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HOW much did the US pay for the Louisiana Purchase?
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About 4 cents per acre
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HOW much land was involved in the Louisiana Purchase?
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About 828,000 square miles
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WHAT conflict did Jefferson have with the Louisiana Purchase?
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Jefferson was a strict constitutionalist. He didn't believe the federal government should do anything that wasn't specifically mentioned in the constitution. The Louisiana Purchase was not in the consitution!
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WHEN was the Transcontinental Railroad complete?
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1869
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WHAT was the Transcontinental Railroad?
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A railroad connnecting east and west for 1776 miles
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WHERE was the Transcontinental Railroad?
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The gold spike was driven in Promontory, UT. The railroad started in Sacremento, CA and Omaha, NE
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WHO built the Transcontinental Railroad?
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Central Pacific built east from CA and the Union Pacific came west from NE
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WHY was the Trancontinental Railroad built?
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1. To provide transportation to west for California gold rush
2. Steam locomotive 3. Homestead Act of 1862 |
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WHEN was President McKinley assassinated?
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1901
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WHO assassinated McKinley?
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Leon Czolgosz
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WHERE was McKinley assassinated?
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Pan American Expo in Buffalo, NY
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WHY was McKinley assassinated?
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Czolgosz was an anarchist and he thought his friends would think him a hero for killing the president
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WHAT is an anarchist?
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Someone who believes that men can only achieve their highest calling free from government
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WHAT was the Articles of Confederation?
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The first "constitution" of the US
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WHEN was the Articles of Conferation adopted?
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1777
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WHO wrote the Articles of Confederation?
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Second Continental Congress
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WHY was the Articles of Confederation written?
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1. To provide a government system for the new states
2. To provide unity after the war 3. Define powers of the state and federal governments |
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WHY did the Articles of Confederation fail?
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1. Congress was severly limited in power
2. Virtually impossible to amend so problems couldn't be fixed 3. Measures passed by congress had to be approved by 9 of 13 states |
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WHAT was the Missouri Compromise?
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Law passed to admit Missouri as a slave state and Maine as a free state. Also excluded slavery from any new states or territories north of 36 30
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WHO wrote the Missouri Compromise?
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Henry Clay, KY Rep
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WHEN was the Missouri Compromise written?
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1820
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WHY was the Missouri Compromise written?
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To maintain a balance of free states and slave states
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WHAT was Roe v. Wade?
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A supreme court case legalizing abortion
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WHO was involved in Roe v. Wade?
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Jane Roe was actually Norma McCorvey and she sued Wade, a district attorney in TX
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WHEN was Roe v. Wade?
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1973
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WHERE was Roe v. Wade?
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The case orginated in TX and went to the US Supreme Court
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HOW many abortions did Roe have?
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None. She eventually became a Christian and now speaks against abortion
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WHY did the court legalize abortion in Roe v. Wade?
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They based their decision on the constitutional right to privacy. They also claimed that human life does not begin at conception.
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HOW has Roe v. Wade impacted America?
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The importance of human life has been negated.
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WHEN was Martin Luther King, Jr. assassinated?
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1968
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WHERE was Martin Luther King, Jr. assassinated?
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Memphis, TN
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WHO assassinated Martin Luther King, Jr.?
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James Earl Ray plead guilty but later said he was forced to confess by the FBI
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WHY was Martin Luther King, Jr. assassinated?
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His civil rights movement was unpopular
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WHAT happened on September 11, 2001?
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America was attacked by al Qaeda forces
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HOW was America attacked on September 11?
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Hijackers drove planes into key American buildings
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WHAT buildings were impacted by September 11?
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World Trade Center and the Pentagon
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HOW many planes were involved in September 11?
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Four known planes - 2 crashed into the WTC, 1 into the Pentagon and one crashed into a PA field
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WHO was responsible for September 11?
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Osama bin Laden and al Qaeda
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WHY were the WTC, Pentagon and Washington targeted?
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They represented primary financial, military and goverment centers in the US
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WHAT was Brown v. Board of Education?
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A supreme court case arguing for the school integration
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WHERE did the Brown v. Board of Education originate?
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Topeka, KS
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WHO was involved in Brown v. Board of Education?
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Linda Brown, a 3rd grader that had to walk a mile to the colored school when a white school was 7 blocks away
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WHAT was decided in Brown v. Board of Education
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"Separate but Equal" was not really equal which overturned PLESSY V. FERGUSON. Most facilities weren't really equal and blacks would assume inferiority just because they had to be separate
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WHAT was effected by Brown v. Board of Education
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Public schools. Other public facilities including restauarants, etc. continued to operate with separate but equal
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WHEN was Brown v. Board of Education?
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1954
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WHAT was accomplished with Brown v. Board of Education
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Public schools were integrated or desegregated
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WHEN was President Kennedy assassinated?
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1963
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WHO assassinated President Kennedy?
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Lee Harvey Oswald was arrested for Kennedy's assassination but he was shot by Jack Ruby while in transport. Many believe their was an assassination conspiracy that was never uncovered
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WHERE was Kennedy assassinated?
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While riding in a motorcade in Dallas, TX
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WHO investigated the Kennedy assassination?
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The Warren Commission a Congressional Commission appointed by President Johnson
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WHO shot Lee Harvey Oswald?
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Jack Ruby
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WHEN was the Korean War?
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1950 - 1953
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WHO fought in the Korean War?
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North Korea supported by USSR and China
South Korea supported by the US and UN |
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WHERE was the Korean War fought?
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Korea
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WHY was the Korean War fought?
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After WWII, USSR moved troops into North Korea and US moved troops into South Korea. Neither wanted to give control to the other but Koreans wanted a unified country. North and South each elected their own government and the North thought they could achieve unification by force
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WHO won the Korean War?
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No one. The North was contained but neither side achieved unification or victory.
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WHAT was the Korean War?
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A confict between North and South Korea whereby the North Koreans tried to win unification of the country by force
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WHO won the popular vote in the Bush/Gore election?
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Gore
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WHO won the electoral vote in the Bush/Gore election?
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Bush
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WHAT is a "faithless" elector?
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An elector that does not vote as the people in his or her state voted
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WERE there any "faithless" electors in the Bush/Gore election?
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Yes, 1, but it did not affect the outcome of the election
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WHEN was World War I?
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1914-1918
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WHEN did the US enter WWI?
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1917
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WHY did the US enter WWI
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1. Germany had been attacking US merchant ships
2. Most Americans strongly supported the Allies 3. The Zimmerman note - a letter from Germany asking the Mexicans to attack the US if we entered the war |
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WHERE was WWI fought?
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Primarily France
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WHO fought in WWI?
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Triple Entente (England, France, Russia and others including US)
Triple Alliance (Austria-Hungary, Germany, Italy and others) |
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WHEN was the Civil War?
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1861 - 1865
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WHY was the Civil War fought?
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The southern states seceded from the Union and wanted the right to form their own country
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WHO was the president of the Confederate States?
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Jefferson Davis
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WHY did the South secede from the Union?
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They were concerned about the balance of powers in the federal government (the northern states were dominating the federal government)and wanted the right to make their own laws including slavery
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WHY did the Union win the Civil War?
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1. The South was outnumbered
2. The Union had better manufacturing and therefore better supplies 3. The Union already had a central government and navy in place along with a better economy |
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WHAT constitutional amendment addresses presidential elections?
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12th
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WHAT major event led to the US entry into WWII?
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The Japanese bombed the naval base at Pearl Harbor, HI
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WHEN did the US enter WWII?
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1941
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WHEN was WWII?
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1939-1945
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WHY did WWII start?
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Among other things, WWII started when Germany entered Poland without declaring war. In a treaty with Poland, England and France then declared war on Germany
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WHO were the "allies" in WWII?
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The Big Three - England, US, USSR
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WHO were the "axis" powers in WWII?
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Germany, Italy, Japan
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WHAT events led to the end of WWII?
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1. Hitler committed suicide and Germany surrendered
2. Japan surrendered after the US dropped two atomic bombs |
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WHEN was the Great Depression?
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1929-WWII
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WHAT was the primary cause of the Great Depression?
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The Stock Market Crash of 1929
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WHAT caused the Stock Market Crash of 1929?
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1. The stock market was "hot" and too many stocks were bought on margin.
2. Too many items purchased on credit. 3. Banking system was unstable. 4. Unequal distribution of wealth. 5. US industry was not diversified 6. Agriculture prices were down. |
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Article I
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Legislative Branch
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Article II
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Executive Branch
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Article III
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Judicial Branch
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Article IV
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The States and Federal Government
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Article VI
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General Provisions (Supremacy clause)
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Article VII
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Ratification of the Constitution
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WHEN did Columbus sail to the "New World"?
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1492
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WHO supported Columbus' adventure to the new world?
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King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella
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WHY did Columbus sail to the "New World"?
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Open a route to the Indies and he felt it was God's call
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WHAT was the Northwest Ordinance?
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It established how territory northwest of the Ohio River would become a state.
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WHEN was the Northwest Ordinance written?
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1787
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WHERE are the present day states of the Northwest Ordinance?
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Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin
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WHY was the Northwest Ordinance written?
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To establish a method for new states
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HOW many phases were involved in the Northwest Ordinance?
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Three
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WHEN was the War of 1812?
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1812-1814
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WHO fought in the War of 1812
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US and British
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WHAT significant events resulted from the War of 1812?
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1. A commission was established to form a border between the US and Canada
2. A sense of nationalism was created in the US 3. US independence was confirmed |
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WHAT ended the War of 1812?
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Treaty of Ghent
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WHAT famous song was written during the War of 1812?
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Star Spangled Banner
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WHAT is the Bill of Rights?
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First 10 amendments to the US Constitution
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WHAT is the 1st Amendment?
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Freedom of speech, religion, press and assembly
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WHAT amendment provides for the right to bear arms and form a militia?
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2nd Amendment
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WHAT amendment can keep you from testifying against yourself?
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5th Amendment
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WHAT is the 4th Amendment?
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Protection from unreasonable search and seizure
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WHAT is the 8th Amendment?
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No cruel and unusual punishment
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WHAT was the Emancipation Proclamation?
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Document declaring slaves in the southern (confederate) states free
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WHY was the Emancipation Proclamation largely a "symbolic gesture?"
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Lincoln was declaring Confederate slaves free - they had already established their own government and Lincoln was not their president.
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WHAT was Plessy v. Ferguson?
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Supreme court case declaring separate but equal was constitutional.
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WHAT federal banking organization was established under FDR's New Deal?
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FDIC - Federal Deposit Insurance Corp
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WHY did FDR develop the New Deal?
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He hoped the government could help ease the effects of the depression by "jumpstarting" the economy.
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WHAT American President was elected to 4 terms?
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Franklin D Roosevelt
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WHAT amendment abolished slavery?
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13th Amendment
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WHAT amendment provided for a graduated income tax?
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16th Amendment
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WHAT did the 15th Amendment provide?
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It gave African Americans the right to vote
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WHAT amendment prohibited the sale and use of alcohol?
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18th Amendment
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WHAT did the 19th Amendment provide?
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Woman's right to vote
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WHAT were the primary features of the Monroe Doctrine?
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1. You don't interfere, we won't interfere.
2. Don't colonize in the Americas |
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WHO was the primary author of the Declaration of Independence?
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Thomas Jefferson
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WHAT did the Declaration of Independence accomplish?
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1. Declared US independence from Britain
2. Educated colonists and the world about reasons for independence |
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WHEN was President Lincoln assassinated?
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1865
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WHERE was Lincoln assassinated?
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Ford's Theater in Washington, DC
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WHO assassinated Lincoln?
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John Wilkes Booth
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WHAT was Lincoln watching when he was assassinated?
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"Our American Cousin"
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WHAT was the Compromise of 1877?
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Elected Rutherford B. Hayes to president and removed troops from South
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WHAT effects did FDR's New Deal have on US government?
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1. Increased size of federal bureaucracy
2. Allowed government to operate in a deficit 3. Provided direct assistance to poor and needy. 4. Unprecedented government support of arts and recreation |
