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115 Cards in this Set
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Revolutionary War
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1775-1783
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First Continental Congress held in Philadelphia
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1774
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Peter Minuit trades goods ($24 value) to Man-a-hat-a Indians for New Amsterdam
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1626
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Ku Klux Klan formed
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1866
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Treaty of Paris
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1783
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The Constitution adopted
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1787
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Harriet Beecher Stowe's "Uncle Tom's Cabin" published.
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1852
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Gold discovered in California. 50,000 people migrate.
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1849
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Black Hawk War (Indian removal to OK)
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1832
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Boston Tea Party (zenith of colonial tax protests)
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1773
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Missouri Compromise
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1820
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Mexican War
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1846-1848
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War of 1812
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1812-1815
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Salem Witch Trials. (20 executed)
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1692
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British seize New Netherlands and the island New York.
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1664
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John Cabot explores the NE coast of America.
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1497
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St. Augustine founded; first settlement in what becomes the USA.
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1565
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Capt. John Smith establishes first permanent English settlement (Jamestown, VA)
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1607
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Kansas-Nebraska Act.
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1854
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Dred Scott decision.
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1857
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Abraham Lincoln (R) elected 16th president.
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1860
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7 southern states form Confederated States of America.
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1861
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George Washington becomes the 1st president of the United States.
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1789
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Bill of Rights adopted.
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1791
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Plymouth Pilgrims leave Plymouth (Eng.) on the Mayflower (arrive at Cape Cod)
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1620
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Mayflower Compact agreement to abide by new goverment's laws.
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1620
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US involvement in WWI.
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1917-1918
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18th Amendment (Prohibition)
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1919
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19th Amendment (Women's suffrage)
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1920
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Scopes Monkey Trial
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1925
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Charles Linbergh first to fly non-stop across the Atlantic Ocean.
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1927
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"The Jazz Singer" released (first talking movie)
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1927
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Who starred in "The Jazz Singer" (the first talking movie)?
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Al Jolson
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Amelia Earhart is the first woman to fly across the Atlantic.
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1928
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St. Valentine's Day Massacre
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1929
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Wall Street Crash
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1929
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FDR becomes 32nd President. So called "100 Days" begin; "New Deal" starts
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1933
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Francis Perkins becomes first female cabinet member.
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1933
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Japan attacks Pearl Harbor
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1941
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US involvement in WWII.
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1941-1945
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Atomic bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki
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1945
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Brown vs. Board of Education decision
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1954
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Jackie Robinson breaks the color barrier in MLB.
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1947
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US leads UN action in Korean War.
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1950-1953
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Rosa Parks refuses to give up her bus seat.
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1955
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U2 spy plane shot down over USSR.
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1960
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Bay of Pigs invasion fails.
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1961
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John Glenn becomes first American in space (Yuri Gagatin was first)
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1962
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JFK assasinated; Lee Harvey Oswald charged with murder.
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1963
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Gulf of Tonkin resolution.
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1964
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US involvement in Vietnam.
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1964-1973
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Thurgood Marshall becomes 1st black Supreme Court Justice.
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1967
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MLK assasinated; James Earl Ray charged with murder.
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1968
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Riots at Kent State University
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1970
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"Watergate Scandal" breaks (Nixon resigns in 1974)
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1973
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OPEC bans oil exports to the US for its support of Israel in Yom Kippur War.
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1973
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Bakke v. University of California rules against racial quotas.
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1978
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US Embassy hostage crisis in Iran begins (lasts 444 days)
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1979
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Sandra Day O'Connor becomes first female Supreme Court Justice.
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1981
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Sally Ride becomes the first woman in space.
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1983
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Wall Street drops 508 points in one day
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1987
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Operation Desert Shield and Storm against Iraq.
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1990-1991
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LA riots follow the "Rodney King Verdict"
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1992
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One of the closest Presidential elections in history between G. Bush and A. Gore decided in Florida recount.
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2000-2001
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Were the officers acquitted in the Rodney King Verdict?
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Yes
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Columbus sights the Bahamas.
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1492
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Louisiana Purchase ($15 million)
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1803
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Lewis and Clark expedition begins (settlement of Oregon begins in 1842)
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1804
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Abraham Lincoln assasinated by John Wilkes Booth.
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1865
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13th Amendment abolishes slavery
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1865
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Civil War
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1861-1865
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Marbury v. Madison decision
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1803
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US acquires Alaska ($7.2 million)
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1867
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Who did Thomas Jefferson purchase Louisiana from?
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France
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Transcontinetal railroad completed.
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1869
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James Garfield assasinated by Charles Guiteau.
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1881
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Mark Twain's "Huckleberry Finn" published.
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1884
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Battle of Wounded Knee.
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1890
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Ellis Island opened
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1892
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Who was president when the United States acquired Alaska?
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Eisenhower
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Plessy v. Fergusson decision
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1896
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Spanish-American War
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1898
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William McKinley assasinated by Leon Czogosz.
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1901
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True or False: Theodore Roosevelt's Rough Riders were his army in the Spanish-American War.
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True
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Wright Brothers "fly" in the Kitty Hawk in North Carolina
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1903
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First Model-T produced ($850)
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1908
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What was the Model T Ford's nickname?
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Tin Lizzie
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First transcontinental telephone call
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1915
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Lusitania sunk (127 US citizens die)
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1915
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Jeanette Rankin becomes first elected woman to the House of Reps.
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1916
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Annexation of Texas
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1845
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Articles of Confederation
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1781
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The Alamo
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1836
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Did the Brown vs. Board of Education ruling admit blacks into schools?
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Yes
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What was the ruling of the Dred Scott case?
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Kept Dred Scott as a slave
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What was the decison of Plessy v. Fergusson case?
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That blacks should have equal but seperate treatment as whites.
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Where did Lewis and Clark's expedition begin
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St. Louis, Missouri
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Where was the Constitution adopted?
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Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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Where was the Ku Klux Klan formed?
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Pulaski, Tennessee
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Where was the Scopes Monkey Trial located?
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Dayton, Tennessee
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Name reasons for the Kent State Riots
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(1) Vietnam War; (2) termination of the ROTC program; (3) dismissal of certain administrators
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Who fought in the War of 1812?
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America and Britan
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Who succeeded President Nixon?
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Gerald Ford
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Who was the president at the time of Lewis and Clark?
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Jefferson
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Why was the Mexican War fought?
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Annexation of Texas
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26th Amendment lowered voting age to 18
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1971
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Apollo 11 lands safely on the moon; Neil Armstrong 1st man to walk on the moon.
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1969
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What cabinet position did Francis Perkins hold in FDR's first administration?
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Secretary of Labor
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Who lead both sides of the Alamo?
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For the Mexican side: General Santa Anna. For the Texan side: William B, Travis led the regular army and Jim Bowie for the volunteers
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What was the main intention of the 1st Continental Congress of 1774?
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Declaration of rights and grievences and telling the ppl to boycott trade with britain
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What was the 1st Indian tribe in contact with Jamestown settlement?
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Powhatan tribe, most likely.
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What event led an escalation in US involvement in Indochina?
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The Tonkin Gulf incident: because the Vietnamese boats fired at American Warships in international water
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What document bonded colonies in 1781?
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Articles of the Confederation
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What was the treaty that ended the Revolutionary War?
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Paris Peace Treaty
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What was the margin of victory for G. Washington in the first electoral college of 1789?
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It was unanimous
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