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What was the Mayflower Compact? |
The Mayflower Compact was the document establishing the Civil government of pilgrims do eye forced to establish their colony in Massachusetts instead of Virginia |
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Who was Abigail Adams? |
She was the first second lady and Second first lady of the United States. Her correspondence with John Adams is well documented and discusses many philosophical issues. |
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Who was Crispus Attucks? |
He was the first casualty of the Boston massacre, and was half African and half Native American. |
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What was the Battle of Saratoga? |
It was a battle where the rebels gained a decisive victory over the British in upstate New York. |
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What was the Battle of Yorktown? |
The Battle of Yorktown was the last battle of the American Revolution, which forced the British to start negotiations toward the end of the conflict |
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What was the war of 1812? |
It was a war which solved many of the issues that lingered after the American Revolution The war was fought against Native Americans on land and against the British navy, with Canada as an ally |
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Who was John C. Calhoun? |
Calhoun was a politician and intellectual who was Vice President two times and considered one of the greatest senators of all time. He was a defender of the Southern states and slavery |
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What was the Battle of Galveston? |
The Battle of Galveston was a naval and land battle in which Confederate troops expelled Union troops from Galveston |
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What war the Battle of Palmito Ranch? |
It was the last battle of the Civil War, and occurred in Texas. Despite an apparent Texan victory, Southern leaders were simultaneously surrendering and agreeing to disband their armies |
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Who was James L Farmer? |
He was one of the top six activists of the Civil Rights Movement, founder of CORE (the Congress of Racial Equality) and later Secretary of Education under Nixon. He eventually left CORE after being disenchanted with the rise of black militancy |
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Who was Jane Addams? |
She was a leader of the woman's suffrage movement and co-founder of the ACLU |
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Who was Héctor García? |
García was a doctor who became a leading figure in politics an alternate representative to the United Nations, and a recipient of the Medal of Freedom. |
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Who was John C Hood? |
John C Hood said a Confedetaute general from Texas who violines his services to his home state. He lost a leg and permanently signed an arm in battles. He was known for bravery bordering on recklessness |
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What was the Fredoniam Rebellion? |
It was the first attempt by Anglo settlers to become independent from Mexico. The settlers created the Republic of Fredonia in 1827., The Cherokee agreed to support the New Resound, but Stephen Austin convinced them to repudiate the Rebellion. Then Stephen Austin led a group of militiamen to restore order. |
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Why was Texas not immediately annexed to the United States after achieving independence? |
Neither of the political parties wanted to upset the balance of power by accepting an enormous slave state into the union. Besides, the US wanted to avoid a war with Mexico. |
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Why was Texas eventually annexed? |
President John Tyler of the US decided to independently pursue the annexation to :, a. Increase his base of support fit reelection, and b. upset British plans to promote abolition in Texas. The upcoming ejection was sin by Polk, who signed the treaty in 1845 |
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Describe the Mexican American war. |
The Mexican American war at initiated by the United States and lasted from 1845 to 1846, and resulted in the loss of half of Mexico's territory to the United States. The US entered Mexican territory and forced Mexico to cede Alta California and New Mexico. |
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What was the Louisiana Purchase? |
The Louisiana Purchase was the same of a huge portion of land including Wyomimg, Louisiana, North Dakota, South Dakota, and lady's of New Mexico and Texas The land was sold by Napoleon after he was unable to establish a French empire in North America. |
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What was the Monroe Doctrine? |
The Monroe Doctrine was a US foreign policy in 1823 which declared that any interference by European countries in North or South America would be bored as acts of War requiring US intervention. |
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What was the Red River Indian War? |
The Red River Indian War was an action by the US military in 1874 to force several tribes of of the southern Plains and into Indian reservations |
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What war the nullification crisis? |
The nullification crisis was a crisis under President Jackson concerning tariffs. In 1828, the government imposed a very high protective tariff to protect manufactured goods. The tariff was damaging to the South, especially South Carolina. South Carolina attempted to use Calhoun's nullification theory and declare the tariff null and void. Eventually President Jackson and the Congress lowered the tariff to the Southern states' satisfaction |
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What war the Compromise of 1850? |
1. Texas renounced is claim to Be Mexico and land above the Missouri Compromise line. 2. California was admitted as a free state. 3. New Mexico and Utah were accepted under the agreement that popular vote would decide slave or free (although everyone knew they would go free) 4. The United States adopted Texas debt 5. The slave trade war banned in the District of Columbia |
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Who was OvetaCulp Hobby? |
Hobby was the first secretary of the Department of Health, Education and Welfare. She was also the first director of the women's Army Cutoff, and a member of the board of the Houston Post |
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What is the League of United Latin American Citizens? |
LULAC is a Latino antidiscriminatuon organization. It was founded in 1929 by Latino veterans |
