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Type of biscuit made of wheat flour
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hardtack
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reason Lincoln fired General McClellan
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could have destroyed lees army
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Confederacy's strongest resource
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banking system
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state with most civil war battles
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Tennessee
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belief of union soldiers
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that their actions had long term importance
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women's role during the civil war
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did the same jobs men did
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reaso9ns miner in Colorado did not find minerals
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minerals were to deep
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length of residence required under the homestead act
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5 years
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farming method deep in the soil for moisture
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dry farming
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phrase for miner near pikes peak
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"pikes peak or bust"
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reason wheat won an advance on the Great Plains
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could dought better then other crops
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intent of Cheyenne Indians before sand creek massacre
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planned on negotiating
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what many immigrants displayed
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was important for them to assimilate
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what living on the plains meant
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you required cooperation from neighbors
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why petroleum was in high demand
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could be turned into kerosene
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reasons for tariffs during the industrialization
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help American business vs. European factories
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worker hired for the central pacific RR
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Chinese
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technique used to break a union
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lockout
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area that had more RR construction
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west
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(1860) reason chines immigrants came to the us
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work on transcontinental RR
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1800s most common form of mass transit
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horse car
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place Asian immigrants were processed
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angel island
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definition of individualism
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no matter your origin, can go as far as you talents take you
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1800s reason Europe was looking overseas to sell goods
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tariffs have reduced trade
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reason pierce sent navy ti japan
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force them to trade
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why TR was chosen for as McKinley's running mate
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charisma and war fame
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1800s why investment opportunities in western Europe had slowed
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most things has already been built
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why Americans supported Cuban rebels
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sensational stories in the newspaper
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battleship Maine was sent to Cuba why
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to evacuate Americans
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Platte amendment made Cuba what
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a protectorate of the us
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purpse of the open door policy in china
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ensure trading rights for all nations
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TR won nobel prize for what
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negotiationg peace between Russia the Japan
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why majority of us exports went to england
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had a long history with them
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why anti imperialist dilike imperial policies
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too simolar to englands treatment of the american colonies
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idea that justified imperialist expansion
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new federalism
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progressives had strong faith in what
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science and expertise
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1920 interstate commerce commision started doing what
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rasing rates
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why roosevelt dislike tagts breaking up the trust
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thoguht is destroyed the system of cooperation and regulation TF created
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muckrakers were not concerned about
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military actions
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female labor force
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2230000
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why Wilson sent troops into latin american countries
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to set up stable democratic gov.
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Serbs were furious when
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Austria Hungary annexed Bosnia
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Zimmerman telegram promised Mexico
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lost territory in Texas new Mexico and arizona
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what silenced cities of WW1
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espionage and sedition acts
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in WW1 planes were first used to
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observe enemy activities
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