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  1. Why was the Embargo Act of 1807 passed?

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  2. The Barbary Wars were battles against pirates from which region of the world?

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  3. Aaron Burr became infamous for killing whom?

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  4. Who was the Native American guide that travelled with Lewis and Clark through the Louisiana Territory?

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  5. How much in total did the Louisiana Purchase cost the United States?

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  6. What Supreme Court case established the Supreme Court's power to judge the constitutionality of government actions?

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  7. Which state refused to comply with the Alien and Sedition Acts?

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  8. Who was the president at the time of the passing of the Alien and Sedition Acts?

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  9. In 1797, what happened when American diplomats tried to meet with French Foreign Minister, Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord?

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  10. Pinckney's Treaty involved the United States and what other nation?

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  11. Which was NOT a term stated in the Jay Treaty?

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  12. Who was Edmond-Charles Genêt (aka Citizen Genêt)?

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  13. A tax on which of these goods led to a rebellion in 1791?

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  14. What part of the Constitution was used to back up the idea of the implied powers of the Constitution?

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  15. Which men was a strong proponent of establishing a national bank?

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  16. Who was the 1st Chief Justice of the Supreme Court?

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  17. What was the Northwest Ordinance?

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  18. What political party did George Washington belong to?

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  19. Why is the capital of the United States in Washington, D.C.?

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  20. Who drafted the Bill of Rights?

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  21. The Three-Fifths Compromise was about which group of people?

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  22. The Connecticut Compromise dealt with which part of government?

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  23. Which government action is most closely associated with the efforts of "muckrakers"?

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  24. Before the former Confederate states could be readmitted to the Union, the congressional plan for Reconstruction required them to do which of these?

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  25. Which of these actions is most closely associated with the term Manifest Destiny?

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  26. Under Chief Justice John Marshall, the Supreme Court strengthened its authority by which of these?

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  27. Poll taxes, literacy tests, and "grandfather clauses" were adopted in Southern States primarily to do which of these?

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  28. During the 1850s Irish immigrants were often discriminated against. Why?

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  29. What was a major reason for President Thomas Jefferson authorizing the Lewis and Clark expedition?

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  30. Yellow journalism contributed to the start of the Spanish-American War (1898). How?

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  31. What year did the Civil War begin?

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  32. The American Federation of Labor's support for "bread and butter" unionism was intended to do which of these?

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  33. In the late 1800s, which factor directly contributed to the growth of the steel industry?

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  34. Who is the man who implemented the "factory system" in the USA? He opened several textile mills in Massachusetts and Rhode Island and is considered the "father of the American Industrial Revolution".

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  35. What does "antebellum" mean?

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