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  1. What were some of the problems with banks in the 1920s/30s and how did FDR restore confidence in them?

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  2. How did geography influence the economy in the Mid-Atlantic/Middle colonies?

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  3. What was the destination of most Dust Bowl migrants?

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  4. What were the nation's economic problems when Washington became president?

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  5. What was the American public's opinion about joining the League of Nations?

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  6. What did James Madison say was priority #1 in the new government?

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  7. What happened between France and England while Washington was president?

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  8. What service was started by the creation of Rural Free Delivery?

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  9. What were the three parts of Hamilton's financial plan to solve the nation's economic problems?

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  10. Which general helped the South win the war's first major battle as well as other big battles, and was accidentally shot by his own troops?

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  11. In the years 1840-1850 which Northeastern state had the largest white population?

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  12. Who was the President of the United States when Reconstruction officially ended?

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  13. Why did scholars have problems recognizing the traditions of Native American literature?

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  14. What did the Sherman Anti-Trust Act attempt to do?

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  15. Why did the idea of territorial expansion, America's Manifest Destiny, become a cause that cut across virtually all regional, political, and class lines?

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  16. Which European country first claimed the area that is now Oklahoma?

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  17. What was the successful Union strategy for taking Vicksburg?

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  18. What factors contributed to the number and treatment of slaves in a region?

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  19. Why did the role the "Old Eighteen" played in the Battle of Gonzales require so much courage?

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  20. How did the Indian Removal Act go against moral, political, constitutional, and practical concerns?

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  21. Following the Pullman Strike, how did the Supreme Court rule in the case of In re Debs?

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  22. How did slaves build lives and communities of their own within the institution of slavery?

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  23. When and why did the secession begin? What state seceded first?

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  24. How did 19th-century slavery supporters use political, moral, and economic arguments to defend slavery?

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  25. What are some similarities between the first-wave and second-wave feminists?

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  26. At what age do most Americans typically enter the work force with full time employment?

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  27. During the Gilded Age, who tended to vote Republican?

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  28. What was the impact of emancipation on the freedmen?

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  29. Why were few court cases won against monopolies and trusts during the Gilded Age?

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  30. How did the Civil War and other wars promoted the growth of industry in the late 1800s?

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  31. What event in 1890 marked the end of organized Indian resistance to white control?

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  32. Why was it important for the nativists to make the white race seem to be smarter and more capable than nonwhites?

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  33. In his farewell address, how did George Washington attempt to influence the foreign policy of the United States?

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  34. How did WWII propel the civil rights movement?

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  35. Who is Thomas Paine?

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