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  1. I was born to freed slaves during the Civil War. I became a schoolteacher and worked for economic success and...

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  2. Which city in Georgia was set aflame by Sherman's army?

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  3. Why was the Delaware Valley called "the best poor man's country"?

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  4. What did the Battle of Shiloh show about the future course of the Civil War?

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  5. What kind of films and radio programs became popular during the Great Depression?

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  6. How did Great Britain react to the proclamation of American neutrality in in 1793?

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  7. What argument used to justify slavery appealed to people's religious beliefs?

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  8. Why were southerners outraged about the outcome of the election of 1860?

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  9. The ability of the east coast of the United States to communicate with the west coast was FIRST made possible by what?

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  10. How did automation change the nature of work and affect unions?

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  11. How did Hoover's core beliefs contrast with what many Americans wanted?

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  12. What happened to the United States in the long- and short-term due to FDR's actions to combat the Great Depression?

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  13. How did religious leaders contribute to the growth of representative governments in the 13 colonies?

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  14. How did Breckinridge's stance on the expansion of slavery in the territories differ from Lincoln's?

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  15. Why were the Coercive Acts passed?

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  16. What were the biggest crops in the Southern Colonies?

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  17. Which difficulty led to development of the Annapolis Convention?

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  18. What act gave British officials the power to combat smuggling by issuing writs of assistance during colonial times?

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  19. Where did many Puritans settled within which of the British colonies in North America?

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  20. Who had political power in the colony? Did the Puritans believe in the separation of church and state?

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  21. How did Southern states continue to disenfranchise African American voters in spite of the Fifteenth Amendment?

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  22. Who became leader of the radical wing of the revolutionary government?

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  23. What was the Great Awakening of the 1730's, and why was it important?

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  24. Why did the federal government create the Tennessee Valley Authority in 1933?

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  25. What was the impact Muckrakers had on society in the early 20th century?

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  26. What were Creoles, Spanish settlers born in the Americas, not alIowed to do?

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  27. When was the Brooklyn Bridge built?

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  28. Why did President Franklin Roosevelt encourage the passage of the Lend-Lease Act?

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  29. How is the controversy over the Pentagon Papers similar to the John Peter Zenger case?

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  30. In the system of triangular trade, where were the American colonies allowed to trade their goods?

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  31. What problem did the colony of Jamestown have because of its location near a swamp?

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  32. How did women contribute to colonial economies?

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  33. Why were the middle colonies successful?

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  34. In what ways was Bacon's Rebellion a result of social tensions in the colony of Virginia?

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  35. How did the Framers implement "equality" in voting?

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