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  1. Why did we create a Bill of Rights and who supported them?

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  2. What did the British offer to enslaved African Americans in exchange for looting and burning the Capitol Building in Washington D.C.?

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  3. What change to the Supreme Court did President Ronald Reagan make in an attempt to steer the government in a conservative direction?

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  4. What did prominent Progressive, Madison Grant argue in his book The Passing of the Great Race?

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  5. How did the transcontinental railroad differ from railroads in Europe?

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  6. How did the U.S. government respond to attacks by Sioux Indians in eastern Minnesota?

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  7. How did the Great Compromise and the Three-Fifths Compromise help the convention reach agreements?

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  8. What did the Emancipation Proclamation encourage escaped slaves to do?

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  9. How did government efforts to ensure public support for the war conflict with ideas about civil rights?

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  10. In which part of the world did President Taft urge American banks and businesses to invest?

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  11. After the first French fleet arrived, what was General Washington's original strategy, or plan of attack?

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  12. What was the first group of Americans sent by President Eisenhower to assist the South Vietnamese against Communist forces?

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  13. Why did FDR develop the Supreme Court Packing Plan?

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  14. What part of the bison did the American Indians consider useful?

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  15. What major battles did the United States win in Canada and present-day Alabama?

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  16. How did Reconstruction benefit landowners in the agricultural economy of the South?

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  17. What was the role of the family in colonial life?

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  18. How did the Second Industrial Revolution influence women's roles in society?

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  19. What method of campaigning did Truman use to good effect in the 1948 campaign against Thomas Dewey?

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  20. What company did muckraker Ida Tarbell write about?

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  21. Explain how the states ratified the Constitution. Why was it important to the founding fathers to get all states to ratify it?

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  22. What step did President Franklin D. Roosevelt take to end segregation?

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  23. Why was the Mexican-American War knows as "Mr. Polk's War"?

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  24. In what way did the delegates to the 1787 Convention represent a new generation of American leaders?

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  25. How did the governments - the Union or the Confederacy-go about mobilizing soldiers, citizens, and resources...

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  26. The Seneca Falls Convention of 1848 was key in?

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  27. What was the shift of power in the House of Representatives in 1910 and the 1970's.?

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  28. What was the platform that Honest Abe ran under In the Election of 1860?

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  29. The development of mechanized farming have on American society?

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  30. During the Vietnam War, what advantages did the Viet Cong have?

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  31. How did the rise of industry, and trade lead to the growth of cities?

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  32. Why was the capture of Santa Anna so important for the Texans?

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  33. What attracted people to cities in the 1800s?

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  34. What were laws mean to keep black people and white people segregated known as?

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  35. What was the purpose of the first Bank of the United States?

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