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  1. How did life in the Middle Colonies compare to life in New England?

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  2. How and why did the Whig Party come into being?

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  3. How did the steam engine improve travel on rivers and canals?

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  4. Who was the first president to utilize the mass media to promote his agenda?

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  5. Who were two famous muckrakers?

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  6. Why did they allow freedom of speech in the Constitution?

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  7. What are two effects of the Lewis and Clark expedition?

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  8. As secretary of the Treasury, what was Alexander Hamilton's main job?

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  9. How did the NAACP and Marcus Garvey's followers respond to racial discrimination?

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  10. During World War II, why did people to migrate to the South and West?

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  11. Why did Hamilton want to create a national bank?

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  12. What branch of government declare laws unconstitutional?

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  13. The Spanish and Portuguese ruled Latin America for much of the 16th, 17th, and 18th centuries. During this period...

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  14. How did the Interstate Commerce Commission help farmers?

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  15. Where in Texas did Austin decide to set up his colony?

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  16. How was the Civil Rights Act of 1968 designed to help end discrimination?

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  17. Why does Jefferson approve of having the House of Representatives chosen by voters?

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  18. Which nation's actions caused the United States fight in World War I?

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  19. How did Progressives work to help people experiencing poverty?

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  20. What are four "artifacts" that represent the Era of Reform?

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  21. Who did Washington choose to lead the State Department?

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  22. Which document was written to support the new Constitution and encourage ratification?

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  23. What did the United States hope to achieve by joining France to sign the Kellogg-Briand Pact?

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  24. What was the Boston Tea Party? When did it occur?

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  25. How did the close of Reconstruction affect the federal government?

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  26. What effect did California's population growth have on Californios and Native Americans?

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  27. What were the key successes and failures of Johnson's Great Society?

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  28. What happened to President Garfield because of the patronage/spoils system?

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  29. In what ways did the beliefs of the Plains Indians differ to those of the European settlersi?

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  30. What was the Second New Deal?

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  31. Why did the Chicago exposition promoters hire George Ferns to build the Ferris wheel?

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  32. What were Japanese Americans forced to do before being sent to an Japanese internment?

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  33. How did the Industrial Revolution impact the food service industry?

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  34. Who came up with the slogan "Kill the Indian, but save the man."?

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  35. How did the government use the Sherman Anti-Trust Act to end the Pullman Strike of 1894?

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