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  1. When Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation in 1862, he believed what?

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  2. In the early 1800s, what were the main goals of nationalists?

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  3. Why might we be more willing today to carry a deficit than in Hamiltons time?

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  4. During the 1920s, women's fashion changed to shorter hemlines and less constrictive silhouettes. Which movement brought about this change?

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  5. Did the Union victory divide the Confederacy along the Mississippi River in the bombardment of Fort Sumter?

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  6. How did Samuel Morse's best-known innovation contribute to U.S. growth and development?

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  7. How did the Peggy Eaton affair affect politics in Washington, DC?

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  8. Monopolies that developed in the late 1800s from business owners like Andrew Carnegie in steel and John D. Rockefeller in oil allowed them to?

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  9. Monopolies that developed in the late 1800s from business owners like Andrew Carnegie in steel and John D. Rockefeller in oil allowed them to?

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  10. What prompted the U.S. formally to state its Open Door policy in 1899 and 1900?

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  11. What actions prompted John Quincy Adams to write the Monroe Doctrine?

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  12. What was the purpose of the visit to Japan by the U.S. Naval Fleet commanded by Matthew C. Perry?

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  13. What was the purpose of Thomas Paine pamphlet, Common Sense?

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  14. What business practices did the Interstate Commerce Act attempt to outlaw? _

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  15. Was the three-fifths compromise necessary to achieve ratification of the constitution?

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  16. How were minorities at a disadvantage during the Great Depression?

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  17. What group was directly responsible for the terrorist attacks on the United States on September 11, 2001?

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  18. What effect did the Fifteenth Amendment have on the women's rights movement?

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  19. What is a result from the rise of the populist party?

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  20. Who was ross sterling?

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  21. What two battle were decisive battles that enable the union to win yhe civil war?

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  22. Why did deportations occur in the 20s?

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  23. After WWII, how did America "involve itself" in Vietnam?

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  24. What was Thomas Nast's opinion regarding Reconstruction from 1865-1874?

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  25. How was ratification of the new constitution made easier?

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  26. What are the Sugar and Stamp Acts?

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  27. How did President Hoover and President Roosevelt differ in their approach towards dealing with the Great Depression?

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  28. Who was elected the first vice President?

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  29. What is an example of the House suspending its own rule?

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  30. What were boomers?

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  31. What was a legacy of the Populists?

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  32. What were the different responses of the various Native American peoples when their ancestral lands were threatened?

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  33. What was Sherman's March to the Sea the first modern example of?

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  34. What was the goal of the Americanization movement that gained popularity between 1875 and 1910?

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  35. What Supreme Court case did George W. Bush support the reversal of?

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