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

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

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

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

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

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

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  7. When was the Brooklyn Bridge built?

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

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

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

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

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  12. How did women contribute to colonial economies?

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  13. Why were the middle colonies successful?

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

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

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  16. What role did Stonewall Jackson play at the Second Battle of Bull Run?

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  17. Memorial Day was initially called Decoration Day. Why?

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  18. What was the importance of the Siege of Vicksburg?

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  19. Why was the Sherman Anti-Trust Act created?

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  20. Why do you think Bacon's Rebellion might have been a sign of things to come in colonial America?

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  21. About what percent of today's population is Native American?

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  22. What role did J. Edgar Hoover play in the Palmer Raids?

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  23. How did the Great Society programs affect housing in the United States?

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  24. What are the two houses of the legislature for the federal government?

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  25. How did the passage of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 impact political participation?

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  26. How did the framers of the Constitution avoid the ratification dilemma faced by the confederation government?

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  27. Why was the Department of Homeland Security formed?

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  28. How was it possible for Blanche K, Bruce and Hiram Rhodes Revels to become U.S. senators from Mississippi?

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  29. What was the primary purpose of the Declaration of Independence?

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  30. What issues did President George W. Bush face as president?

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  31. What was the effect of the influenza virus that developed in the United States in 1918?

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  32. How did the indirect system of voting for president through electors inadvertently help women gain partial suffrage in several states?

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  33. How did Ellis Island differ from Angel Island?

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  34. Why were the tenement apartments crowded?

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  35. How does the use of automation increase productivity?

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