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  1. Why do you think Americans were willing to illegally move into the Tejas region without permission?

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  2. What was one important factor that helped pass the 26th Amendment in 1971, which lowered the voting age to 18?

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  3. How did the number of new immigrants around the turn of the twentieth century affect the number of acculturation programs in the United States?

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  4. One of the provisions of the Compromise of 1877 was that government U.S. troops would be removed from the South. What did this action lead to?

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  5. Why did President Roosevelt attempt to "pack" the Supreme Court?

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  6. How was the weather in the southern colonies and the soil?

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  7. Who wrote the first abolitionist newspaper?

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  8. How did the cotton gin lead to a rise in slavery?

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  9. What British actions in 1775 moved the colonists toward independence?

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  10. How did the federal government support employers during times of labor unrest?

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  11. How did the British effort to regain their market for manufactured goods affect America's industries?

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  12. What did General MacArthur do that caused President Truman to fire him?

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  13. Who was Marcus Garvey and what was his historical contribution?

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  14. What was Woodrow Wilson's policy toward Mexico?

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  15. Why did President Hoover oppose direct federal relief to the unemployed?

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  16. What event led to the fall of the confederate capital, Richmond, Virginia?

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  17. Under the Articles of Confederation, how many states are needed to pass a law?

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  18. Why did the North have more capital than the South?

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  19. How did the governmentss up in the American colonies reflect Montesquieu's ideas?

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  20. Who was the German drill master under Washington?

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  21. What opponent of the New Deal believed that the program did not do enough to help poor Americans, and what program did he propose?

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  22. How did Anti-Federalists feel about a strong central government?

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  23. What role did Carrie Chapman Catt play in the late 19th century?

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  24. What groups tended to oppose women's suffrage and why?

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  25. According to the Declaration of Independence, why did the colonists want independence from England?

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  26. What are two reasons that Lincoln decides to attack the issue of slavery?

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  27. What region of the United States has the highest clustering of people in poverty?

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  28. Which amendment provides that no person shall be deprived of life, liberty, or property without due process of law?

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  29. Who extended the mission concept by opening settlement houses in poor areas of Atlanta?

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  30. According to John Locke, why do people form government?

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  31. What was the purpose of the Brady Bill passed during the presidency of William Clinton?

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  32. What government agency set up schools and helped formerly enslaved African Americans in the South?

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  33. Why was Brown v. Board of Education important to people of color?

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  34. What did the Supreme Court rule in the case Near v Minnesota?

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  35. How did the U.S. government change its response to the Great Depression after the election of Franklin D. Roosevelt as president?

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