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What was an alternative to MAD, and what are Miranda rights?
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colbee d'suja asked 7 years ago
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What was the effect of the Dred Scott decision?
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colbee d'suja asked 7 years ago
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Why was 1968 a year of tension and turmoil? List 10 events. 1 being the best and 10 the worst. Thank You in advance!
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colbee d'suja asked 7 years ago
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How did the Teapot Dome scandal reflect the consumerism of the 1920s?
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camila johnson asked 7 years ago
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Why did Populism lead to an increase racial prejudice in the South?
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camila johnson asked 7 years ago
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Why did the Supreme Court rule the federal government could not prohibit slavery in the territories?
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camila johnson asked 7 years ago
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After his reelection in 1948, who or what kept Truman from enacting any significant initiatives that were part of his Fair Deal?
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camila johnson asked 7 years ago
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Who was the president of the U.S. when Texas was annexed to the U.S.?
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camila johnson asked 7 years ago
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Which state passed the first law providing for the popular election of delegates to the national convention?
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camila johnson asked 7 years ago
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Why was Willie Reed's testimony against Bryant and Milam so unusual?
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camila johnson asked 7 years ago
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What slowed General Burgoyne and his army's journey toward Albany?
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camila johnson asked 7 years ago
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Who did John F. Kennedy run against in the 1960 presidential election?
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camila johnson asked 7 years ago
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Did the Confederate defenders of Vicksburg easily defeat the Union?
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camila johnson asked 7 years ago
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How did Thomas Jefferson change after he became president?
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camila johnson asked 7 years ago
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Why did the government resist women's suffrage?
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agustina johnson asked 7 years ago
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What name was given to the literary movement that occurred from the end of World War through the present time?
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agustina johnson asked 7 years ago
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How would one characterizes the reaction of Southerners to the slave uprisings?
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agustina johnson asked 7 years ago
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How did political systems in the American colonies change during the modern era?
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agustina johnson asked 7 years ago
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What was John Brown's role in the violence that led to "Bleeding Kansas"?
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agustina johnson asked 7 years ago
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How did the montgomery bus boycott affect the lives of people? (Meaning the lives of people then and people today)
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agustina johnson asked 7 years ago
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How did the idea of Manifest Destiny influence the United States decision to annex Texas and consequently provoke a war with Mexico?
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agustina johnson asked 7 years ago
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What did FDR set aside 12 million acres of land for?
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agustina johnson asked 7 years ago
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Why did the Antifederalists propose a Bill of Rights?
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agustina johnson asked 7 years ago
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At what point can a minority or individual prevent the majority from its right in a democracy from expressing its popular will?
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agustina johnson asked 7 years ago
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How did rich Virginians keep relations friendly with poor whites?
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agustina johnson asked 7 years ago
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What are the similarities and differences between the stimulations of free blacks in the North and slaves in the Sout?
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agustina johnson asked 7 years ago
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On April 16th, 2007 on the campus of Virginia Tech University in Blacksburg, Virginia, a student went on a shooting rampage which became the deadliest shooting in US history. Including the perpetrator, how many people were killed?
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agustina johnson asked 7 years ago
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In another college campus tragedy, Charles Whitman killed 13 people in a sniper attack while at the top of a 27 story observation tower on August 1st, 1966. At what university did this shooting take place?
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agustina johnson asked 7 years ago
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On May 4th, 1970, National Guard troops opened fire on college students protesting President Nixon's invasion of Cambodia. On what college campus did this shooting take place?
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agustina johnson asked 7 years ago
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Which men was known as the "oil tycoon"?
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agustina johnson asked 7 years ago
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During the Great Depression Franklin Roosevelt instituted a program known as the New Deal. Which agency was NOT part of the New Deal?
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agustina johnson asked 7 years ago
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Most people know that the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. Many ships were sunk and the American fleet was dealt a heavy blow. What single stroke of good luck saved the Pacific fleet from total destruction?
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agustina johnson asked 7 years ago
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What was the period called the "Prohibition"?
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agustina johnson asked 7 years ago
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On day a large number of Americans were killed. Which day had the largest loss of life?
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agustina johnson asked 7 years ago
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Wilbur and Orville Wright made the first airplane flight in 1903. They chose Kill Devil Hills, near Kitty Hawk, NC for their test flight. How far did their airplane travel on the first attempt?
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agustina johnson asked 7 years ago
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