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What country did Christopher Columbus THINK he landed in?
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Cuba
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England
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East Indies of Asia
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Spain
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Christopher Columbus sailed the ocean in 1487 in search for riches.
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- True
- False
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Christopher Columbus actually landed in present day [blank_start]Cuba[blank_end] and explored the [blank_start]Caribbean[blank_end].
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Caribbean
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England
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Asia
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Cuba
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India
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Hawaii
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Name Columbus' 3 ships.
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Pinta
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Santa Maria
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Niña
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Titanic
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Justiné
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In what year was Pocahontas born?
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1492
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1738
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1876
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1595
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Pocahontas' tribe settled in the colony of Roanoke.
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- True
- False
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In 1606, King James I granted a charter to a group of Englishmen to establish an English settlement (Jamestown) in North Carolina to find gold and riches.
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- True
- False
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What are some strengths of the Patriots?
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More of a cause
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Lots of money
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Smart leaders
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Many sympathizers
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What are some of the Patriots weaknesses?
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Lots of money
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Not a lot of money
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Natives sided with the British
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Strong government supporting them
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What are some strengths the Redcoats had?
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More of a cause
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Strong government and king as support
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Natives sided with the British mostly
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Lots of money for guns and ammunition
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What groups were involved in the French and Indian War?
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German and English
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Indian and French
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English and French
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French and Russian
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What was the Sugar Act?
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A tax on things such as paper, newspapers, and letters
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A tax on luxury items such as wine, silk, sugar, and coffee that the colonists bought from Britain
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A law that said colonists couldn't move past the Appalachians
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A tax on homes
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Thomas Paine was mostly recognized as a [blank_start]pamphleteer[blank_end].
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pamphleteer
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delegate
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writer
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soldier
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Name the criteria a person must have to become a representative in the House of Representatives.
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You must be at least 25 years old
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You must have been a citizen of America for 7 years
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You must have worked in the executive branch
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You must live in the state you want to represent
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The executive branch executes laws made by the legislative branch.
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- True
- False
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The [blank_start]Supreme[blank_end] Court is the highest court in the US.
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Supreme
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Justice
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Town
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What is "separation of powers?"
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The division of the government into three separate branches
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The job each branch of government does
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The three branches of government are [blank_start]executive[blank_end], [blank_start]legislative[blank_end], and [blank_start]judicial[blank_end].
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executive
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legislative
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judicial
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state
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Congress
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bicameral
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Which branch has the most amount of checks?
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Executive
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Legislative
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Judicial
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Who was the main author of the Declaration of Independence?
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Thomas Jefferson
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George Washington
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Benjamin Franklin
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John Hancock
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The Declaration of Independence was written in [blank_start]1776[blank_end].
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1776
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What does preamble mean?
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Introduction
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Conclusion
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Speech
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Document
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In what city did the Constitutional Convention meet?
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Boston
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Philadelphia
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Charlotte
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Albany
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The 19th amendment protects the voting rights of [blank_start]women[blank_end].
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women
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immigrants
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Which amendment protects a citizen's right to vote, regardless of race?
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15
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18
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11
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13
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The Constitiutional Amendment that was later repealed was the 19th amendment.
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- True
- False
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The legislative branch is discussed in Article [blank_start]1[blank_end]. The executive branch is discussed in Article [blank_start]2[blank_end]. The judicial branch is discussed in Article [blank_start]3[blank_end].
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1
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2
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3
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Andrew Jackson was born in 1789 in the border area between North and South Carolina.
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- True
- False
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In what year did Andrew Jackson become president?
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1828
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1790
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1812
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1888
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What act was passed while Jackson was president?
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Indian Removal Act of 1830
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Sugar Act
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Stamp Act
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The first major land acquisition for the new world was by President Thomas Jefferson when he bought the Lousiana territory from the French.
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- True
- False
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Which president purchased the Florida territory from Spain for $5 million?
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James Monroe
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Thomas Jefferson
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George Washington
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In [blank_start]1836[blank_end], Texas fought for and gained its independence from Mexio.
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1836
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The state of [blank_start]GEorgia[blank_end] forced the Cherokees to leave the state and march west from 1838-1839.
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Georgia
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Who supervised the removal of the Cherokees?
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Federal troops
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General Winfield Scott
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General Cornwallis
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General Washington
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The removal of the Cherokees was offically called the [blank_start]Trail of Tears[blank_end].
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Trail of Tears
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What is an abolitionist?
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A person who supported the end of slavery
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A person who supported slavery
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A person who owned slaves
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A humanitarian is a person who works to make other people's lives better
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- True
- False
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Manifest [blank_start]destiny[blank_end] is a future event that is sure to happen.
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destiny
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By the late [blank_start]1840s[blank_end], most factory workers were [blank_start]immigrants[blank_end].
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1840s
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immigrants
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How many German immigrants came to the US between 1850 and 1860?
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1 million
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3.5 million
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200,000
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1.5 million
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The cotton gin was developed by Eli [blank_start]Whitney[blank_end].
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Whitney
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What were some crops that the South was dependent on?
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cotton
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tobacco
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sugar
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rice
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milk
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corn
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Why were most northerners abolitionists?
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Slavery wasn't needed for the North's economic growth
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They weren't
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They were afraid they would get in trouble with other countries
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What is one of the main reasons the west grew?
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The California Gold Rush
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new land
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good farm land
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On what day did settlers reach Jamestown?
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May 14, 1607
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May 10, 1600
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May 13, 1702
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On May 14, 1607, the settlers landed in [blank_start]Jamestown[blank_end] about 60 miles away from the mouth of the [blank_start]Chesapeake Bay[blank_end].
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Jamestown
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Chesapeake Bay
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What Native American group attacked the settlers of Jamestown?
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Powhatan
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Cherokee
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Catawba
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Apache
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Who organized and financed the enterprise for the Roanoke colony?
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Sir Walter Raleigh
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the King of Spain
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Christopher Columbus
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In [blank_start]1590[blank_end], Captain [blank_start]White[blank_end] returns to Roanoke to fine that the colony disappeared.
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1590
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White
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When Captain White returned, "CRO" was carved on a nearby tree and "CROATOAN" was carved on a post.
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- True
- False
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What was the Columbian Exchange?
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The exchange of plants, animals, and diseases spreading from the Old World to the New World.
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The import of goods between countries
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Effects of the Columbian Exchange are advanced [blank_start]agricultural[blank_end] production, evolution of [blank_start]warfare[blank_end], incerased [blank_start]mortality[blank_end] rates, and [blank_start]education[blank_end].
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agricultural
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warfare
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mortality
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education
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The Columbian Exchange began before Columbus' discovery of 1492.
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- True
- False
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Europeans came to America and began colonies to increase their wealth and broaden their influence over world affairs.
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- True
- False
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The first colony out of the [blank_start]thirteen[blank_end] colonies that was founded was in [blank_start]Virginia[blank_end] in [blank_start]1607.[blank_end]
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1607.
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thirteen
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Virginia
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What is a primary source?
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First hand evidence that has not been passed down
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Evidence that has been dictated by other people
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A secondary source is a source of information that has been [blank_start]passed down[blank_end] or written [blank_start]after[blank_end] the event has happened.
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passed down
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after
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Name the eight branches of social studies.
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Anthropology
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Archeology
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Economics
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Geography
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History
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Political science
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Psychology
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Sociology
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Earth Science
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Historical Fiction
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The first president of the US was [blank_start]George Washington[blank_end]. He was also the general of the [blank_start]continental[blank_end] army.
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George Washington
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Abraham Lincoln
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continental
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colonial
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George Washington lead the [blank_start]Continental Army[blank_end] in victory over the [blank_start]British[blank_end] in the [blank_start]American Revolution.[blank_end]
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Continental Army
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British
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American Revolution.
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Washington's army was a group of untrained "ragtags" who had to fight against strong, trained British soldiers.
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- True
- False
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Who was the third president of the US?
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John Adams
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George Washington
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Abraham Lincoln
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Andrew Jackson
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[blank_start]John Adams[blank_end] wrote the Declaration of Independence.
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John Adams
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In [blank_start]1774[blank_end], John Adams served on the First [blank_start]Continental Congress[blank_end] and helped to draft the Declaration of Indpendence.
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Continental Congress
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House of Representatives
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Constitutional Convention
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1774
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1789
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1738
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Thomas Paine supported slavery and was against women's rights.
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- True
- False
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What was a famous article that Thomas Paine was the author of?
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Common Sense
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the Constitution
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Treaty of 1763
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During the War of Independence, [blank_start]Thomas Paine[blank_end] volunteered for the Continental Army and started with the writing of his influential [blank_start]American Crisis[blank_end] papers.
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American Crisis
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Thomas Paine
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Abigail Adams was the wife of [blank_start]John Adams[blank_end] and the mother of [blank_start]John Quincy Adams[blank_end].
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John Adams
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John Quincy Adams
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Abigail was an animal right's advocate.
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- True
- False
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The quote "Remember the ladies" was said by Abigail Adams and it was written in a formal letter to her husband.
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- True
- False
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What are some public affairs (in his adopted city) Ben Franklin was active in?
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launching a lending library
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hospital and college
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acclaim for his experiments with electricity
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political position
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becoming President
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During the [blank_start]American Revolution,[blank_end] Franklin served in the [blank_start]Second[blank_end] Continental Congress.
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American Revolution
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Civil War
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Second
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First
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Ben Franklin helped to draft the Declaration of Independence.
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- True
- False
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The Sons of Liberty were an organization of British spies created in the Old World.
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- True
- False
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Why were the Sons of Liberty formed?
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To protect colonists' rights and fight British taxation
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To keep the American colonists from rebelling against the British government
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The Sons of Liberty played a major role in fighting the [blank_start]Stamp Act[blank_end] in [blank_start]1765[blank_end].
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Stamp Act
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Sugar Act
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1765
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1777
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