1. How many original united states were there in 1783?
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2. What was the result of the Revolutionary War?
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3. Who was the first president of
the United states? When was he a president?
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4. Who purchased the state of
Louisiana from France and when? When was it made a state?
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5. What happened during the war of
1812? When did the war end?
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6. How many states maintained
slavery in the Union? What is the Missouri Compromise and when did it take
place?
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7. When was the treaty with Spain
signed? What did it agree upon?
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8. When did the Latin American Revolutions take place? When were all these
countries independent?
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9. When was Texas colonized? What
happened in 1835? When did Texas become an independent nation?
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10. What is the Indian Removal Act
of 1830?
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11. Who was the president of the United States at that time?
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12. When did the settlement of the
West begin? What is the Oregon Trail?
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13. When did the Mexican War take
place and why?
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14. When did the Mexican
government surrender?
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15. When was gold discovered in
California?
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16. What happened to the Mormons?
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17. When did California become a free state?
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18. What did the remaining
Territories (1850-1860) have to choose from?
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19. What was the main consequence
of slavery on the economic progress of the slave states?
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20. When did the Secession war take place? What was the first slave state
to secede from the Union?
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21. What is called the
“Confederacy”? What was the reaction of the Union?
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22. What was the capital of the Confederacy?
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23.Where
and when did the South surrender?
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24. When was President Lincoln
assassinated?
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25. Which country was Alaska purchased from?
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26. When did the Indian Wars take
place? Name at least two famous places where the Indians were defeated.
What happened to the Native Americans after their defeat?
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27. What state did the Mormons settlement become in 1896?
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28. When did the US obtain Cuba
from the Spanish? When did Cuba become independent?
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29. What were the last two states
to be admitted that completed the nation with 50 states?
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