C.L Exam 161-180

Question 0

Why is the Selective Service system no longer in use?

Answer 0

Because in 1973 the military became all-volunteer

Question 1

What is the Selective Service system?

Answer 1

A computer that randomly drafts people for the military

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Question 2

What is a jury?

Answer 2

A group of people who decide if someone is guilty or innocent.

162

Question 3

What’s the average number of people in a jury?

Answer 3

12

Question 4

What was Brown Vs. the Board Of Education?

Answer 4

A lawsuit filed for anti-segregation

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Question 5

What state did it take place in?

Answer 5

Kansas (Topeka to he exact)

Question 6

What is a Secretary of State?

Answer 6

The fourth most powerful person in the country

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Question 7

What does the Secretary of State do?

Answer 7

Deals with foreign policy.

Question 8

What is Peter Pan?

Answer 8

A play by James Mathew Barrie

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Question 9

Where does Peter Pan take place?

Answer 9

Neverland

Question 10

Who is Edgar Allen Poe?

Answer 10

A famous writer of horror and sad stories

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Question 11

Where did Edgar Allen Poe attend, the get expelled from?

Answer 11

West Point military academy

Question 12

What is Roots?

Answer 12

A novel written by Alex Haley

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Question 13

What is Roots about?

Answer 13

It traces Haley’s heritage back through slavery and into Africa

Question 14

What is “The Scarlet Letter”?

Answer 14

A novel by Nathaniel Hawthorne

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Question 15

What is the scarlet letter about?

Answer 15

A woman who is found guilty of adultery

Question 16

Who is Nathaniel Hawthorne?

Answer 16

A famous author

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Question 17

Why was Nathaniel Hawthorne guilty?

Answer 17

His ancestors participated in the Salem witch trials.

Question 18

What was the Battle of Chancellorsville?

Answer 18

An important Civil War battle.

170

Question 19

Wo died due to friendly fire after the battle?

Answer 19

Stonewall Jackson

Question 20

Who was Kit Carson?

Answer 20

A famous frontier trapper and guide

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Question 21

What was Carson’s military rank?

Answer 21

General

Question 22

Who was Sam Houston?

Answer 22

A famous oldies and politician of the 19th century

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Question 23

What did Houston fight for?

Answer 23

Texan independence.

Question 24

Who was Jean Lafitte?

Answer 24

A famous French pirate 173

Question 25

Why is Jean Lafitte famous?

Answer 25

He fought in the battle of New Orleans, for America.

Question 26

What is the Democratic Party?

Answer 26

One of two political parties of America. 174

Question 27

When did the Democratic Party begin?

Answer 27

1820's

Question 28

What is the Mason-Dixon Line?

Answer 28

Boundary between north, and south states 175

Question 29

What did the Mason-Dixon Line turn into?

Answer 29

The boundary for states that required racial segregation and those that didn't.

Question 30

Who were the Navajos?

Answer 30

A tribe of native Americans 176

Question 31

Where are Navajo reservations?

Answer 31

Southwest US.

Question 32

Who was Tecumseh?

Answer 32

A Shawnee chief. 177

Question 33

When was Chief Tecumseh killed?

Answer 33

The battle of 1812.

Question 34

Who fought in the war of 1812?

Answer 34

The Americans and the British. 178

Question 35

What is another name for the war of 1812?

Answer 35

The second war for American independence

Question 36

What was the Underground Railroad?

Answer 36

A system of people and houses freeing escaped slaves. 179

Question 37

Who is a famous Underground Railroad conductor?

Answer 37

Harriet Tubman

Question 38

Who was Benedict Arnold?

Answer 38

An American revolutionary traitor. 180

Question 39

What did Arnold do?

Answer 39

Gave American secrets to the British.