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How long was Texas an independent republic?

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10 years

In 1836 it declared independence from Mexico and then annexed by the US in 1846

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When is peach season in PA?

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Early July to end of September

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What treaty made Mexico independent from Spain?

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Treaty of Cordoba

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What treaty ended the Mexican American War?

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The treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo

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In what battle did Sam Houston capture Santa Anna? Significance?

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Battle of San Jacinto 1836

Forced Mexico to make Texas an independent republic

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When was the Battle of Little Bighorn?

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1876

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Where was gold first discovered in California in 1848?

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Sutter’s Mill (near modern Sacramento) on the American River in Sierra Nevada

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How many terms did James Polk serve?

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1 term 1845-1849; he even campaigned on this

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The gold discovered in California was mostly in which mountain range?

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Sierra Nevada

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What president planned to veto the compromise of 1850 but then died in office?

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Zachary Taylor and then Millard Fillmore was good with it

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What year was the Kansas Nebraska Act?

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1854

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When was the Homestead Act passed?

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1862

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When was the Emancipation Proclamation issued?

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January 1 1863

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In what state was the Comstock Lode found?

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Nevada (silver in Nevada, gold in California)

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Mormons original name for Utah

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Deseret

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What river flows through the Grand Canyon?

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Colorado

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What part of the country was called the Great American Desert?

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The Great Plains

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Who discovered gold at Sutters Mill in California?

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James Marshall

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What river was gold discovered in California?

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American River

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Word for workers who were Hawaiian natives (19th century)

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Kanakas

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What is a proviso?

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A condition attached to an agreement

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In what year were Alaska and Hawaii admitted as states?

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1959

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What year was the Dredd Scott decision?

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1857

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Why was the Free Soil movement not the same as abolitionism?

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Free soilers didn’t care as much or at all about the morality of slavery only that it affected them economically and wanted it out of the new territories

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Who did Jefferson Davis serve as secretary of war for?
Franklin Pierce
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Why would historian Eliot West consider the south’s fears of slavery not being allowed into the western territories kind of “stupid”?
Because the western territories didn’t want it anyway -their populations were overwhelmingly free soil (though often racist) -so even if Lincoln didn’t run to prevent its expansion, popular sovereignty in the territories likely would have gone for free soil anyway
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The Mormons believe that the Native Americans come from this group of “Israelites” in the Book of Mormon
The Lamanites
28
When was Joseph smith supposedly visited by an angel? Name?
1823; Moroni
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When was the Book of Mormon published?
1830
30
Who was president when the Kansas Nebraska act was passed in 1854?
Franklin Pierce (1853-1857)
31
Who was president when Bleeding Kansas was occurring?
Franklin Pierce (1853-1857)
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When was James Buchanan president?
1857-1861
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What current states were part of Oregon territory?
Washington, Oregon, and parts of Idaho and Montana
34
What treaty led to Texas independence in 1836?
Treaty of Velasco
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What future union general in the American Civil War was present in California when gold was discovered in 1848?
William Tecumseh Sherman
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What is the only state to be admitted to the union as a state without first being a territory(aside from the original states)?
California 1850
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The Republican Party (of Lincoln) formed from multiple groups particularly in response to what event?
The Kansas Nebraska Act of 1854
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What system kind of replaced slavery on plantations?
Sharecropping
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What was the official message that Morse sent out in 1844 to Vail when testing Morse code/telegraphy?
What hath God wrought?
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Why did Ulysses S Grant write “Personal Memoirs of US Grant”?
To make money for his wife because he was dying of throat cancer
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Who owned the publishing house that published Ulysses S Grants memoirs?
Mark Twain
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Who is the only president to serve two full consecutive terms between Andrew Jackson and Woodrow Wilson?
Ulysses S Grant
43
How many slaves were liberated in the civil war?
4 million
44
Where was Ulysses S Grant born?
Point Pleasant, Ohio
45
What is considered to be the reconstruction era?
1865-1877
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Which president pulled federal troops out of the south in 1877?
Rutherford B Hayes (effectively ending reconstruction)
47
Who popularized the term “Gilded Age”?
Mark Twain
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When and where was the Comstock Lode discovered?
1859—Virginia City, Nevada
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What was the scandal that occurred with the transcontinental railroad?
Credit Mobilier
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Name of secret process to elect a new pope
Conclave
51
Derogative term for Chinese laborers in 19th century America
Coolies
52
What state did the battle of Shiloh take place in?
Tennessee 1862
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Brown v Board in 1954 partially undid which 1896 case?
Plessy vs Ferguson
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Most frequent profession for women out west such as at the Comstock Lode in Nevada?
Prostitution
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Capital of Wyoming
Cheyenne
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Capital of Montana
Helena
57
What year was the Suez Canal completed?
1869
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Jefferson Davis was a senator from which state?
Mississippi
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What year was Ulysses S Grant born?
1822
60
The American Whig party formed largely to oppose which president?
Andrew Jackson
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Who was the main leader of the American Whig party from 1834-1846?
Henry Clay
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Where did Ulysses S Grant go to college?
West Point
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What president was Old Rough and Ready?
Zachary Taylor
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Nickname for Winfield Scott?
Old fuss and feathers
65
Two main generals of the Mexican American War
Zachary Taylor and Winfield Scott
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Meaning of “to purloin”
To steal
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Who did Ulysses S Grant marry?
Julia Dent
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Who was Ulysses S Grant’s best man in his wedding?
James Longstreet —later to go on into the confederate army and ultimately surrender at Appomattox
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When was Zachary Taylor elected as president?
1848 and died in 1850
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Who did U.S. Grant play cards with in the Mexican American War who went on to be president?
Franklin Pierce
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What is thought to be a major reason US Grant retired from the military in 1854 (before the civil war)?
Alcoholism
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Meaning of sanguine
Cheerfully optimistic
73
Who won the battle of First Manassas (Bull Run)?
Confederates- it turned into a rout for Union
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What is the CHIPS act?
Creating Helpful Incentives to Produce Semiconductors
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Did TR serve two full consecutive terms?
No he served from 1901-1909 but began his first term by stepping in as VP after McKinley was assassinated
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What is a dynamo?
Machine that converts mechanical energy into electricity Of a person—an extremely energetic person
77
Who won the Battle of Shiloh? State?
Union forces; Tennessee
78
When did Lincoln issue his preliminary emancipation proclamation? After which battle?
September 1862, after the battle of Antietam Gave confederates until Jan 01, 1863 when the official emancipation proclamation went into effect
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When Lincoln signed the emancipation proclamation, which areas were not affected?
Union border states or parts of the south under federal control; only freed slaves in confederate regions still fighting
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When was the official end of slavery in the US?
Dec 6 1865 which was 13th amendment The emancipation proclamation only emancipated slaves in confederate states in active rebellion but not border states or parts of south under US control
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What year did Ulysses S Grant die?
1885
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In which battle did Stonewall Jackson die?
Chancellorsville
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Who was the confederate general who defended Vicksburg and ultimately surrendered to Grant after the siege?
John C Pemberton
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What Union victory occurred simultaneously with the victory of Vicksburg?
Gettysburg
85
Who was the head of the Army of Tennessee that US Grant fought at Chattanooga?
Braxton Bragg
86
Where was Bin Laden killed?
Abbottabad, Pakistan
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Name of operation that killed bin Laden
Operation Neptune Spear
88
Who was the first person to be lieutenant general since George Washington?
Ulysses S Grant
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During which years was George Washed president?
1789-1797
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In American history what was the period of 1816-1824 called?
The Era of Good Feelings (after end of War of 1812)
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The Alien and Sedition Acts were passed under which president?
John Adams
92
What was Johnny Appleseeds real name?
John Chapman
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Name of the black sailor killed in the Boston Massacre?
Crispus Attucks
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John C Calhoun served as vice president for which two presidents?
John Quincy Adams and Andrew Jackson

GEN KNOWLEDGE 25-26 (2 decks)

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