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Year
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Hint
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Answer
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1776
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Thomas Paine publishes Common____
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Sense
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1777
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The Continental Congress adopts the stars and
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Stripes
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1778
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Oliver Pollack creates this symbol "$" (type what the symbol is)
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Dollar
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1779
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John Adams negotiates Revolutionary War peace terms with Great____
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Britain
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1780
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______ Arnold betrays America
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Benedict
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1781
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Previous burns the capital of Virginia (type the capital)
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Richmond
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1782
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John Adams secures recognition from the
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Dutch
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1783
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Great Britain recognizes U.S_________
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Independence
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1784
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Benjamin Franklin expresses unhappiness about the eagle being America's____
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Symbol
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1785
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Congress votes to change the U.S _______to the dollar
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Currency
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1786
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Shay's _________ starts
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Rebellion
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1787
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Delaware become the first offical U.S___
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State
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1788
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Georgia becomes the fourth state to ratify the _____
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Constitution
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1789
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George Washington becomes the first_____
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President
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1790
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George Washington gives the first state of the _____ adress
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Union
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1791
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The First US _______ Meeting
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Cabinet
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1792
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The first Columbus Day is celebrated in New
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York
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1793
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Eli Whitney invents the Cotton____
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Gin
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1794
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U.S establishes a permanent____
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Navy
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1795
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U.S and Great Britain sign the Jay_____
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Treaty
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1796
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George Washington declines a third____
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Term
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1797
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Nathaniel Briggs patents the washing___
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Machine
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1798
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The Marine_____ is established
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Corps
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1799
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George Washington's body is buried at Mount____
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Vernon
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1800
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John Adams become the first president to ____ in the White House
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Live
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1801
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John Marshall is appointed Chief_____
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Justice
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1802
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Martha Washington ______ away
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Passes
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1803
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America expands due to the Louisiana______
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Purchase
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1804
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Lewis and Clark go out ____
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West
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1805
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Lewis and Clark reach the Pacific
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Ocean
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1806
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Yale Literary Government publishes its first_____
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Issue
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1807
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Aaron____ was arrested for treason
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Burr
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1808
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The importation of _____ into the U.S was banned
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Slaves
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1809
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the first U.S______ was published by William Maclure
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Geology
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1810
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The temperature in New Hampshire dropped from 54°F to -12°F in one____
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Day
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1811
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William Henry Harrison defeats Tecumseh's army in the Battle of________
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Tippecanoe
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1812
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The war of____ begins
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1812
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1813
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Pride and ______ was pubslihed
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Prejudice
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1814
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The British burn down the
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White House
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1815
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The Library of Congress is reestablished after being _____
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burnt
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1816
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James Monroe beats Rufus king, a member of the______ party in the presidential race
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Federalist
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1817
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John Adams' song John _____ Adams becomes Secretary of State
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Quincy
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1818
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Andrew Jackson conquers Spanish Fort San Marcos in which became the First ________War
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Seminole
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1819
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Thomas Jefferson and others founded the University of________
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Virginia
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1820
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Joseph Smith has is first_____
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Vision
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1821
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James Boyd patents the rubber fire_____
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Hose
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1822
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2 men betray a slave revolt, resulting in 35 slaves being_____
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Hung
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1823
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James Monroe creates a doctrine bearing his name (type the doctrines name)
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Monroe Doctrine
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1824
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An election deadlock between John Quincy Adams and Andrew_______
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Jackson
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1825
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One of the previous men gets elected president (type the name)
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John Quincy Adams
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1826
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John Adams and Thomas _____die the same day
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Jefferson
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1827
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Brown v________
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Maryland
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1828
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The_________party is founded
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Democratic
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1829
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Andre Jackson gets _______ as the 7th president
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Inaugurated
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1830
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The beginning of the Trail of _____
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Tears
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1831
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William Lloyd Garrison publishes the first issue of an abolitionist newspaper called______
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The Liberator
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1832
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The source of the Mississippi_____ is discovered
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River
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1833
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A ____ derails at Hightstown New Jersey
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Train
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1834
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Stephen F. Austin is imprisoned in Mexico_____
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City
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1835
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Richard Lawrence becomes the first person to attempt to _________ a president
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Assassinate
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1836
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Davy Crockett arrives in Texas to aid the ________
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Revolution
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1837
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Michigan becomes the ____ U.S state
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26th
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1838
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The Great Western docks in New York_____
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City
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1839
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Henry Clay states "I had rather be______ than president"
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Right
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1840
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Alexander Wolcott and John Johnson open the Daguerreian______
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Parlor
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1841
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William Henry Harrison dies only one _____ into office
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Month
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1842
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Charles______ comes to America
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Dickens
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1843
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An alligator fell out of the____
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Sky
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1844
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John C. Frémont discover ____ Tahoe
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Lake
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1845
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The first Dark _____ president, Jame K. Polk gets elected
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Horse
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1846
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Congress votes for a war against _______
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Mexico
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1847
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The Battle of Buena____
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Vista
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1848
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Phineas Gage has a tamping rod go through his Frontal____
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Lobe
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1849
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Elizabeth Blackwell becomes the first ____ to earn a medical degree in the US
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Woman
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1850
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A compromise was made with the name of its year, it was the Compromise of___
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1850
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1851
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The first black women's _____ convention
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Rights
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1852
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Uncle Tom's _____ gets published
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Cabin
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1853
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Franklin Pierce's child dies in a _____-wreck
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Train
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1854
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The ______ party is founded
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Republican
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1855
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Walt Whitman's book Leaves of ______is published
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Grass
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1856
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The American Party nominates their presidential candidate Millard________
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Fillmore
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1857
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The Dred _____ Decision
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Scott
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1858
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Abolitionists create Crispus ______ Day
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Attackus
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1859
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Joshua Abraham Norton proclaims himself ________ Norton
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Emperor
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1860
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South Carolina _______from the Union
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Secedes
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1861
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Beginning of the_____
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Civil War
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1862
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A confederate general (his name is the next question) moves north of ________
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Virginia
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1863
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Stonewall ______ is killed
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Jackson
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1864
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Grant is named commander of the ____ army
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U.S
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1865
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Abaraham Lincoln is shot by______
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John Wilkes Booth
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1866
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Jesse James steals $ __,000
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15
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1867
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The Alaska_____
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Purchase
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1868
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Andrew Johnson becomes the first president to be _______
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Impeached
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1869
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Elizabeth Stanton becomes the first woman to ________ in congress
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Testify
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1870
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The Brooklyn________ is completed
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Bridge
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1871
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Brigham Young arrested for______
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Bigamy
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1872
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Louis Riel is exiled to St,____ Minnesota
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Paul
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1873
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the first U.S ______ card is issued
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Postal
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1874
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Jesse James robs a ______ in Missouri
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Train
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1975
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Jesse James robs another previous answer in__________
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Missouri
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1876
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The Kentucky Meat_______
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Shower
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1877
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Battle of _____ Mountain
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Wolf
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1878
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Congress overrides Rutherford Hayes' veto on the Bland-________Act
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Allison
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1879
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______ patents the electric lamp
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Edison
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1880
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James A. ________ is inaugurated as president
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Garfield
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1881
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Previous is shot by Charles ________
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Guiteau
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1882
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The senate ratifies the first ______ Convention
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Geneva
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1883
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The first electric lighting ______
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System
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1884
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The Statue of Liberty is presented to the U.S in______
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Paris
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1885
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Mark Twain publishes The Adventures of Huckleberry _____
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Finn
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1886
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The Statue of________ is given to the United States
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Liberty
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1887
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Lincoln was re______
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Burried
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1888
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Francis Tumblety flees to the U.S after being accused of the Jack the______ murders
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Ripper
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1889
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The first non-segregated U.S ________
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Hospital
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1890
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the first U.S edition of Sherlock _________
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Holmes
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1891
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Benjamin _________ visits San Fransisco
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Harrison
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1892
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A mine explosion kills ___ people
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100
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1893
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Grover Cleveland gets elected to a second nonconsecutive____
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Term
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1894
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the 1st _____ epidemic breaks out
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Polio
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1895
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The Red Badge of _________ is pubslihed
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Courage
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1896
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The first modern _____________
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Olympics
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1897
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William McKinley is inaugurated to his _____ term
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First
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1898
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The _______-American war begins
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Spanish
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1899
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The previous war ____
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Ends
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1900
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Next answer gets his _______ term
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Second
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