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- American Railway Union, boycott of Pullman cars after George Pullman slashed wages
- Which proposal banned slavery in any territory won from Mexico?
- Name the political party that formed in 1848 to ban slavery in the western territories?
- Port city for imports of raw material and exports overseas
- This type of American Colonist was in support of the British parliament.
- This rendering of the events on March 5, 1770 is considered ____________ by some because it depicts the scene in a bias fashion against the British.
- The Battle of _______________________ Is where Washington Crossed the Delaware river on Christmas day and surprised the Hessian forces on the morning of December 26th, 1776.
- How did Abraham Lincoln become popular nationally before he became President?
- Mercenary units of German soldiers fighting with the British army
- An agreement between people and the government to give up some rights for safety and protection
- Arguably the first "battle" of the Revolutionary War occurred when the Massachusetts Minutemen fired on British troops at -
- T/F. Lincoln did not win any southern states in the election of 1860.
- French general who support the American during the war for Independence. Helped train colonial troops and persuaded France to aid the colonies.
- Benjamin Franklin proposed the Albany Plan of Union. What was this poster's meaning?
- The Great Awakening influenced the ideas that started which conflict?
- King of Britain during the American Revolution.
- Which was the punishment for the Boston Tea Party?
- To refuse to buy goods from someone as a form of protest . . .
- Who was the young military leader from Virginia who fought in the French and Indian war?
- Enlightenment philosophers believed that if government abused their power the people should change it.