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- Who fought in the French and Indian war? How long did it last? Who won? Why did each side want to win? What were they fighting over?
- What was the difference in the first and second continental congress?
- Atlantic Ocean, Caribbean Sea, Gulf of Mexico, Hudson Bay, Lake Erie, Lake Michigan, Lake Ontario, Lake Superior, Mississippi River, Rio Grande
- Which of the following islands had to be captured in order to provide a staging area for U.S. bombing raids against Japan?
- What's the relationship between the Industrial Revolution and the "NewImperialism" of the late 1800s?
- Why did the Industrial Revolution begin in Great Britain? Identify and explain at least three reasons.
- Which successful siege left Richmond open to capture by Union forces
- Which Union victory gave the North control of the Mississippi River
- Which Union general marched his troops from Atlanta to Savannah in 1864
- Which Union victory helped lead to the reelection of President Lincoln
- Which battle occurred when Robert E. Lee marched troops into Pennsylvania trying to force an end to the war
- Which word means "to surround a city or fort to force its surrender"
- Which battle was the first major Union victory of the Civil War
- Which Civil War battle was watched by women, children, Congressmen, reporters, and other civilians
- Though rare, there were examples of women participating in the revolution as combatants.
- In 1776, during the war, the Continental Congress put together the national Constitution of the United States, which required different majorities for approval of some legislative measures.
- The news of Yorktown inspired the British to
- Benedict Arnold, originally a British officer, switched to the American side partway through the war.
- At the time that Thomas Paine’s pamphlet, The American Crisis, was published, the Continental army still had a great degree of supplies and morale
- With the end of the war, many Americans viewed the United States as a