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- Total War (1864): Name the two Union generals appointed by Lincoln in March of 1864 that would prove to fight, wear down and destroy the Confederacy
- Native Americans were forced to leave their homes and relocate hundreds of miles away during the 1830s and 1840s along which route?
- what was the greatest impact of the Gold Rush of 1848 on California
- which state was first to succeed from the union in December of 1860
- Which court has nine justices and often hears cases regarding issues dealing with the constitution, federal law, and treaties?
- What setup a policy for creating governments in the northwest territory?
- What act required the boarding of British soldiers in civilian homes?
- which laws created a system for settling land in the northwest territory?
- which amendments to the Constitution are considered the bill of rights?
- how long is the term of a member of the United States House of representatives?
- what type of legal document gave Customs officers the right to inspect ships without giving a reason
- what founding father in the first Secretary of Treasury wanted a very strong central government?
- what name did the colonists give to several very harsh laws imposed on Massachusetts by King George III after the Boston Tea party?
- how many members are there in the US Senate?
- Thomas Paine helps change American sentiment in favor of declaring independence by writing a pamphlet he called?
- who was the Commanding General of the American Army during the Revolutionary War presided over the Constitutional Convention and served you need somethingas the first president of the United States
- Under the system of checks and balances no branch of government can get too _________.
- What group of angry colonists would show their outrage over taxation by gathering around Liberty trees staging mock hangings and threatening Merchants who imported British goods? They were a secret organization that was created in the 13 American colonies to advance the rights of the European colonists and to fight taxation by the British government it played a major role in most colonies in battling the Stamp Act in 1765
- As a result of the Boston Massacre Sam Adams set up an organization whose job it was to report events that took place in Massachusetts colony later each colony had one of these organizations in place what was the name of these groups?
- which document established that all men had certain unalienable rights including liberty and the pursuit of happiness