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- In 1619, the year slavery was born, the Virginia Company established
- Portugal, France, the Netherlands, and England wanted to capitalize on the New World just like
- Only weeks after taking office, President Lyndon Johnson declared a "war" on
- The Warren Commission investigation of the assassination of President John Kennedy concluded
- Under the terms of the 1954 Geneva Conference accords, Vietnam was
- The Cuban missile crisis ended after President John Kennedy agreed to
- The Kennedy administration created the plan to oust Castro from Cuba that became the Bay of Pigs.
- Why were the British soldiers were unable to escape from Continental forces at the siege of Yorktown (Battle of Yorktown)?
- What forced the British Parliament to officially recognize American Independence?
- When was the Declaration of Independence adopted & approved?
- What positive effect did the winter at Valley Forge have on the American soldiers who survived?
- The crossing of what river was significant for the American soldiers?
- When was the low point in the Revolutionary War for the Continental Army?
- Where were the political thinkers that influenced the ideas in the Declaration of Independence from?
- African American regiment that fought valiantly at the Battle of Fort Wagner?
- Which general led the Northern armies through the south causing massive destruction, tearing up railroads, burning towns and cities, and killing livestock, all of which ultimately led to the South surrendering?
- Ultimately, how many states seceded from the Union?
- How many Americans were killed in the US Civil War?
- Last major Confederate stronghold on the Mississippi River?
- During the Latin American colonial period, political and economic power in most colonies under Spanish rule was held primarily by...