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One of the first major events that began American history in the 19th Century was the Louisiana Purchase where the American government purchased a massive swath of land from what other country's government?
France
Spain
Great Britain
Portugal
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America's economy in the latter 19th Century was dominated by major corporations like Standard Oil. What famous entrepreneur founded Standard Oil?
John Rockefeller
Andrew Carnegie
J. P. Morgan
Henry Ford
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What President of the United States released a namesake foreign policy doctrine which stated that America's government wouldn't tolerate European colonialism in the Americas?
James Monroe
James Garfield
James Buchanan
William Henry Harrison
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During the 19th Century, America lost its president to an assassin's bullet for the first time. What is the name of the man who murdered Abraham Lincoln?
James Earl Ray
John Wilkes Booth
Charles Guiteau
Lee Harvey Oswald
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In what year did the Lewis and Clark Expedition reach the Pacific Ocean to complete their voyage's primary objective?
1805
1813
1819
1827
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The Adams-Onis Treaty with Spain added what state to the United States of America?
Florida
Mississippi
Arkansas
Texas
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Sam Houston was a revolutionary who helped free what state from Mexico's control?
Oklahoma
California
Louisiana
Texas
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The War of 1812 was a major conflict fought between the U.S.A. and what other country?
France
The British Empire
Spain
Brazil
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The Battle of New Orleans which capped off the War of 1812's conflict made a hero out of what American commander whose forces won the battle handily?
Andrew Jackson
William Henry Harrison
Zachary Taylor
Ulysses S. Grant
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The Battle of Little Bighorn in 1876 is also known as the "Last Stand" for what American commander?
Joshua Chamberlain
George Armstrong Custer
Winfield Scott Hancock
Robert E. Lee
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The Mexican-American War saw American forces under Winfield Scott and Zachary Taylor defeat the armies of what Mexican dictator?
Pancho Villa
Adrian Colo Vestra
Santa Anna
Pasquel Barraca
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The 19th Century would see the monumental rise of what American literary legend known for his classics like The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn and The Adventures of Tom Sawyer?
O. Henry
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Herman Melville
Mark Twain
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The July of 1848 saw the hosting of what legendary gathering that unofficially began America's first proper feminist movement headed by suffragette Elizabeth Cady Stanton?
The Seneca Falls Convention
The Buffalo Sixteen Convention
The Donner Party
The Hapsburg Hotel Summit
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What American war was sparked by the explosion of the U.S.S. Maine in Havana Harbor?
The Mexican-American War
The Spanish-American War
The American Civil War
The War of 1812
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The Spanish-American War made a national hero out of what future president who earned the nickname "The Hero of San Juan Hill" during the conflict?
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Woodrow Wilson
Theodore Roosevelt
Dwight Eisenhower
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The Civil War was fought between the American Union and what separatist faction?
The Confederate States of America
The Parliamentary Society of America
The Reunited States of America
The American Monarchy
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What Civil War battle from July 1-3 of 1863 served as the turning point for the conflict and ultimately sealed the Confederacy's impending defeat?
The Battle of Vicksburg
The Battle of Gettysburg
The Battle of Chatanooga
The Battle of the Crater
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What is the name of the American war hero who became the Commanding General of the Union Army and led his troops to victory in the Civil War?
George McClellan
Joseph Hooker
George Meade
Ulysses S. Grant
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The 54th Massachusetts Regiment went down in American history thanks in part to their heroic assault upon what famous fort in 1863?
Fort Wagner
Fort Donnelson
Fort Wayne
Fort Sumter
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What is the name of the famous speech that Abraham Lincoln made on November 19th, 1863 in which he urged Americans to continue the war effort in order to protect American democracy?
The Liberty Bell
Bleeding Kansas
On the Mindless Menace of Violence
The Gettysburg Address
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Harriet Tubman was one of the most famous leaders of what organization that helped free slaves and bring them to the North where they could live freely?
The Crisis
The Mississippi Exchange
The Underground Railroad
The Northern Bell
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The discovery of large gold deposits at Sutter's Mill in 1848 started a historic gold rush. In what state is Sutter's Mill located?
Texas
Kansas
California
Montana
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Prior to the Civil War, pro and anti-slavery activists caused a violent occurrence by settling what "Bleeding" state hoping to flip it into a free or slave state?
Arkansas
Washington
North Dakota
Kansas
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What Shawnee leader was a primary ally to the British during the War of 1812 until he lost his life at the Battle of the Thames?
Little Turtle
Tecumseh
Crazy Horse
Chief Joseph
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What historic era of reconciliation between the North and South directly followed the Civil War?
The Reformation
The Reconstruction
The Reproduction
The Restarting
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During the Reconstruction, mass racial violence was carried out against freedman by the newly formed K.K.K. What does this acronym stand for?
The Kite Kort Kollerie
The Kurtz-Kowl Kabal
The Ku Klux Klan
The Knights of the Known Konfederacy
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What Texan mission went down in history as adventurers like Davy Crockett and James Bowie died fighting Mexican forces there as a part of the Texas Revolution?
The Alamo
The Leoneer
The Patraka
The Mesa Verde
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The Trail of Tears was a result of the Indian Removal Act of 1830 which was signed into law by what American president?
Rutherford B. Hayes
James Polk
Zachary Taylor
Andrew Jackson
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From 1870-1900. America entered an age of extreme economic inequality that Mark Twain called which of the following?
The Fever Pitch
The Night of the Wolf
The Smokestack Age
The Gilded Age
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The Compromise of 1877 ended the Reconstruction Era while also placing what man in the presidency?
James Garfield
William McKinley
Ulysses S. Grant
Rutherford B. Hayes
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