Who decided that the southern states would secede? —BL ? ? ? Dear BL, […]
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Daily Quiz for March 19, 2013
The Hay-Pauncefote Treaty between the US and Great Britain dealt with this.
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Daily Quiz for March 18, 2013
This politician was the first to propose "Popular Sovereignty," the doctrine that allowed voters in each territory would decide if the territory would allow slavery.
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Daily Quiz for March 17, 2013
John Caldwell Calhoun resigned as vice-president under this president.
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Daily Quiz for March 16, 2013
The face of the statue of Roger Williams in front of Roger Williams University was modeled on the face of this baseball star.
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Daily Quiz for March 15, 2013
In Ostend, Belgium in 1854, three US diplomats signed the "Ostend Manifesto" regarding the US purchase of this nation.
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Was Andrew Jackson a Hero or a Villain?
War hero, accomplished duelist and the president behind the Trail of Tears. Will Andrew Jackson be remembered as a good or bad man?
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Daily Quiz for March 14, 2013
This US presidential son served as the president of the College of William and Mary.
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Dark Clouds Over Junction City
In Operation Junction City, Vietnam War’s biggest operation, Feb. 21-May 14, 1967, including the largest paratroop jump since World War II, Gen. William Westmoreland won his big-unit campaign but lost confidence that the war could be won
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USS Monitor Interment Gallery
MHQ bears witness to the March 8 interment of the two seamen recovered from the 1861 USS Monitor wreck