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It was the decisive battle that ended the war and secured American independence

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Lexington Battle Green, Massachusetts Avenue, Lexington, MA

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Lexington Battle Green, Massachusetts Avenue, Lexington, MA

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Lexington Battle Green, Massachusetts Avenue, Lexington, MA

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This marked the first armed conflict of the American Revolution, transforming colonial resistance into an organized military war

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Lexington Battle Green, Massachusetts Avenue, Lexington, MA

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The Battle of Saratoga was a crucial American victory in the Revolutionary War because it persuaded France enter into a formal alliance with the Americans, providing vital financial and military aid that helped secure final victory at Yorktown.

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Saratoga Springs, NY american revolution

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U.S. acquisition of the North American territory from France in 1803 for $15 million

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Based on the 36°30' parallel, this stated that states above this line were free states while states below were slave states

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Wanted to join the Union as a slave state, throwing off the balance of slave and free states

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Added as a free state to balance another slave state joining the Union

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Considered a marvel of the modern world at the time, allowed western farmers to ship surplus crops to sell in the North and allowed northern manufacturers to ship finished goods to sell in the West

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Slave states that did not secede from the Union. They were Delaware, Maryland, Kentucky, Missouri, and after 1863, West Virginia

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Turning point of the War that made it clear the North would win. 50,000 people died, and the South lost its chance to invade the North

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Wilmington Counseling Solutions-Marriage Counseling, Couples & Anxiety Counseling-Wilmington NC, Oleander Drive, Wilmington, NC

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By force, a white mob seized the reins of government in the port city and destroyed the local black-owned newspaper office and terrorized the African American community

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Fort Sumter National Monument, South Carolina

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The first battle that marked the beginning of the Civil War

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Kansas State Capitol Visitor Center, Southwest Van Buren Street, Topeka, KS

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The period of repeated outbreaks of violent guerrilla warfare between pro-slavery and anti-slavery forces

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Golden Spike National Historical Park, Corinne, UT

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A national historic site commemorating the completion of the first transcontinental railroad, linking the Central Pacific and Union Pacific railroads.

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Ellis Island National Museum of Immigration, Ellis island, Jersey City, NJ

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Place in the New York Harbor that served as the main point of entry for immigrants to the United States from 1892 to 1954.

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Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Memorial, Washington Place, New York, NY

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An industrial disaster in New York City that killed 146 garment workers, many of whom died in the fire or jumped to escape.

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Spanish colony in the Pacific whom the US helped free from Spain, but soon after took as their own colony

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Naval base in Hawaii attacked by Japanese aircraft on December 7, 1941; sinking of much of the U.S. Pacific Fleet brought the U.S. into WWII

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The first city to face nuclear attacks during WWII

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Given to the U.S. by Spain as payment for the cost of the Spanish-American War

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U.S. wanted Hawaii so their sugar could be sold duty free; Queen Liliuokalani opposed, Sanford B. Dole overthrew her in 1893, annexed in 1898

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The scene of the last great U.S. amphibious campaign in WWII; showed that the Japanese would “fight to the death”

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Site of Allied invasion of occupied France, the turning point in WWII

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Purchased by the U.S. from Russia in 1867 for $7.2M; significant because it removed foreign powers from the continent

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Split up by the Allies and USSR after WWII; saved by the USA via air‑dropped supplies.

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War executed because of containment theory; USA’s first real war loss

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Island country ~90 miles from Florida; positioned USSR nuclear weapons toward the USA.

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Asian NATO member; the USA withdrew nuclear weapons from here to end the Cuban Missile Crisis.

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Location of the last great amphibious landing; turning point of the war.

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The terrorist attacks when hijacked airplanes were crashed into the World Trade Center towers in New York City and the Pentagon in Washington, D.C., causing massive loss of life and triggering the War on Terror.

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Protocol Direct Marketing Inc, Avenue du Parc, Montreal, QC, Canada

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An international treaty aimed at protecting the ozone layer by phasing out the production and consumption of ozone‑depleting substances such as chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs).

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An international agreement that set targets for reducing greenhouse gas emissions to help mitigate climate change; adopted in 1997 and entered into force in 2005

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The U.S. naval base in Cuba that became widely known for its detention facility used to hold individuals captured in the War on Terror after the September 11 attacks.

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An Islamist militant group that gained control of Afghanistan in the 1990s, enforcing a strict interpretation of Islamic law, and later became central to the War on Terror due to their ties with Osama bin Laden and al‑Qaeda.