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The first canal in the US was opened in 1800 in the state of
South Carolina
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Who was the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court from 1801-1835
John Marshal
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Who coined the term "entangling alliance"
Jefferson
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Who painted "Saul and the Witch of Endor?"
Benjamin West
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The doctrine of "judicial review" was established in the case of
Marburry v. Madison
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Who opened the door to the heart of the West?
Lewis + Clark
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Who was shot and killed by Aaron Burr?
Hamilton
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What was the name of Fulton's first steamboat?
Claremont
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When districts are redrawn in a city to help a particular party it is called
Gerrymendering
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Which treaty brought about an end to the war of 1812?
Gent
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The creek War ended with which battle?
Horshoe Bend
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The goal of the American Colonization Soceity was to?
Slave to Africa
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Long pants on men can be traced to the
French Revolution
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Who wrote the Sketch Book
Washington Irving
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Who wrote the "Song of Hiawatha"
Longfellow
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What was the first city in Texas?
Austin
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Who lead the slave insurrection in Charleston, SC?
Besey
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Which government document told Europe to stay out of the North American hemisphere?
Monroe Doctrine
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Which Methodist preacher helped found Sunday Schools?
Aubury
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What was the first written American Indian language
Cherokee
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Who was considered to be America's greatest orator in the 1820s
Daniel Webster
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How many federalist presidents were there?
2
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In 1800 the 2nd US Census placed the population around
5 million
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Which amendmant put the president and vice on distinct ballots
12th amendments
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At the time of his death Vanderbilt was said to be worth
100 million
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Which of these does not belong
France
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Approximately how long was the Erie Canal
300 miles
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The first state with a hotel was
New York
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Who built the first auto
Oliver Evans
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What was the first permanent American colony in the Pacific Northwest
Astoria
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In 1814 the cost of education at Harvard was
$300
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Who was the hero of the Battle of New Orleans?
Jackson
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What city in the US became the first to launch a gas company
Baltimore
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The first secular Utopian society was established in
Harmony
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Who authored "Nearer, My God, to Thee"
Mason
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The US paid France ___ for the Louisiana Purchase
$15000000
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Who invented the ccast-iron plow
Wood
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In what year was the Star Spangled Banner written
1814
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Bowling was introduced to America by the
Dutch
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Washingtion DC
Pierre L' Enfant
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James McGready
Presbyterian revivalist
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West Point, New York
Military academy
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Bowditch
The Practical Navigator
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Tecumseh
Battle of Tippecanoe
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Irving
History of New York
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"Constitution"
"Old Ironsides"
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Lake Erie
Oliver Hazard Perry
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Susanna Rowson
Charlotte Temple: A Tale of Truth
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Conestoga
wagon known as praire schooner
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Jean Lafite
pirate, battle of New Orleans
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Joseph Drake
"The Cuplrit Fay"
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"Thanatopsis"
William Cullen Bryant
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Peter Cartwright
circuit riding Methodist
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John Trumbell
"Signing of the Declaration of Independence"
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Lowell Mason
"Nearer my God to Thee"
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The Spy
James Fenimore Cooper
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Entangling Alliances
Jefferson
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Utopian soceity
New Harmony
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Chesapeake/Leopard
War precipated
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Cumberland,Maryland
Wheeler
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James Fenimore Cooper
The Spy
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Who authored the Leatherstocking Tales?
Cooper
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What was the name of the first American railroad?
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
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Which senator from South Carolina oftern debated with Daniel Webster?
Hayne
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Which southernprofessor was known for his Encycopedia Americana
Francis Lieber
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Who founded the Disciples of Christ?
Alexander Campbell
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Who was the leader of the Sauk Indians?
Blackhawk
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The fastest sailing vesserls ever built were called
Clipper ships
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who invented the first revolver to be used effectively on horseback
samuel colt
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where did davy crockett die?
alamo
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what is the study of the shape of the skull called
phrenology
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who authored the book Democracy in America
Alexis de toqueville
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what was the name of ralph waldo emersons first book
nature
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which presidential candidate used the slogan "tippecanoe and tyler too
Harrison
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who displayed joyce heth and claimed she was 161 years old
pt barnum
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who was known as grandma moses
harriet tubman
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Who wrote Two Years Before the Mast?
Richard Dana
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who invented the detective story
edgar poe
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what was the first intercollegiate sport?
rowing
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joseph smith announced a divine revelation that he believed sanctioned
poligamy
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joseph smith was mureder in the city of
carthage illinois
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what was edgars most famous poem
the raven
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who led to the mormons to salt lake
brigham young
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who wrote moby dick
melville
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who owned the lander where gold was discovered in ca
sutter
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who founded the first tax-supported public library
rev abbott
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James Kent
- commentaries on american law
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John Audobon
artist and ornithologist
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thomas cole
hudson river school
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oliver homles
"old ironsides"
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William Garrison
the liberator
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thomas davenport
electric motor
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chief osceola
seminole war
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henry burden
horshoe manu
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elijah lovejoy
abolitionist printer
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Horace Mann
State schools
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temperance society
anti-alcohol
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john fremont
western explorer
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telegraph
what hath god wrought
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O'sullivan
manifest destiny
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donner party
extreme diet
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old susanna
stephen foster
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susan anthony
seneca falls
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civil disobedience
henry david thoreau
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elizabeth balckwell
medical doctor
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who authored the house of the 7 gables
hawthorne
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who had to first patent for a sewing machine
singer
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who invented evaporated milk
borden
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who wrote leaves of grass
whitman
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who designed central park
astor
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who wrote the courtship of miles standish
longfellow
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name either the sender or the recipient of the firse cable message
buchanon
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who seized the federal arsenal at harpers ferry
john brown
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where was the first oil well
titusville pennsylvani
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how much did the first orange jacket novels cost
.10
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st joseph mo to sacremento
pony express
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who was the first vice president of the confederacy
stevens
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what did Lincoln do to stop the south from selling its cotton
blockade
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when incom tax began in 1861 what was the top rate?
5%
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who invented and designed the monitor
erickson
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who founded standard oil
rockefeller
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what was the firstmachine gun called?
gattling gun
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which battle was the turning point of the civil war?
gettysburg
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ehich battle gave the north the control of the mississippi river?
vicksburg
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what did ebenezer butterrick create
closed seam sowing
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who ran for the presidency against lincolin in 1864
mclellon
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what was most unique about lincolns vice andrew johnson
southerner
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what was the first sucessful confederate submarine
hunley
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where was lincoln shot
fords theater
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wjat was john stetson best known for
hats
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what alcotts best known book
little women
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what was the first professinoal baseball team
red socks
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who was the first black man in congress
sen. revels
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who founded the JW's
russell
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who invented barbed wire
glidden
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stepehn foster
my old kentucky home
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harriet stowe
uncle toms cabin
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gadsden purchase
15 million
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cyrus field
transatlantic cable
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north star
frederick douglas
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charles blondin
tighrope walker
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edward hale
man without a country
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james plimpton
roller skating
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david farragut
mobile bay
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mary baker eddy
christian service
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luther burbank
potatoes berries etc
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Which indian defeated custer
sitting bull
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in which country in europe was boss tweed captured
spain
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name four inventions by edicson
phonograph, video, light bulb, monograph
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who did hayes defeat for the presidency in 1877
tilden
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the westimnister dog show in which city
new york
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who founded christian science
mary baker eddy
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the hisghest masonry building
chicago
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who marketed the first electric sewing
singer
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who wrote influence of sea power
mahan
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basketball
thomas neismith
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greatest architect
wright
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the first one was 250 feet high, carried people
ferris wheel
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what was best selling religious novel
in his steps
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where were the first modern olympics held
thens
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novel of kipling classic
captain courageuos
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who wrote stars and stripes
susan
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what was the leading protestant sect in 1900
methodist
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which heny james bok was horror
turning of screw
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what did most americans die from durin ght spanish war
yellow fever
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the yellow kid was the first
comic strip
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how high is the washington monument
555
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who created the first all american football team
camp
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mark twain
a tramp abroad
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william booth
salvation army
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pendleton act
civil service
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bartholdi
statue of liberty
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scott joplin
the entertainer
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burnett
little lord faunteroy
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russel conwell
acres of diamons
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edward bellamy
looking hackward
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edward bok
ladies home journal
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nellie bly
around the wordl
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walt whitman
leaves of grass
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pullman
railroad sleeping cars
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cheyanne wy
frontier days
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casey jones
canonball express
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john dewey
educational theory
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santayana
spanish philospher
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