This pre-test covers key events and figures in early US maritime history, focusing on the Marine Corps' inception, Continental Navy, and pivotal battles of the American Revolution.
New states were not being admitted into the Union as slave states.
The South didn't gain a majority of the total vote in 1860.
The Democrats lost the election.
None of the above.
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France and Spain
Austrailia and Turkey
England and France
Poland and Germany
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Natchez
Gretna
New Orleans
Baton Rouge
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France
Spain
England
Portugal
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Constantinople
Rome
Athens
Macedonia
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7/4/1775
11/10/1775
6/22/1777
4/18/1778
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Phoenicians
Greeks
Romans
Cretans
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Rome
Athens
Carthage
Macedonia
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To retain Spain's supremacy on the seas
To stop English pricateers from raiding ships
To bring England back into the Catholic church
All of the above
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To transport cargo
To sail the rivers of the world
To break the Union's blockade
To destroy the USS Merrimack
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Saratoga
Lake Champlain
Yorktown
Ticonderoga
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Greeks
Ottoman Turks
Moors
Romans
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Severely damaging the British fleet
Saving Yorktown
Slowing the British advance enough to allow the Americans time to regroup and train troops
Retaking Fort Ticonderoga
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1789
1776
1775
1763
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Sea control
Maritime strength
Sea Power
Strength of the seas
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Mare Nostrom
Pax Romana
Golden Age of Athens
Crusades
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CSS Virginia
USS Virginia
CSS Columbia
CSS Norfolk
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Hanseatic League
Pax Romana
Mercantile Theory
Mare Nostrom
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Memphis
Natchez
Baton Rouge
New Orleans
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Raise money to pay its debts from the war with France
Stop the colonies from becoming independent
Discourage trade between England and the colonies
None of the above
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California
The Pacific coast
The Mississippi Rever
Oklahoma
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Rome and Carthage
Greece and Persia
Arabs and Christians
Spain and England
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Frigates
Trading ships
Galleys
Boats of war
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Portugese
Spanish
English
Dutch
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Sir Francis Drake, Sir John Hawkins, and Martin Frobisher
Lord Admiral Charles Howard, and the Duke of Medina Sidonia
Bartholomeu Diaz, Vasco da Gama, and Christopher Columbus
Don John, Ali Pasha, and Mark Antony
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Hudson River Valley
Colorado River Valley
Potomac River Valley
Tennessee and Mississippi River Valleys
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Union forces
German forces
European forces
Confederate forces
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Age of Alexander the Great
Renaissance
Golden Age of Athens
Western Civilization Age
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Moors
Phoenicians
Persians
Romans
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New York City
Boston
Philadelphia
Savannah
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French Navy
Confederate Navy
British Navy
Union Navy
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Confederate Army
Union Army
German Army
British Army
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Economic growth
Trade relations among nations
Sea power
Privateering
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Benedict Arnold
George Washington
John Paul Jones
Esek Hopkins
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Yorktown, Virginia
Wilmington, North Carolina
Trenton and Morristown, New Jersey
Lexington and Concord, Massachusets
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Rome
Phoenicia
Greece
Crete
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Venice
Carthage
Rome
Spain
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George Washington
Benedict Arnold
John Paul Jones
Esek Hopkins
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The Crusades
The Punic War
The Trojan War
The French and Indian War
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John Paul Jones
Benedict Arnold
George Washington
Jeremiah O'Brien
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Two months
Three weeks
15 days
10 days
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Moslems
Byzantine Empire
Italian states
Spanish
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Georgia to Mississippi
Florida to Lousianna
Virginia to Texas
New York to California
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General Ulysses S. Grant
Commadore Andrew Foote
Admiral David G. Farragut
None of the above
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