___________published the first American spelling book and later compiled the first major dictionary of American English

Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).


Ans: Noah Webster

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The Supreme Court, in Webster v. Reproductive Health Services affected the

A) states' right to close abortion clinics. B) right of states to withhold funding for abortion. C) ability of states to ban abortions. D) federal funding of abortion clinics.

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By 1941, the Japanese Empire included all of the following, EXCEPT

A) Korea. B) Manchuria. C) Australia. D) Formosa (Taiwan). E) Marshall islands.

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For each historical identification question, define the term and briefly describe its historical significance. Shinto

What will be an ideal response?

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Why was the 1807 federal slavery law unsatisfying for everyone?

A) On the one hand, slave owners felt it threatened their livelihood, but on the other hand, abolitionists felt it did little to end slavery. B) It did nothing to affect slavery or the slave trade in the U.S. and only frustrated relations with European allies. C) On the one hand it appeased anti-slavery European allies, but on the other hand it frustrated U.S. slave owners. D) It only granted African Americans freedom, not any voting or civil rights, yet it infuriated their slave owners. E) It appeased southern slave owners, but infuriated northern abolitionists.

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