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1. It became a major Atlantic port due to the construction of the Erie Canal

2. This man's son Russell and brother Earl continued his family's political dominance into the 1980s, fifty years after this proponent of the Share the Wealth program was killed by Carl Weiss

3. James Mooney issued a study of this religion

4. This man sailed fromBristol on the Matthew in a 1497 expedition commissioned by Henry VII, becoming the first European since the Vikings to explore the coast of Newfoundland

5. Ford was originally funded by this man, who then went broke competing with him

6. This man feuded with Paul Cyr over who should succeed him in one role, leading to his follower Alvin O King winning an election

7. Another holder of this office said that his state’s capital lacked 'a good Chinese restaurant' while running for governor against Mario Cuomo

8. Jared Diamond, in Guns, Germs, and Steel, questionably asserts that this man achieved victory over an enemy because this man's civilization had access to writing while his opponent was illiterate

9. Richard Ewell was unsuccessful in taking Culp’s Hill at this battle, and Joshua Chamberlain led a bayonet charge by the 20th of Maine at Little Round Top

10. This politician's Annual Message of 1815 contained the Seven Points of his high-tariff plan to fund internal development

11. Samuel Graves provided artillery support during this battle

12. Robert E Lee successfully prevented this man from capturing a federal armory in what is now West Virginia

13. A police raid on ablind pig' in this city on the corner of Clairmount and 12th streets precipitated its 1967 race riot, during which Governor George Romney sent in the National Guard

14. One leader of this polity gave the Cornerstone Speech, stating that it wasthe first government ever instituted upon the principles in strict conformity to nature'

15. His farewell address warned about the dangers of themilitary industrial-complex'

16. He built an impromptu fleet on Lake Champlain, but Horatio Gates relieved him of command

17. This man earned the nicknameKing Mob' after he opened a government building to the general public

18. This man claimedthe policy of prohibiting slavery in new territory' originated withthe author of the declaration of Independence' in his Peoria Speech against the Kansas-Nebraska Act

19. This President's supporters were inspired by an incident in Jefferson's presidency to give him a 1400 pound block of cheese

20. The Peace of Montreal ended one conflict involving this polity, the Beaver War, which also saw its defeat of the Huron

21. This man was defeated at the Battle of Cheat Mountain, and he later fought against Winfield Hancock at the Second Battle of Deep Bottom

22. US Senators Gary Hart and Richard Schweiker led an investigation of intelligence agencies’ reactions to this event, which was captured on the Zapruder film

23. This event resulted in the death of Christa McAuliffe, who was the first to participate in the Teacher in Space program

24. This event, which was largely carried out by debtors, was defeated by Benjamin Lincoln at the Springfield Armory

25. A quote from Joseph McKenna in this case’s majority opinion explained its mootness exemption