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July 1959

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  1. 1st July 1959What broad change in US government policy towards Plains Indians did the Indian Appropriations Act of 1851 begin?
  2. 2nd July 1959Where in the answer should specific factual detail (names, dates, places) appear?
  3. 3rd July 1959Why did border guards open the crossings at the Berlin Wall rather than using force to stop the crowds?
  4. 4th July 1959In what year did the Berlin Wall fall, and in what year did the USSR itself dissolve?
  5. 5th July 1959Who were Elizabeth's parents?
  6. 6th July 1959What was the Privy Council?
  7. 7th July 1959What did John Hawkins pioneer in the 1560s?
  8. 8th July 1959What was the main difference between the Public Health Acts of 1848 and 1875?
  9. 9th July 1959Who accidentally discovered penicillin's antibacterial effect, and in what year?
  10. 10th July 1959What did Snow's comparison of two London water companies show?
  11. 11th July 1959What is significant about the first day of the Battle of the Somme in terms of British casualties?
  12. 12th July 1959In what way did mustard gas, introduced in 1917, work differently from chlorine and phosgene?
  13. 13th July 1959In what year was the Hitler Youth founded?
  14. 14th July 1959What phrase summarised the Nazi ideal role for women?
  15. 15th July 1959What is the difference between a Plains Indian tribe and a band?
  16. 16th July 1959What did the Fort Laramie Treaty of 1851 attempt to set out for different Plains Indian nations?
  17. 17th July 1959What kind of linking language should a strong narrative account use?
  18. 18th July 1959On what date did the Berlin Wall fall?
  19. 19th July 1959Give one reason Gorbachev wanted to end the costly arms race and the war in Afghanistan.
  20. 20th July 1959Why did some Catholics regard Elizabeth as illegitimate?
  21. 21st July 1959Which French territory did England lose shortly before Elizabeth became queen?
  22. 22nd July 1959What happened to the group of settlers sent to Roanoke in 1587?
  23. 23rd July 1959In what year did the government make smallpox vaccination compulsory for infants?
  24. 24th July 1959Give one reason the Second World War helped speed up the development of penicillin.
  25. 25th July 1959Why did Snow's conclusions take years to be fully accepted?
  26. 26th July 1959Give one specific way the mud at Passchendaele affected the treatment of wounded soldiers.
  27. 27th July 1959Why did mustard gas cause huge numbers of casualties but comparatively fewer deaths than phosgene?
  28. 28th July 1959In what month and year did Hitler refound the banned Nazi Party?
  29. 29th July 1959What were the Hitler Youth and the League of German Maidens?
  30. 30th July 1959What did many Plains Indian peoples believe about the ownership of land?
  31. 31st July 1959What did the Indian Appropriations Act of 1851 provide funding for?