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AZ    What was so valuable 1000 years ago that led cacao traders from Central America to trade with Native Americans  in the Four Corners Region (AZ, UT, CO, NM).  1AZ

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History Makers Men     He painted the Masters in the Louvre, but failed to sell his painting in America, thus having to turn to Plan B; his invention

            changed communication.  HM2a                        .      

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 History Makers MenHis picture hangs in the office of many U.S. Supreme Court justices for being vindicated many years later.  HM2b

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Lincoln The surprising connection between a U.S. President, his son, and a Railroad Baron.  Lin3

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Railroads This new railroad would put its future on the line when it accepted a dare to race a horse. RR4a

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Railroads No one realized or predicted that this new invention could some day shrink the nation.  RR4b

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Places  A Frenchmen and an Englishmen fight over a women ended up changing the town’s name.  Place 5

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Fav Story Louise's father told George, an immigrant, he wasn't good enough for his daughter. George set out to prove him wrong. 

           Along the way, Louise created a famous salad dressing.  story6a

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Fav story Knowing there was no agency to deal this little girls plight; she contacted the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals

        for help.    story 6b       

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Fav Story Beautiful, sophisticated women were the leading cause of  stress, along with other conditions that led to an uniquely American disease

          called 'Americanitis'. story 6c

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8  AZ        Who ever heard of a professor buying a drink was pretty much the attitude toward  education in frontier Arizona.

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9a HM     Who knew a 19 year old mistress of  a 48 year old railroad baron would eventually marry him and then after his death she would

                marry his nephew and create world 

                renowned museum

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9b  HM     The question of the day regarding horses led to an invention we have today

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10. Lin     He changed the course of history.   After flunking Harvard’s entrance exam, decision to move to New Hampshire instead

                of returning   to Illinois.  His decision changed the course of U.S. history.  Lin10

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11a RR  Hired by the Harvey Company to be servers in diners that served passengers on the Santa Fe RR would be known as ‘America’s 

               Sweethearts’ and credited for ‘civilizing America’s Frontier’  

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11b  RR   This son of President Lincoln undoubtedly holds the record for most miles traveled on a railroad.                

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12 PL    He pleaded with her to marry him promising “Together we can do great things.”  

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13a  FAV   This famous architect plans for an entertainment center in Baghdad Iraq ended up being built in Tempe, Arizona.  

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13b  Fav  Her grandfather was fired for conspiring with the embezzler.   She set out to prove her grandfather’s innocence      

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14 Gen Int  This football game was billed as the Sons of the Generals vs the sons of the Indians Chiefs

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