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1. In the 1830s, farmers and settlers resorted to weapons to protect the Missouri border, which was in dispute when the new state of Iowa was being created out of the Wisconsin Territory. In addition to the land, another valuable asset was on the line, and gave the conflict its name. What was the name of this "war?"
2. Many countries have an unfortunate history of war, with their borders redefined and their forms of government changed. There are other countries that aren't known for conflict, but which still have had some strife. Which of these usually peace-loving countries had a civil war in 1847?
3. At the beginning of the 20th century, a so-called "war" was waged between Austria-Hungary and Serbia, based on economic trade and tariffs. The Austro-Hungarian empire tried to prevent Serbia from selling a certain commodity, in order to keep the Serbs dependent on the Austrians. It didn't work, because there were plenty of other countries willing to trade with Serbia. What was this commodity?
4. For a nine-year war with about 25,000 casualties, it had quite a comical name. From 1739 to 1748, Britain and Spain fought about rights to import slaves to Spanish colonies, among other things. In 1731, before hostilities began, a British officer, Robert Jenkins, was on his ship off the coast of Florida when it was boarded by a Spanish officer, who cut off a part of Jenkins' body. In 1858, the war was named for this act, and now is known as "The War of Jenkins' ______." What is the missing word?
5. Sometimes a war may seem meaningless, but the reason behind it may represent something of great importance to a people or nation. In 1900, the people of Gold Coast, which is now Ghana, fought a six-month war with the British, in part over which symbolic object of the Ashanti people?
6. About 20,000 combatants died in the War of the Bavarian Succession, which lasted only nine months or so, but comparatively very few of them died as a result of battle wounds. The vast majority died of cholera, dysentery, and starvation during the brutal winter of 1778-1779. The soldiers' desperate need for food gave the war its primary nickname; what was it?
7. For about 11 months in 1845 and early 1846, British soldiers fought against Maori natives in New Zealand about the true meaning of the Treaty of Waitangi; the two sides were not in accord as to just what had been agreed upon. A Maori leader, Hone Heke, demonstrated his dissatisfaction by damaging a symbolic item. The first three times were bad enough, but when he did it for the fourth time, the gunfire began. This war has the same name as a city in Arizona. What is it called?
8. In 1859, the United States and Britain disagreed about the San Juan Islands, between Vancouver Island and the North American mainland. The description of the boundary was not clearly spelled out in the Oregon Treaty, and both America and Britain wanted the islands. The matter was settled by arbitration in favor of the U.S., although matters came to a head again when a farmer shot an animal belonging to a neighbor because the animal had been rooting in the first farmer's garden. This event gave a name to the whole confrontation - what was it?
9. There is nothing new about religious strife. People have been at war over their interpretation of a higher power since the beginning of time. Two different conflicts with the same name took place in America in the 19th century between members of a particular sect and their neighbors in different states, who wanted them to be expelled from their settlements. One was in 1838 in Missouri; the other was in 1844 in Illinois. Who were the people forced to leave their communities?
10. The War of the Triple Alliance was a war that pitted three South American countries against one of their neighbors. About 400,000 people died between 1846 and 1870, and civil unrest followed that led to the deaths of many more. Who were the combatants in this war?
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