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Below are exercises which workshop participants may copy to a sandbox and edit. Use [[Wikipedia:Sandbox]] or create one as a subpage of your user page. ''(Workshop participants and Workshop project editors, please discuss the exercises, or suggest new or replacement exercises on this project page's talk page.)''

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If you are new to Wikipedia, start from the first exercise. If you have some experience, skip the parts with which you already are familiar. If you finish the exercises, study the [[Wikipedia:Cheatsheet]] and follow links to study whatever subject you need to explore more.

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==Civil War era (1849–1865)==

==Compromise of 1850===

The issue of slavery in the new territories was seemingly settled by the Compromise of 1850 brokered by Whig Henry Clay and Democrat Stephen Douglas.

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If you see a phrase below in (parenthesis) this is the ''name of an article'' which goes ''before'' the appropriate phrase in a [[WP:piped link]]. Over time you will learn how to find the name of relevant articles to create such piped links. See the relevant paragraphs in the [[History of the United States]] article to check what you missed.

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The history of the United States traditionally starts with the ([[United States Declaration of Independence)]] Declaration of Independence in the year 1776, although its territory was inhabited by ([[Native Americans in the United States)]] Native Americans since prehistoric times and then by ([[European colonization of the Americas)]] European colonists who followed the voyages of Christopher Columbus starting in 1492. The largest settlements were by the English on the East Coast, starting in 1607. By the 1770s the Thirteen Colonies contained two and half million people, were prosperous, and had developed their own political and legal systems. After the American Revolution the ([[United States Constitution)]] Constitution became the basis for the United States federal government, with war hero George Washington as the first president.

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The ([[women's suffrage in the United States)]] women's suffrage movement began with the 1848 Seneca Falls Convention, organized by Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Lucretia Mott, and the Declaration of Sentiments demanding equal rights for women. Many of the activists became politically aware during the abolitionist movement. The women's rights campaign during "first-wave feminism" was led by Mott, Stanton, Susan B. Anthony, among many others. The movement reorganized after the Civil War, gaining experienced campaigners, many of whom had worked for prohibition in the Women's Christian Temperance Union.

Around 1912 the feminist movement began to reawaken, putting an emphasis on its demands for equality and arguing that the corruption of American politics demanded purification by women, because men could not do that job. Protests became increasingly common as suffragette Alice Paul led parades through the capital and major cities. Paul split from the large National American Woman Suffrage Association ([[NAWSA)]], which favored a more moderate approach and supported the Democratic Party and Woodrow Wilson, led by Carrie Chapman Catt, and formed the more militant National Woman's Party. Suffragists were arrested during their "Silent Sentinels" pickets at the White House, the first time such a tactic was used, and were taken as [[political prisoner]]s. Finally, the suffragettes were ordered released from prison, and Wilson urged Congress to pass a Constitutional amendment enfranchising women.

==Wikipedia category links==

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http://www.times-series.co.uk/news/topstories/8927698.Dame_Elizabeth_Taylor_dies_aged_79/ by Alex Hayes "Hampstead Garden Suburb born Dame Elizabeth Taylor dies aged 79" Times of London March 24, 2011

http://books.google.com/books?id=ScE8F_pMuAAC ''Elizabeth'' by J. Randy Taraborrelli Grand Central Publishing 2006 {{ISBN |9780446532549}}

Alexander Walker ISBN: 978-0802113351le 1990 Elizabeth: the life of Elizabeth Taylor G. Weidenfeld Publishers p. 22.

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Per [[Wikipedia:Tutorial/Talk pages]], look at the following talk pages as examples of how editors communicate. Note editors don't always follow formatting rules for talk pages. [[Talk:Talk:History of the United States]] - [[Talk:Bird]] -[[Talk:Elizabeth Taylor]]

Then ''copy the conversation below to a sandbox'' and format it, including using astericksasterisks (*) for bullet points and number signs for numbered lists (#)

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I think this article about this wealthy family is very confusing. What can we do about it? [Signed User:#1]