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the declaration of independence is a document that was approved by congress -
it established America's national government and guaranteed certain basic rights for its citizens. It was signed on September 17, 1787 -
The Bill of Rights is the first 10 Amendments to the Constitution. It spells out Americans' rights in relation to their government -
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political organization in which a person or small group with authority that has enough votes or is popular enough to have control over political administration or any type of government in a city,
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a piece of land held by an owner. -
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Skookum Jim and his family found gold near the Klondike River in Canada's Yukon Territory. -
the right of a government or its agent to expropriate private property for public use, with payment of compensation. -
the idea that certain people become powerful in society because they are innately better.
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Hemingway, Matisse, Picasso, Pound, Anderson and F. Scott Fitzgerald. from 1883-1900
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the physical location of the New York City-centered music publishers and songwriters -
a group of American writers identified with pre-World War I reform and exposé writing.
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the Carnegie Steel Company in Homestead Pennsylvania discharged workers from the Amalgamated Association of Iron and Steel Workers Union -
a general vote by the electorate on a single political question -
His introduction of the automobile into the mass market transformed agricultural economies in the United States made his first automobile in 1908
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intense social unrest and reaction
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a golden age for African American artists -
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was an American aviator, military officer, author, inventor, and activist. At the age of 25, he achieved instantaneous world fame by making the first nonstop flight -
he was Fleet Admiral of the US Navy and Commander in Chief of the US Pacific Fleet during World War II.On June 15, 1939, he was appointed chief of the Bureau of Navigation
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general who commanded the Southwest Pacific in World War II. he also lead the korean war in 1939
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Mexican men to work legally in the United States on short-term labor contracts. An executive order called the Mexican Farm Labor Program established the Bracero Program in 1942
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At 6:00 a.m. on December 21, 1945, General George S. Patton, Jr. passed away in his sleep -
Army officer who commanded the Twelfth Army Group, which helped ensure the Allied victory over Germany during World War ll
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He signed the Civil Rights Act of 1957 and sent Army troops to enforce federal court orders which integrated schools in Little Rock, Arkansas
