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A document that officially records the proclamation that the United States is an independent country from Great Britain. -
The Constitution of the United States established America's national government and fundamental laws, and guaranteed certain basic rights for its citizens. -
The first 10 amendments to the Constitution, which guarantee civil liberties, such as the right to free speech, the right to bear arms, and the right to a fair trial, as well as protecting the role of the states in American government. -
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Apartment houses, occupied by impoverished families, that barely meet or fail to meet the minimum standards of safety, sanitation, and comfort. -
a party organization that recruits its members by the use of tangible incentives—money, political jobs—and that is characterized by a high degree of leadership control over member activity. -
President Abraham Lincoln signed the Homestead Act, opening government-owned land to small family farmers, who became known as “homesteaders.” -
Reform-minded journalists, writers, and photographers in the Progressive Era in the United States, who exposed corruption and wrongdoing in established institutions. -
The Homestead Strike was a violent labour dispute between the Carnegie Steel Company and many of its workers that occurred in 1892 in Homestead, Pennsylvania. -
A migration to the Klondike region of Yukon, by an estimated 100,000 prospectors, all looking for gold. -
"The Congress shall have power to lay and collect taxes on incomes, from whatever source derived, without apportionment among the several States, and without regard to any census or enumeration."