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The Declaration of Independence was a pronouncement from the 13 colonies that severed their ties to Great Britain, and declared them a free country -
The U.S. Constitution laid out the laws or rules that all American Citizens are expected to follow. -
“E Pluribus Unum” is a phrase that is latin for ¨out of many, one" that the U.S. has used as a motto since 1782. -
The Bill of Rights makes up the first part of the U.S. Constitution. It contains the first 10 ammendments. -
Susan B. Anthony was a civil rights activist who played a significant role in the womens suffrage movement. -
Alex de Tocqueville's five principles are liberty, egalitarianism, individualism, populism, and laissez- faire. These developed a respect for the law in America and encpuraged democracy. -
Jane Addams was a social activist in the United States who advocated for world peace and was an important leader in gaining womens suffrage. -
the homestead act alowed the head of the family 160 acres of land that was to be used for farmland, and in five years time that land would become their own. -
Eminent Domain is a law that allows the governement to take land and make it private property -
the homestead strike was an industrial lockout in homestead, pennsylvania. the striking workers hoped to acheive better working qualities, but ended up all getting fired. -
the klondike gold rush was a migration of around 100,000 people to the north western regions of canada. -
This was a war that occured between Spain, and the U.S. after Spain sunk the USS Maine -
eugenics is the idea that people could create a perfect breed through genetics and heredty. -
the 16th amendment established congress's right to impose a federal tax income -
The 17th Amendment was passed to allow voters to cast direct votes for U.S. Senators -
The 18th amendment prohibited the use of alcohol in the U.S. -
the 19th amendment prohibeted any U.S. state from denying a person the right to vote on the basis of sex. -
This is the current motto of the U.S. that replaced E Plurbis Unum in 1778