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| DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE |
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Written mostly by Thomas Jefferson.
July 4, 1776.
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Fought between Great Britian and the United States for U. S. independence.
U. S. won.
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First battles of the Revolutionary War.
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| COMMANDER AND CHIEF DURING THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR |
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Turning point of the Revolutionary War.
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| ARTICLES OF CONFEDERATION |
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First United States government based on Articles of Confederation.
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| UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION |
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55 essays written in favor of adopting the Constitution.
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| First ten amendments to the U. S. Constitution. Lists the rights of the American people. |
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| Father of the U.S. Constitution. |
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Power is separated between the state governmets and the national government.
A basic principle of the U.S. Constitution. |
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The power of the United States government is limited.
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| REPRESENTATIVE GOVERNMENT |
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The people elect people to make their laws.(Congress)
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The power of government is separated among three branches of government.
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Each branch of the federal government can check the actions of the other two branches of government.
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| THREE BRANCHES OF GOVERNMENT |
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Legislative, Executive, and Judicial.
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Legislature, Congress, made up of the House of Representatives and the Senate.
Makes the laws. |
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President leads Executive branch.
Enforces the laws. |
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Supreme Court
Interprets the laws. |
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1861 to 1865
Fought between the Union(northern states) and the Confederacy(Southern states.War fought over states' rights.
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| First battle of the Civil War. |
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| Turning point of the Civil War. |
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| General who led the Confederate army during the Civil War. |
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| General who let the North or Union army during the Civil War. |
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| President of the United States during the Civil War. Elected 1860. |
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Rebuilding of the South.
1865-1877 (12 years) |
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1870's and 1880's
Marked by scandals and corruption. |
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1898
Fought in Cuba and the Philippines between U.S. and Spain over Cuban independence. |
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| President of the United States during the Spanish-American War. |
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1914-1918 President--Woodrow Wilson
Between Allied Powers and Central Powers. Allied Powers won. |
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World War I
Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy |
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World War I
Great Britian, France, Russia, and United States |
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1929
President Herbert Hoover |
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1930's
President--FDR Franklin D. Roosevelt |
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| FDR's program to get the U.S. out of the Depression |
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1941-1945
President--Franklin d. Roosesvelt--died in office and Harry Truman became president. |
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| President during World War II who made the decision to drop atomic bombs on Japan. |
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| Dictator of Germany during WWII. |
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| Dictator of Italy during World War II. |
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| Dictator of Russia during World War II. |
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| Fought with no weapons but the threat of war between U.S.(democracy) and Soviet Union(Communist country) |
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| Late 1950's and 1960's began as struggle for equal rigthts for African Americans, joined later by Hispanics and women |
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| John F. Kennedy President of the United States during the Civil Rights Movemdent. |
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