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When you separate the _______ from the constitution, you are distorting the original intent
Declaration of Independence
Crowded buildings usually unsanitary are called
Tenements
What is suffrage
the right to vote
What do we call the first ten amendments to the Constitution?
the Bill or Rights
Executive
who wrote against the poor living conditions
Jacob Riis
According to the Declaration, why are Governments instituted among men?
To protect their freedom
Why was the cotton gin an important factor in slavery
It helped produce more cotton clothing which made the whites make more cotton fields to have more slaves
Name the unalienable rights mentioned in the Declaration:
Life, Liberty, pursuit of happiness
Based on the U.S. Constitution, the government is run by
The people
When was the Declaration of Independence adopted?
July, 4th. 1776
multistage battle in New york ending with the surrender of British general John Burgoyne. The victory ensured the diplomatic success of American representatives in Paris
Battle of Sarratoga
This amendment guarantees the right to protest
1st Amendment
What document states, "All men are created equal"?
Declaration of Independence
The term of a Supreme Court Justice
Life
Ended the War of 1812
Treaty of Ghent
an unofficial policy of the British government that allowed the American colonies to operate with little interference from 1690 to 1760
Salutary Neglect
Who made the first car
Henry ford
What was the reason for reconstruction
To rebuild the south
The French and Indian War was won by this country
Britain
an essay written by James madison in "The Federalist" that challenged the view that republican governments only worked in small polities. It argued that a large state would better protect republican liberty
Federalist No. 10
Supreme Court justice known for strengthening the power of the government through his supreme court decisions....
John Marshall
What were the goals of labor unions
Improve working conditions, better pay, reasonable hours
Why did president Andrew Johnson get impeached
Because he removed Edwin Stanton from being secretary of war without approval from the senate
a land act that established a process by which settled territories would become the states of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan and Wisconsin, it also banned slavery in the expanding north
Northwest Ordinance of 1787