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the first plan of government for the United States |
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| a storage place for weapons |
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| an elected body of people that make laws |
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an agreement to share powers between state and national government |
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| A way of making sure that no one branch of government has all the power |
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| change to the constitution |
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| statement of guaranteed liberties |
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| first people to enter a region |
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| a large area of land that the U.S purchased that nearly doubled the size of the U.S |
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| the highest court in the United States |
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Americans who supported the war of 1812 |
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a period when Americans felt united after the war of 1812 |
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Treaty in which Spain sold Florida to the US in 1819 |
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presidential decree that America and Europe should not interfere with each other |
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time when inventions changed lives |
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machine to remove seeds from cotton |
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motor powered by vaporized water (Iron Horse) |
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| states joined together as one group |
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| 800 mile journey of the Cherokee people who were forced by the army to march to the Indian Territory |
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| the belief that the US had a right to expand its borders and claim new lands |
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| large group of wagons pulled by oxen |
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the unfair treatment of people, often based on their race |
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| a time when many people in Ireland starved to death because of a disease in the potato crop |
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when thousands of people flocked to California to look for gold |
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| Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo |
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under this treaty, Mexico sold Texas to the US for $15 million |
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| President, Vice President, Cabinet members |
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| Supreme Court and federal courts |
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| Congress, House of Representatives, Senate |
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