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31 Cards in this Set
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Wanted independence from Great Britain. |
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Those who remained loyal to the King throughout the Revolutionary War. |
Loyalists |
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Only crime defined by the Constitution. |
Treason |
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Consitution
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Legal document that rules the United States.
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Bill of Rights
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The first ten Amendments to the Constitution are given this name.
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Treaty of Paris
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Treaty that ended the Revolutionary War.
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Thomas Jefferson
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Authored the Declaration of Independence |
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Articles of Confederation
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First Government of the United States
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White House
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Home of the U.S. President
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James Madison
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Author of the Constitution
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George Washington
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First President of the United States
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Legislative
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Branch that makes laws
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James Monroe
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Wrote the Monroe Doctrine |
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Federalists
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Those who supported the Constitution |
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Native Americans
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First inhabitants of the Americans.
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Disease, infection, and mulnutrition
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More deaths in the Civil War were from this
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13th
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Amendment that ended slavery
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Antietam
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Bloodiest single day battle of the Civil War |
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John Wilkes Booth
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Killed Preisdent Lincoln
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Gettysburg
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Deadlist battle of the Civil War
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monopoly
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a single corporation that controls an entire industry
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reparations
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payment for war damages
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militarism
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glorification of the military |
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no-man's land
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area between the trenches
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fireside chats
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informal radio speeches
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relief
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immediate action to economic decline
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reform
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permanent programs to avoid another economic disaster
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recovery
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temporary programs to restart the economy
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Brain Trust
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diverse group that helped FDR form the New Deal
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Civilian Conservation Corps
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FDR's favorite New Deal program
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muckrakers
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reporters, journalists, and photographers that exposed the ills of society
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