Documents
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- 2. amendment the right of 18 years old to vote.
- 4. amendment gives Congress the power to collect taxes on income without apportioning it among the states.
- 5. papers is a collection of 85 articles and essays written (under the pseudonym Publius) by Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay promoting the ratification of the United States Constitution.
- 8. of Rights the first ten amendments to the US Constitution, ratified in 1791 and guaranteeing such rights as the freedoms of speech, assembly, and worship.
- 9. Bill of Rights a British Law, passed by the Parliament of Great Britain in 1689 that declared the rights and liberties of the people and settling the succession.
- 11. of Versailles was one of the peace treaties at the end of World War I.
- 12. amendment gave women the right to vote.
- 13. Doctrine First expressed in 1947 by US President Truman in a speech to Congress seeking aid for Greece and Turkey, the doctrine was seen by the communists as an open declaration of the Cold War.
- 15. amendment Provided direct election of senators.
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- 1. points was a statement of principles for world peace that was to be used for peace negotiations in order to end World War I.
- 2. amendment ended poll taxes.
- 3. of Independence the formal statement written by Thomas Jefferson declaring the freedom of the thirteen American colonies from Great Britain.
- 4. amendment defining national citizenship and forbidding the states to restrict the basic rights of citizens or other persons.
- 6. of Confederation the original constitution of the US, ratified in 1781, which was replaced by the US Constitution in 1789.
- 7. Carta a document constituting a fundamental guarantee of rights and privileges.
- 10. amendment bolished slavery in the United States.
- 12. amendment Constitution granted African American men the right to vote.
- 14. Constitution A document that embodies the fundamental laws and principles by which the United States is governed.