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  1. 1. month we celebrate Independence Day
  2. 2. date we celebrate Independence Day
  3. 4. Commander-in-Chief of military
  4. 5. the Emancipation Proclamation freed the _______ in the Confederacy
  5. 7. current capital of the US
  6. 9. # of years in a Presidential term
  7. 11. colonists fought the British over _________ without representation
  8. 13. this branch enforces laws
  9. 15. Father of Our Country
  10. 19. highest court in US
  11. 20. ocean on the East Coast of the US
  12. 22. city where the Declaration of Independence was written
  13. 23. this branch interprets laws
  14. 26. the Louisiana Territory was purchased from this country
  15. 28. the supreme law of the land
  16. 30. this person takes his/her place if the President can no longer serve
  17. 31. Father of the Constitution
  18. 32. title of our national anthem
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  1. 1. author of the Declaration of Independence
  2. 3. this stops one branch of government from becoming too powerful
  3. 6. people from this continent were sent to America and sold as slaves
  4. 8. major issue that led to the Civil War
  5. 10. number of stars on the US flag
  6. 12. # of justices on Supreme Court
  7. 13. country the Declaration of Independence declared independence from
  8. 14. representation in the House of Representatives is based on _______
  9. 15. Susan B. Anthony fought for rights for _______
  10. 16. this group of people lived in America before the Europeans arrived
  11. 17. first ten amendments to the Constitution
  12. 18. # of Senators in Congress
  13. 21. number of stripes on the US flag
  14. 24. this branch makes laws
  15. 25. ocean on the West Coast of the US
  16. 27. both the 1st and 2nd _____________ Congresses met in Philadelphia
  17. 29. one of the longest rivers in the US