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- 4. Papers 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.
- 5. Amendment established the popular election of United States Senators by the people of the states
- 6. of Confederation the original constitution of the US, ratified in 1781, which was replaced by the US Constitution in 1789.
- 7. of Versailles was one of the peace treaties at the end of World War I.
- 9. Amendment All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and the State wherein they reside.
- 10. Points Fourteen goals of the United States in the peace negotiations after World War I.
- 13. Amendment allows the federal (United States) government to levy (collect) an income tax from all Americans
- 14. Carta a document constituting a fundamental guarantee of rights and privileges.
- 15. Amendment America abolished the poll tax for all federal elections
- 16. Constitution document that embodies the fundamental laws and principles by which the United States is governed.
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- 1. of Independence formal statement written by Thomas Jefferson declaring the freedom of the thirteen American colonies from Great Britain
- 2. Amendment gave women the right to vote in 1920.
- 3. of rights first ten amendments to the US Constitution, ratified in 1791 and guaranteeing such rights as the freedoms of speech, assembly, and worship.
- 5. Amendment abolished slavery in the United States and provides that "Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted,
- 8. Doctrine that the US should give support to countries or peoples threatened by Soviet forces or communist insurrection.
- 9. Amendment United States Constitution prohibits the federal and state governments from denying a citizen the right to vote based on that citizen's "race, color, or previous condition of servitude."
- 11. bill of rights was 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
- 12. Amendment he right of citizens of the United States, who are 18 years of age or older, to vote, shall not be denied or abridged by the United States