The Declaration of Independence was signed on _____.
July 4, 1776
The _____ was signed on July 4, 1776.
Declaration of Independence
The Constitution of the United States was written in _____.
1787
The _____ was written in 1787.
Constitution of the United States
A person who wanted to end slavery in the United States.
Abolitionist
A tax on goods brought into a country.
Tariff
A tax placed on goods from another country to protect the home industry.
Protective Tariff
A strong sense of loyalty to a state or section instead of the whole country.
Sectionalism
The belief that the United States should own all of the land between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.
Manifest Destiny
A campaign against the sale or drinking of alcohol.
Temperance Movement
A system of government in which voters elect representatives to make laws for them.
Representative Government
A nation in which voters choose representatives to govern them.
Republic
The three branches of government are _____, _____, and _____.
Legislative, Judicial, and Executive
The _____ are the legislative branch, the judicial branch, and the executive branch.
Three Branches of Government
A system set up by the Constitution in which each branch of the federal government has the power to check, or control, the actions of the other branches.
Checks and Balances
The freedom of private businesses to operate competitively for profit with minimal government regulation.
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