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5th Gr. SS

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Wilderness road and Cumberland Gap   Daniel Boone  
Star Spangled Banner and Fort McHenry   Francis Scott Key  
Helped Corp of Discovery to Succeed (Lewis and Clark)   Sacajawea  
New Orleans General and people's president   Andrew Jackson  
First African American appointed by a president to plan Washington D.C.   Benjamin Banneker  
Negotiated Louisiana Purchase for president Jefferson   James Monroe  
Expedition to gather information about the west   Meriwether Clark  
pushed the country toward the war of 1812   War Hawks  
USS Constiturtion   Old Ironsides  
Saved document from the burning White House   Dolly Madison  
Introduction   Preamble  
The branch of government whose job it is to carry out the laws and run the government   executive branch  
a person chosen by people to represent them   delegate  
the new plan of government approved by the continental congress   Articles of Confederation  
the head of the judicial branch of government   Supreme Court  
an addition to something   amendment  
the house of congrss in which each state has two representatives reguardless of population   Senate  
a 1787 law that provided a way for pioneers to move to the northwest territory   Northwest Ordinance  
The house of Congress in which each state is represented according to its population   House of Representatives  
a system of government in which power is shared between the national and state governments   federal system  
the lawmaking branch of government   legislative  
The first ten amendments to the constitution   Bill of Rights  
a system in which the powers of one branch of government are balanced by the powers of another   checks and balances  
a plan of government   constitution  
a group of officials including the secretary of each department and the attorney general   cabinet  
a type of democracy in which the people elect representatives to run the country   republic  
the branch of government whose job it is to decide the meaning of laws   judicial branch  
the head of the executive branch of government   president  
refuse to approve   veto  
a group of people who share similar ideas about government   political party  


   


 

 

 

 

 

 
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