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5th Gr. SS

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