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| Where the Nez Perce are found. . . | Pacific Northwest
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| Where the Pawnee are found. . . | Nebraska/Platte River
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| Cherokee Tribe associated with. . . | Trail of Tears
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| Mayans originated in. . . | Yucatan
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| Olmecs settled on. . . | Gulf Coast
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| Aztecs located in. . . | Mexico
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| Document read to natives declaring Jesus as Christ, and that the pope had power to rule over all the Earth. | Requerimeinto
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| Spanish soldiers | Conquistadores
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| Describes Spaniards oppression of Native Americans | Black Legend
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| The persecuted Puritans migrated to the New World in the 1630s | Great Migration
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| Freedom of religion in Baltimore to anyone professing belief in Jesus | Toleration Act
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| Columbus left Spain in. . . | 1492
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| Discovered Pacific Ocean. Also crossed isthmus of Panama. | Balboa
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| Conquered Aztecs | Cortes
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| Three-year voyage around the world. | Megellan
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| Subdued Incas in Peru | Pizarro
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| Landed in Florida. | Ponce de Leon
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| Divided land between Spain (New World) and Portugal (Africa) | Treaty of Tordesillas
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| Cabot explored east coast of North America in. . . | 1497
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| First European to sight New York | Verrzonno
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| Leader who started Jamestown | John Smith
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| Married Pocahontas. Introduced tobacco. | John Rolfe
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| 5 reasons Jamestown failed. | Lack of food, Indian attacks, Malaria/disease, Concentration on gold, Leader didn't respond to wilderness challenges
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| Puritans left England because. . . | They were upset with the church and King James
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| Mayor of Plymouth | Sir Francis Drake
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| Founded Rhode Island | Roger Williams
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| Founded Pennsylvania | William Penn
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| Founded by James Winthrop as a refuge for Puritans | Massachusetts Bay Colony
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| Helped shape Virginia and Maryland | Climate and land
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| Virginia colonists given two ( ) of 50 acres each, immigrant colonists given one, individuals receive one each time they paid the passage of another individual | Headright System
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| Headright system created. . . | Increased division between wealthy landowners and the working poor
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| Allowed British East India Company to sell tea to British colonies without paying colonial tax | Tea Act
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| Where the Nez Perce are found. . . | Pacific Northwest
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| Where the Pawnee are found. . . | Nebraska/Platte River
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| Cherokee Tribe associated with. . . | Trail of Tears
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| Mayans originated in. . . | Yucatan
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| Olmecs settled on. . . | Gulf Coast
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| Aztecs located in. . . | Mexico
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| Document read to natives declaring Jesus as Christ, and that the pope had power to rule over all the Earth. | Requerimeinto
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| Spanish soldiers | Conquistadores
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| Describes Spaniards oppression of Native Americans | Black Legend
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| The persecuted Puritans migrated to the New World in the 1630s | Great Migration
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| Freedom of religion in Baltimore to anyone professing belief in Jesus | Toleration Act
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| Columbus left Spain in. . . | 1492
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| Discovered Pacific Ocean. Also crossed isthmus of Panama. | Balboa
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| Conquered Aztecs | Cortes
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| Three-year voyage around the world. | Megellan
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| Subdued Incas in Peru | Pizarro
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| Landed in Florida. | Ponce de Leon
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| Divided land between Spain (New World) and Portugal (Africa) | Treaty of Tordesillas
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| Cabot explored east coast of North America in. . . | 1497
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| First European to sight New York | Verrzonno
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| Leader who started Jamestown | John Smith
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| Married Pocahontas. Introduced tobacco. | John Rolfe
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| 5 reasons Jamestown failed. | Lack of food, Indian attacks, Malaria/disease, Concentration on gold, Leader didn't respond to wilderness challenges
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| Puritans left England because. . . | They were upset with the church and King James
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| Mayor of Plymouth | Sir Francis Drake
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| Founded Rhode Island | Roger Williams
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| Founded Pennsylvania | William Penn
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| Founded by James Winthrop as a refuge for Puritans | Massachusetts Bay Colony
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| Helped shape Virginia and Maryland | Climate and land
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| Virginia colonists given two ( ) of 50 acres each, immigrant colonists given one, individuals receive one each time they paid the passage of another individual | Headright System
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| Headright system created. . . | Increased division between wealthy landowners and the working poor
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| Tax by Great Britain on sugar, molasses, wine, cloth and other goods. . . |
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| Stiff British taxes on colonists on printed materials. . . | Stamp Act
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| 3 main causes of Revolutionary War. . . | Tea Act, Sugar Act, Stamp Act
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| Said, "The pot is set to boil". . . | John Adams, after the Stamp Act
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| 4 reasons colonies declared Independence. . . | Conflict between colonies and England, violated compact between colonists and England, wanted to separate from England, wanted right to liberty and pursuit of happiness
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| A bicameral legislature consists of . . . | 2 houses
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| Main benefit of American two-party system. . . | Allows for greater representation of the people
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| The house with equal representation. . . | Senate
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| The house based on state population. . . | House of Representatives
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| 3 branches of government | Executive, Legislative, Judicial
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| Parts of the Executive branch | President, Vice-president, Departments, Independent Agencies
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| 8 things the Executive branch can do. . . | Approve or veto bills, make treaties, grant pardons and reprieves, enforce laws,commission officers to armed forces, Commander in Chief, head of state, appoints or removes cabinet members
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| Legislative branch consists of . . . | The Senate and the House
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| 4 things the Legislative branch can do. . . | Coin money, maintain a military, declare war on other countries, regulate interstate and foreign commerce
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| 4 things the House can do. . . | Serve 2-year term, start tax laws, decide if government officials should go to trial before the Senate, can impeach
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| 5 things the Senate can do. . . | Serve 6-year term, confirm or disapprove treaties, confirm or disapprove presidential appointments, hold trial for government officials, can remove official from office
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| The highest court in the country--has judicial powers of the government | Supreme Court
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| Lower than Supreme Court. Not created in the Constitution but Congress deemed it necessary. | Federal Court
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| Group of electors selected by voters in each state and D.C. | Electoral College
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| Reason for Electoral College. . . | Framers wanted to incorporate systems within the government that would protect people and keep it from becoming a monarchy.
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| Federalists position on Electoral College. . . | Wanted direct elections for President and Vice-President. 1 person=1 vote
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| Anti-Federalists position on Electoral College. . . | Opposed direct elections. Feared general population lacked ability to choose the best candidate.
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| Number of members of Electoral College | 538
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| Minimum number of state Electoral College votes | 3
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| The belief that the U.S. had a divinely inspired mission to expand and spread democracy and freedom | Manifest Destiny
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| Government forced 15,000 Cherokees to leave Georgia for Oklahoma | Trail of Tears
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| Missouri could be a slave state but the rest of the Louisiana Purchase was to be free | Missouri Compromise
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| Gave each territory the power to decide for itself if it was a free state or a slave state | Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854
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| Even though a black slave lived with his master in a free state, he was determined to still be a slave | Dred Scott Decision of 1857
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| President who thought government should not interfere with the business cycle and people's lives during the Depression. | Herbert Hoover
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| President who created The New Deal and served four terms | Franklin Roosevelt
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| President that wanted to remain neutral during WWI but warned Germans they would be held accountable for any loss of American lives | Woodrow Wilson
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| British passenger ship sunk by Germans during WWI | Lusitanias
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| French passenger ship sunk by Germans in WWI | Sussex
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| Lead to Woodrow Wilson entering WWI | Germans went back on pledge to stop sinking merchant ships without warning
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| Peace settlement that ended WWI | Treaty of Versailles
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| Anti-slavery extremist, John Brown, and his followers took 5 pro-slavery men from cabins in Kansas and murdered them | Bleeding Kansas
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| 5 events that fueled the pre-Civil War conflict over slavery | Election of 1860, territorial expansion (Missouri Compromise), Fugitive Slave Act, Kansas-Nebraska Act, Bleeding Kansas
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| Represented educated property owners, supported the Constitution, argued the Constitution would enhance prosperity, protect rights and limit government | Federalists
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| Represented small farmers, opposed ratifying the Constitution, feared the Constitution would eliminate state's rights, and give the president and courts too much power, feared the Constitution would fail to protect individual rights | Anti-Federalists
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| 3 important Federalists | James Madison, Alexander Hamilton, John Jay
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| Importan Anti-Federalist | Patrick Henry
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| Required Bill of Rights in Constitution | Anti-Federalists
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| Majority of immigrant workers came from ? during the Industrial Revolution | Europe
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| Congress authorized the founders to do what at the Constitutional Convention? | Revise the Articles of Confederation
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| False coloring, 3-D shading, shows changes in altitude/elevation | Relief Map
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| This map uses color and patterns to show. . . | Climate Map
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| Detailed and accurate graphic representation of man-made and natural features, shows relative position of land elevation of mountains, landforms and bodies of water | Topographical Map
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| Shows boundaries, divisions, capitals | Political Map
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| Angular distance north or south from the earth's equator | Latitude
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| Angular distance east or west from the Prime Meridian | Longitude
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| The meridian of 0 degrees longitude which runs through Greenwich, England, and from which other longitudes are reckoned east and west | Prime Meridian
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| Preserves shape of the globe, land masses are distorted in size but not shape, distortion more pronounced at the poles, only useful for shapes | Mercator map/globe
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| Most used. Used by geographic services and most educational institutions. Equal-area and "right-appearing" | Robinson map
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| 3 geographical features that impact drawing of political lines | Mountain ranges, major rivers, deserts
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| Long-term weather for at least 30 years | Climate
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| 3 components that create a biome | Climate, plants, animals
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| 2 factors that determine an area climate | Air temperature and precipitation
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| Biomes are controlled by | Climate
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| Freedom of expression | Amendment 1
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| Right to keep and bear arms | Amendment 2
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| Quartering of troops | Amendment 3
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| Unreasonable searches and seizures | Amendment 4
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| Rights of the accused in criminal cases; double jeopardy | Amendment 5
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| Right to speedy and public trial | Amendment 6
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| Jury trial in civil cases | Amendment 7
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| Prohibits cruel and unusual punishment, and excessive bail | Amendment 8
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| Unenumerated rights of the people | Amendment 9
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| Reserved powers | Amendment 10
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| Suits against states | Amendment 11
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| Election of president and vice-president | Amendment 12
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| End of slavery | Amendment 13
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| Rights of citizens | Amendment 14
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| Black voting rights | Amendment 15
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| Introduced income tax | Amendment 16
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| Direct election of senators | Amendment 17
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| National prohibition | Amendment 18
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| Women's voting rights | Amendment 19
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| Change in timing of terms, sessions and inauguration | Amendment 20
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| Repeal of national prohibition | Amendment 21
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| Presidential term limits | Amendment 22
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| Presidential electors to Electoral College for District of Columbia | Amendment 23
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| Prohibition of poll tax | Amendment 24
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| Presidential succession and disability | Amendment 25
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| 18-year olds voting rights | Amendment 26
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| Congressional salary issues | Amendment 27
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| Segregated public schools | Plessy v. Ferguson
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| Judicial review | Marbury v. Madison
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| Reversed public school segregation | Brown v. Board of Education
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| Slaves still slaves even in free states | Dred Scott v. Sanford
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| Abortion | Roe v. Wade
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