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Yellow Book Social Studies Flashcards

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Conflict Resolution

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Using words to talk problems out
Goal is to effectively and calmly solve the problem
Try to understand from the other person point of view

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The words trail of tears means

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putting the Indians on reservations

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Civilization

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the society, culture, and way of life of a particular area. Example-civilization are of Fertile Crescent between Tigris and Euphrates river which is now Iraq and Syria

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Monotheism

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belief on One Supreme Being

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Polytheism

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Belief in Many Gods

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Rosetta Stone

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Large black stone that contains messages in three different languages

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Civil War

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1860-1865 (Lincoln) Groups of people from the same place fighting each other

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Magna Charta

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mean “Great Charter” King John of England in 1215 established that the king recognized the rights of his nobles

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Johan Gutenberg

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invented the printing press

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Nationalism

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sense of belonging to a nation

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Imperialism

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interest of a dominant nation subjugate the interests of another nation
Ex-during empire building of the 19th century when countries of Europe colonized and controlled vast areas of Africa and Asia

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Conscription

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Draft of young men to serve in the military

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Cold War

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period after world war II, race to space 1945 to 1991

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Ponce de Leon

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first Spaniard to set foot in Florida

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Cabeza De Vaca

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Was a Spaniard who was the First European to explore what is now Texas and the southwestern United State wondered the are for 7 years

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Francisco Coronado

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looking for fabled seven cities of gold

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Jamestown

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First permanent English Colony on the Americans. Established in Virginia in 1607 Caption John Smith was the leader

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Plymouth Colony

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Established in 1620, in Massachusetts by pilgrims also know as Separatists because of religious beliefs. sailed from England to the new world on the Mayflower

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Mayflower Compact

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agreement signed by all males on the voyage to plan of self-government.

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Indentured Servants

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person who agrees to work for another person without pay

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Anne Hutchinson

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was a puritan woman who disagreed with the leadership of the Massachusetts Colony. She help establish the colony of Rhode Island

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Stamp Act

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English Tax on American Colonist. American colonist had not agreed to be taxed “no taxation without representation”

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Boston Massacre

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fight between English soldiers and American Colonists led to 2 death.
One of the lead-up events of the Revolutionary War

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Crispus Attuck

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Runaway slave who was killed in Boston Massacre

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Boston Tea Party

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English law let British company sell tea at a low price hurting American
Sons of Liberty dumped English tea into the Boston Harbor

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Thomas Paine

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wrote Pamphlet called Common Sense, published in 1776 which declared independence from great Britain. First work to openly call for American independence from Great Britain

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Declaration of Independence

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Written mostly by Thomas Jefferson passed by Second Continental Congress on July 4, 1776. I declared the independence of 13 American colonies giving reason why they wanted their own country

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Nathan Hale

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volunteered to gather intelligence on the British army. He was executed as a spy in 1776

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Thomas Jefferson

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main author of Declaration of independence and third president of the United State

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Manifest Destiny

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idea that the United States should stretch from the Atlantic ocean to the pacific
Westward expansion

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James Madison

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main author of the United State Constitution in 1787. He was the 4th president

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Abolitionist

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people who want to abolish slavery

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Sojourner Truth

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a former slave was one of the earliest and most passionate female abolitionist . Escaped from her owner in 1920 and by 1940 became a powerful speaker against slavery

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Underground Railroad

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system of slave escape routes

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Harriet Tubman

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born a slave escaped in 1850. She was a conductor on the underground railroad helping 300 to freedom

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Missouri Compromise

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In 1820 was able to join the union but remained a slave state

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Kansas-Nebraska Act

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1854 the law that repealed the Missouri compromise people of Kansas and Nebraska could choose

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Abraham Lincoln

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16th president. He signed the emancipation of proclamation-order confederate states to free the slaves.
Delivered the Gettysburg address-the meaning of and the price of liberty.

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Clara Barton

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served as a nurse to wounded Union Soldiers during the civil war
establish the American Red Cross in 1881

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Reconstruction

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after the civil war when the South was rebuilt

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41
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13th, 14th and 15th amendments are

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Reconstruction Amendments

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42
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Florence Nightingale

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founder of modern nursing and a reformer of hospital sanitation methods

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Homesteaders

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People who settled on the great plains between 1862 and 1890 . Homestead Act 1862 any citizen could claim 160 acres

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Dust Bowl

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refers to Great Plains drought of 1930.

Conservation program was started and farming methods were changed to save land

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Amelia Earhart

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First women to fly solo

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Franklin D Roosevelt

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32nd president
New deal federal supported public work programs help pulled US out of great depression of 1930.
Good neighbor Policy-called for less interference by the US in affairs of countries of Latin America and South America

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Railroads

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important part of the opening of the west

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Panama Canal

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Was opened in 1914. Provided a short cut between Atlantic and pacific ocean

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Suffrage

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having the right to vote (women)

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Temperance Movement

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social movement against the use of alcohol.
18th amendment total abstinence from it
21st amendment repealed Prohibition

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Carry Nation

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Crusader for the temperance movement known by the hatchet she carried to break up saloons

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W.E.B Dubois

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was a teacher and writer who help found the National Association for Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) in 1909

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Jane Addams

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Founded of the Hull House providing services in Chicago for new foreign immigrants.
Her efforts with federal child labor laws
Received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1931

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Isolationism

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is an attitude of remaining separate from other countries

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Woodrow Wilson

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28th president, goals he hoped would establish a peaceful world following World War I. One of the fourteen points called for the creation of a League of Nations

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Audie Murphy

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from Texas known as the most decorated United States combat soldier in World War II.

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Marshall Plan

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Helped rebuild Western Europe following World War II

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Thurgood Marshall

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First African American Supreme Court Justice
Marshall represented the Brown Family in Brown V. Board of Education of Topeka leading to desegregation of the public schools

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Rosa Parks

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Mother of the Civil Rights Movement

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Martin Luther King, Jr

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leader of the civil rights movement. Speech “I Have A Dream”

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Cesar Chavez

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Organized Mexican American and migrant farm worker to win better wages and working condition

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Neil Armstrong

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First person to walk on the moon

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Statue of Liberty means

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friendship, liberty, and hope

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Caddos (Indians)

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were farmer and a ranked social system. They lived in Piney Woods region (coastal Plains region known as east TX)

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Karankawas (Blackfoot and Sioux)

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lived along the Gulf Coast. They were nomads and survived by hunting and gathering.

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Comanche

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lived on the High Plains in what is now the Texas Panhandle. They had horse to hunt buffalo, they are hunters and gathers

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Pueblo

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Lived in far west Texas. Built a great civilization. They were farmers and killed off by the boll weevil

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Stephen F. Austin

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Son of Moses Austin. His family is known as “The Old Three Hundred”
He was an EMPRESARIO an agent who made an arrangement to bring settlers to Texas. Before and after the Texas Revolution with Mexico his is called “The Father of Texas”

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GTT

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Gone to Texas

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Texas Revolution

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  • tension between settlers and Mexican government.

- Battle of Gonzales Oct 2 1835 began the Revolution

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Battle of the Alamo

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March 1836 Santa Anna Mexican army defeated Travis providing the rallying cry for the revolution “Remember the Alamo”

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Final Battle of the Texas revolution

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San Jacinto on April 21. 1836, General Santa Anna surrendered to General Sam Houston. The Treaty of Velasco ended the Texas Revolution

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Sam Houston

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  • commander-in-chief of the armies in Texas during the war for independence from Mexico, (Battle of Jacinto on April 21, 1836)
  • first president of Texas and served as senator form and governor of the state of Texas
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Davy Crockett

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Frontiers and congressman from Tennessee who moved to Texas after losing an election. He was killed at the Battle of the Alamo March 6th, 1836

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Buffalo Soldiers

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African American United States cavalry soldier who served on the Texas frontier
Name was a sign of respect for their bravery

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Quannah Parker

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Last great chief of the Comanche

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Miriam Ferguson

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First female governor of Texas. She pardoned large numbers of convict, thus reducing money spent on the prison system

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Cultural Diffusion

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spread of ideas, invention or patterns of behavior from one culture to another.

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Direct Diffusion

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contact with one another

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Indirect diffusion

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through electronic technology= television or internet

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Steps for recognizing Point of View

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  1. become familiar with the subject

2. Be aware of words and phrases that convey feelings or attitudes

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Recognizing Bias

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one sided attitude toward a subject

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Recognizing Propaganda

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any scheme or effort to promote an idea or point of view

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Primary Source

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are records made by people who saw or took part in an event diary

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Secondary source

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material produced by people who didn’t actually witness or participate in the event Textbook

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Glossary

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list of terms with pronunciation and definitions

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Absolute Location

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exact location-uses a grid system of latitude and longitude
Latitude is the equator
Longitude is the prime meridian

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Time zone in United States

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6 in US and 24 around the world

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Natural Regions of Texas

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Coastal Plains-East Texas /Coast
North Central Plains-Dallas/Ft. Worth
Great Plains-Panhandle straight down to Rio grand
Mountain and Basins- west Texas/El paso

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Pull Factor

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draw people into an area

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Push Factor

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drive people away from their original location

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Political Map

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features that humans have created (cites, county, or states)

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Physical Map

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Shows the physical features of the earths surface. Land forms/bodies of water

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Elevation Map

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Distance above sea level (mile is 5280ft)

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Topographic Map

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refers to land forms, natural features of landscape. Visualize the steepness of the terrain. Gives shape of the earths surface

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Map scale

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compares a unit of length on the map and unit of distance on the earth

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Map Legend

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Is a key explaining colors and symbols

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Compass Rose

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Shows the cardinal and intermediate direction

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Continent

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There are 7 (north American, south America, Europe Africa, Asia, Australia, and Antarctica)
Continental drift when continent are pulled apart discovered by Wagner
Pangaea when continent are put together

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Delta

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Mouth of a river

Example Mississippi river in New Orleans

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Fjord

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Long, steep-sided glacial valley filled with sea water

Example can be found in Alaska and Norway

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Isthmus

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narrow piece of land that connect two larger landmasses

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Mesa

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flat-topped elevated land form with steep sides

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Savanna

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tropical grassland which contains scattered trees

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Peninsula

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body of land surrounded by water on three sides.

Example Florida is a peninsula

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Plateau

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level, mostly flat, expanse of land that is raised above the adjoining land.
Example-cities of San Angelo, Austin

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Renewable Resources

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Resources that can be replaced naturally or by people

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Non-renewable Resources

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Resources that can NOT be replaced naturally or by humans

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Desertification

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transformation of arable land into desert

Usually the result of human activity example Dust Bowl in 1930

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Internal Forces

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inside the earth-volcanoes and earthquakes

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External Forces

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surface of the earth-weathering and erosion

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Plate Tectonics

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Theory states that the earth’s crust is divided into plates which are continually moving

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Physical weathering

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something physical happens example water freezing that breaks the rock down

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Chemical weathering

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When the chemical makeup changes. Caves are usually caused by chemical weathering

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Water erosion

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Example the Grand Canyon was carved out by the Colorado river

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Day and Night

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earth rotate on its axis once every 24 hours

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seasons

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earth is titled 23.5 degrees which every part is closer to the sun determines the season

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Year

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earth revolves around the sun. One complete time around the sun equals one year

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Traditional System

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Customs. habits. laws, and religious beliefs control decisions

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Command System

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are government control or commands

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Communism

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all property and means of production are collectively owned and directed by the state.
Example Cuba and North Korea formerly Soviet Union

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Socialism

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economic system in which the government owns some factors of production and has a role in determining how goods are produced Example is Sweden

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Market System

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individual control production of goods and distribution of resources

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Free Enterprise System

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Supply, demand, and prices to determine how much produce to produce..
The system proposes that privately owned businesses should have the freedom to operate for a profit and with limited intervention by the government

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Supply

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refers to the amount of goods available

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Demand

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is the desire to want something and pay for it

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Scarcity

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supply of a good does not satisfy the demand for the good. (cause an increase in price)

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Producer

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person or organization that creates goods or services

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Consumer

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person or organization that purchases goods or services

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Mass Production

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way to produce many good at once using interchangeable part to streamline production Example Henry Ford

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Assembly line

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system is when parts of a product are put together as they move down a line of workers

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Division of Labor

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work is divided into separate tasks, each worker does only part of the large job

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Interchangeable Parts

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parts have pieces that are exactly the same making it easier to repair.

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North American Free Trade Act (NAFTA)

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agreement in 1993 between US and Canada/Mexico to reduce tariffs and encourage trade

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Embargo

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prohibition on the import or export of a good

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Gross Domestic Product (GDP)

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total value of a country’s good and services produced each year

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Cattle Ranching

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began 1600 and 1700s on Spanish land grants along the Rio Grande River. Many of the ranching customs and vocabulary we use today ad their origins in Spain and Mexico

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Robert Fulton

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inventor of Steam boat

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Joseph Glidden

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inventor of barbed wire

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Louis Pasteur

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Invented a heating process (pasteurization) which kilss microorganisms in food

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Jonas Salk

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formulated a vaccine against polio in 1950’s

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Eli Whitney

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inventory of cotton gin (which increased slavery)

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Civil Responsibility

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Obligation of citizens to be active, peaceful, loyal, and supportive of the community

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Democracy

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Power is shared by state and national government

Example US

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Oligarchy

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Few powerful individual hold all the power

Example China the Chinese Communist Party and Chinese military have the control

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Totalitarianism

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One political group maintains complete control under dictatorship Example Adolph Hitler

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Monarchy

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One single person is the head of the state. Hereditary position Example is United Kingdom

148
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Virginia House of Burgesses

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was the first representative government in the American Colonies.
Met for the first time at Jamestown on July 30, 1619

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Mayflower Compact (1620)

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Pilgrims agreed to elect their own leader and make their own laws. Planned to self govern

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Articles of Confederation

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Was the first plan for central government for the United State
Included a unicameral or single-chamber congress

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Shea rebellion

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was for individual rights

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Preamble

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told why (constitutions)

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Articles

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Contain 7 Articles That cover general topics such as the branches of government and how laws are passed

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Copyright Clauses

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gives authors and inventors exclusive right to their respective writing and discoverers for a limited of time

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Full Faith and Credit Clause

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says that the state must recognize the laws and judicial decision of the others states

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1st amendment

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free speech and press

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2nd amendment

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bear arms

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3rd amendment

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forbids the government from quartering soldiers in private homes

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4th amendment

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search and seizure

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5th amendment

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double jeopardy

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6th amendment

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right to a speedy trail

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7th amendment

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right to jury

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8th amendment

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bail if a person is awaiting trail

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9th amendment

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Right is not specifically listed in the constitution, that the right doesn’t exist

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10th amendment

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division of power between state and federal government

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13th amendment

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Forbids slavery

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14th amendment

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all person born in us are citizens

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15th amendment

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Black mans right to vote

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19th amendment

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women right to vote

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Popular Sovereignty

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the idea that authority for government action comes from the people an the people are the only source for the government’s power

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Due process

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Is the Judaical requirement that laws may not contain provision that result in unfair or unreasonable treatment 1. requires notice to the person they are accused of doing something wrong and the governments plans to take action 2. Gives the person the right to be heard concerning the accusation of wrong doing

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Legislative Branch

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is Bicameral or two chamber. They MAKE THE LAWS

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Great Compromise

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House of Representative membership would be based on state population (Texas has 35)
Senate-2 members for every state

174
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Executive Branch

A

Carries out the laws

175
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Judicial Branch

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settles the difference about meaning of the laws

176
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Marbury v. Madison (1803)

A

Helped to define the checks and balances system as set forth in the constitution

177
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Dred Scott v. Sandford (1857)

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slaves had no rights

178
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Plessy v. Ferguson (1896)

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Separate but equal or racial segregation

179
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Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka (1954)

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desegregation of public schools

180
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Star Spangled Banner

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America’s National Anthem

Wrote by Francis Scott key at Fort McHenry in Maryland during War of 1812

181
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Constitution of the State of Texas

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took in effect 1876 has been amended 456 times.

Both the Texas and US constitution describe 3 branch of government and amendments

182
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How many counties does Texas have

A

254

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