UIL Social Studies 5th grade – Flashcards
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Bill of Rights
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The first ten amendments to the US Constitution.
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Judicial
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Branch of Government in charged with making the laws.
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Supreme Court
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Makes sure our Federal laws are interpreted according to the Constitution.
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Weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation
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Inability to collect taxes, congress and states could make their own money, and no executive or judicial branches.
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James Madison
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A main author of the US Constitution.
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George Mason
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Influential Virginian who refused to vote for the Constitution until Bill of Right was added.
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Benjamin Franklin
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Founding Father that was a diplomat, inventor and publisher.
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Thomas Jefferson
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Founding Father that wrote the Declaration of Independence, was a President of the US and involved in the Louisiana Purchase..
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voting
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an important civic responsibility.
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John Kerry
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Secretary of State.
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July 4, 1776
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Date the Declaration of Independence was signed.
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56
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Number of signatures that appear on the Declaration of Independence.
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"Form a more perfect Union"
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to create a nation in which states work together.
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"Insure domestic tranquility"
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Goal of the Federal Marshals.
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Democracy
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A form of government in which citizens choose the nation's leaders by voting for them.
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Greece
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Country called the "cradle of democracy".
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1st Reading og the Declaration of Independance
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Why the Liberty Bell was rung on July 8, 1776.
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summon
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to call
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The Liberty Bell symbolized what
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the end to slavery.
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Receive an education
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This is how a young person can be a good citizen.
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New York
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Where Congress met to propose the Bill of Rights to be added to the Constitution.
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3/4
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Number of state legislatures that had to ratify the new articles for them to be added to the US Constitution.
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Government
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a set of rules that people need in order to live together without conflict.
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Economic Systems
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refers to the different ways people and nations go about meeting their daily needs.
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Schools
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where most young people meet people from other ethnic groups.
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Developing
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Type of country that has not enough jobs, poor schools and increasing population.
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Governor
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Person that suggests new laws, signs new laws, and has appointment power.
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Barbara Jordan
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the first African American woman from the South to be elected to US Congress.
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Court of Criminal Appeals
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The highest courts in Texas.
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David Dewhurst
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Current Lieutenant Governor of Texas.
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Inalienable Rights
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Rights that cannot be taken away.
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Legislative Branch
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The branch of the US Government in charge of making laws.
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Roger Sherman
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Credited with proposing the Great Compromise.
