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The AmericansSection 3, Ch. 4
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Native Americans
Experts believe that the first Americanscame from Asia on a land bridge that
connected Asia with present-day
Alaska. Their descendants today areknown as Native Americans.
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Explorers and Colonists
Around A.D. 1500, Europeans arrived in theAmericas.
Because of the abundance of raw materials,European countries set up colonies in theAmericas.
The British colonists soon began to seethemselves as Americans.
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Explorers and Colonists
From 1775 to 1783, the Americans
fought the American Revolutionary War
and won their independence from GreatBritain.
The Treaty of Paris (1783) was thedocument that officially ended the war.
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The U.S. Constitution
In 1787 a group of American leadersmet to create a new national
government. They wrote the United States
Constitution, the basis for all our laws.
Constitutional amendments allow theconstitution to be changed in a peacefulway.
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Bill of Rights:
Amendment 1 - Freedom of Religion, Press,
Expression
Amendment 2 - Right to Bear Arms
Amendment 3 - Quartering of Soldiers
Amendment 4 - Search and SeizureAmendment 5 - Trial and Punishment,
Compensation for Takings
Amendment 6 - Right to Speedy Trial,
Confrontation of Witnesses
Amendment 7 - Trial by Jury in Civil Cases
Amendment 8 - Cruel and Unusual
Punishment
Amendment 9 - Construction of Constitution
Amendment 10 - Powers of the States and
People
Amendment 11 - Judicial Limits
Amendment 12 - Choosing the President, Vice President
Amendment 13 - Slavery Abolished
Amendment 14 - Citizenship Rights
Amendment 15 - Race No Bar to Vote
Amendment 16 - Status of Income Tax Clarified
Amendment 17 - Senators Elected by Popular VoteAmendment 18 - Liquor Abolished
Amendment 19 - Women's Suffrage
Amendment 20 - Presidential, Congressional Terms
Amendment 21 - Amendment 18 Repealed
Amendment 22 - Presidential Term Limits
Amendment 23 - Presidential Vote for District of
ColumbiaAmendment 24 - Poll Taxes Barred
Amendment 25 - Presidential Disability and Succession
Amendment 26 - Voting Age Set to 18 Years
Amendment 27 - Limiting Congressional Pay Increases
Amendments
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A Federal Republic
Our government is based upon the principleof democracy, or rule by the people.
The U.S. has a representative democracy,
in which voters choose leaders who makeand enforce the laws.
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A Federal Republic
People elected by the voters of each
state serve in state or national
government. In this way, the U.S. is a federal republic,
or a government divided between
national and state powers with apresident who leads the national
government.
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Executive
Legislative
Judicial
U.S. Government
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A Period of Growth
Be the mid-1800s, the South had built an
economy based on slave labor, an issue that
divided the country. Several Southern states seceded, or
withdrew from the national government,
bringing about the Civil War in 1861.
At the end of the war, the Southern states
were brought back into the Union, and slavery
was abolished.
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A Period of Growth
Following the Civil War, economic
growth attracted another great wave of
people from other countries.
These people were immigrants, or
people who move to a new country tomake a permanent home.
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A World LeaderThe U.S. participated in the two World
Wars. After World War II, some groups
of Americans - women, African
Americans, and Hispanic Americans,
struggled for equality.
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