Miss Campbell RUSH 1-110
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Legislative | The branch of government responsible for making our laws |
| Supreme Court | The highest court in the United States |
| U.S. Congress | The main law-making body of the U.S. It is made up of the Senate and House of Representatives |
| Articles of Confederation | The ____________ put the government in the hands of the states, not the people. There was a 1-house legislature, no executive branch, and no court system. |
| U.S. Constitution | Under the __________, the government is shared between the states and the federal government. It is based on the idea that the government comes from the people. |
| Federalism | A type of government that is shared between the states and the federal government |
| Daniel Boone | __________ made the first permanent settlement west of the Appalachian Mountains. |
| Wilderness Trail | Daniel Boone crossed the Cumberland Gap through the Appalachian Mountains to Kentucky creating the ___________. |
| Lewis and Clark | ____________ were sent by Thomas Jefferson to explore and map the Louisiana Purchase. |
| Zebulon Pike | _____________ explored the upper regions of the Mississippi River and made treaties with the Native Americans. He also mapped and claimed lands stretching to the Pacific Ocean and up to Oregon Country during westward expansion. |
| Manifest Destiny | is the reason that many Americans supported westward expansion. They believed they had a God-given right to expand and claim lands from coast to coast. |
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