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What is an amendment?
Give an example of an amendment |
An amendment is an addition or change to the Constitution.
An example is the 13th Amendment which abolished slavery. |
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What is the Bill of Rights
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The Bill of Rights represents the first ten amendments to the United States Constitution
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What was the Civil War?
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It was the war between the Union and the Confederacy (North and South) lasting from 1861 through 1865.
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What was the primary cause of the Civil War?
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The Southern states wanted to keep the institution of slavery.
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Who was the president of the United States during the Civil War?
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Abraham Lincoln
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Who was the president of the Confederate States during the Civil War?
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Jefferson Davis
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What is a dictatorship?
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A system of government in which one person or a small group rules, usually through fear and force.
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Give two examples of dictators and where they ruled.
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Adolph Hitler WWII Germany and Joseph Stalin WWII Soviet Union
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The Korean War was fought when?
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1950-1953
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Define the word power:
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Power is the ability to control people's behavior: through force, through authority, and through influence.
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