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President Abraham Lincoln on the battlefield of Antietam, October 1862. The Battle of Antietamended the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia’s first invasion into the North and led to PresidentLincoln’s issuance of the preliminary Emancipation Proclamation.Courtesy of the National Archives, File # 165-SB-2364
Since it first convened in1790, the U.S. SupremeCourt has been the centralarena for debate on some ofAmerica’s most important socialand public policy issues includingcivil rights, powers of government,and equal opportunity.As the ultimate authority onconstitutional law, the SupremeCourt attempts to settle disputeswhen it appears that federal,state, or local laws conflict withthe Constitution. The SupremeCourt’s decisions determine howAmerica’s principles and ideals,as expressed in the Constitution,are carried out in everyday life.These decisions impact the livesof all Americans. In the followingsection, you will read aboutseveral landmark decisions of theSupreme Court that are importantto know and understand as aUnited States citizen.65
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make their own decisions and pursue
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Beginning early in ourNation’s hi
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In “The Star Spangled Banner,”
Page 21 and 22: “America the Beautiful”was writ
Page 23 and 24: As part of an auction heldin 1883 t
Page 25 and 26: most cherished work, thepoetry coll
Page 27 and 28: Concord HymnBy the rude bridge that
Page 29 and 30: Day observances to celebrate the400
Page 31 and 32: On July 30, 1956, PresidentDwight D
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Page 35 and 36: People in the United Statesgreatly
Page 37 and 38: Address. This practice was laterrev
Page 39 and 40: Inauguration of President Abraham L
Page 41 and 42: Considered one of the mostimportant
Page 43 and 44: In January 1941, asmuch of Europeha
Page 45 and 46: The first is freedom of speech and
Page 47 and 48: On January 20, 1961, Kennedydeliver
Page 49 and 50: On August 28, 1963,nearly 250,000 p
Page 51 and 52: On June 12, 1987,President Ronald R
Page 53 and 54: In its most basic form, the U.S.sys
Page 55 and 56: jurisdiction of the VirginiaColony
Page 57 and 58: Act, which directly taxed thecoloni
Page 59 and 60: THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCEActi
Page 61 and 62: For suspending our own Legislatures
Page 63 and 64: Following the ConstitutionalConvent
Page 65 and 66: No. 41 (James Madison)Every man who
Page 67 and 68: Articles of Confederation wouldnot
Page 69 and 70: As the fierce fighting ofthe Americ
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Page 75 and 76: these positions, and the Senateconf
Page 77 and 78: While great strides weremade in est
Page 79 and 80: In 1940, as most of Europewas at wa
Page 81 and 82: Since the U.S. SupremeCourt’s 189
Page 83 and 84: The United States has along, cheris
Page 85 and 86: Ulysses S. GrantPresident Ulysses S
Page 87 and 88: Woodrow Wilson“This is the only c
Page 89 and 90: Harry S. Truman“There is no more
Page 91 and 92: George H. W. Bush“Nearly all Amer
Page 93 and 94: Throughout our nation’shistory, f
Page 95 and 96: Alexander Hamilton (1757-1804)First
Page 97 and 98: Joseph Pulitzer (1847-1911)American
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Page 101 and 102: on to serve as an assistant U.S. at
Page 103 and 104: settling in Los Angeles. He became
Page 105 and 106: troops overseas, including World Wa
Page 107 and 108: Celia Cruz (1925-2003)American sing
Page 109 and 110: U.S. CitizenShip and immigration Se
Page 111 and 112: “With malice toward none; with ch
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