【小题2】Admission。根据文章第一段“The state was admitted to the Union”可知。【小题3】 volcanoes。根据文章内容可知,夏威夷岛屿的形成是火山喷发的缘故。【小题4】 composed/consisting 。根据文章第二段“which is made up of hundreds of islands spread over 1,500 miles”可知。composed/consisting of...
of America are collected in this easy-to-read volume, which includes the Constitution of the United States of America, with all of the Amendments; The Declaration of Independence; the Articles of Confederation, and an appendix containing a list...
TENNESSEE. The name of one of the new states of the United States of America. This state was admitted into the Union by virtue of the "act for the admission of the state of Tennessee into the Union," approved June 1, 1796, 1 Story's L. IT. S. 450, which recites and enacts as...
George W. Bush: 2002 State of the Union addressU.S. Pres. George W. Bush delivering the 2002 State of the Union address, in which he described Iraq, Iran, and North Korea as an “axis of evil.” In the primary campaign, Bush faced little opposition for the Republicannomination, while...
Before its admission to the Union as the 37th state in 1867, theNebraska Territoryhad been sparsely settled. As railroads pushed west, waves of homesteaders started arriving in 1860.Omahahad been the territorial capital, but the seat of government was moved to Lancaster, later renamed Lincoln fo...
Studentswillbeabletolearn:StatecapitalandnicknameNumberofstateanddateofadmissionTheflags,birds,trees,andflowersthatrepresenteachstate HowToGetAround •Userscannavigatethroughtheslideshow inalphabeticalorderofthestatebyclickingoneachscreen.• UserscanclickontheindividualstateabbreviationontheUnitedStates...
Before its admission to the Union as the 37th state in 1867, the Nebraska Territory had been sparsely settled. As railroads pushed west, waves of homesteaders started arriving in 1860. Omaha had been the territorial capital, but the seat of government was moved to Lancaster, later renamed Linc...
In doing so, it asserts that a weak union of the states will make the country more vulnerable to internal and external dissension, including civil war and invasion from foreign powers.One of the most famous of its essays is The Federalist, number 10, by James Madison. In it, Madison ...
In the Early Days of the Union Immediately after the adoption of the Constitution, controversy arose as to how to interpret the enumerated powers granted the federal government. AlexanderHamiltonand theFederalist partyfavored a broad interpretation, which meant a strong central government deriving its ...
the “Green Mountain Boys,’’ a band of patriots led by Ethan Allen who formed a militia to fight in the war and later became some of the founding fathers of the state. After 14 years as a self-declared independent republic,Vermont was admittedto the Union as the 14th state in 1791....