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SS Grade 8 Accomplishments (2751 words) |
 | List the various cultures that contributed to the development of the United States. |
| List the characteristics of the Spanish and Portuguese exploration and conquest of the Americas. |
| List the early European explorers and their nations of origin. |
| SSC - TEKS and TAKS - TEKS Glossary - Grade 5 (3943 words) |
| In 1866, ten of the eleven Confederate states refused to ratify, but the Military Reconstruction Act, passed by Congress on March 2, 1867, required all seceded states to ratify the amendment as a condition of their readmission into the union, and to extend the right to vote to the freedmen. |
| In 1868, the required number of states ratified the 14th Amendment which declared that all persons born in the United States (except Indians) were citizens, that all citizens were entitled to equal rights regardless of their race, and their rights were protected by due process of the law. |
| Representation is proportional to each state's population in the House of Representatives while states have equal representation in the Senate. |
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