What were the essential ideas expressed by George Mason in the Virginia "Declaration of Rights"?

What will be an ideal response?


Key Points: individual rights; sovereignty; the rights of the people; Bill of Rights

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Explain why four of the following issues were important to freed people after the Civil War: marriage, family, names, travel, labor contracts, and work done by women and children.

What will be an ideal response?

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The first independent governments in U.S. history belonged to the individual states, which did all of the following EXCEPT

A. agree with one another on what exactly a republican government should look like. B. devise their own political systems. C. make their own laws. D. draw upon their own different colonial legacies.

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Describe the Cold War conflict, including American actions and foreign policy during this period.

What will be an ideal response?

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In 1860, the Democrats nominated Stephan Douglas and __________ for president

A) John C. Calhoun B) James Buchanan C) John C. Breckinridge D) John Bell

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