The newly independent states had constitutions that created
______________________legislatures.

bicameral

_________________inspired colonists by publishing a pamphlet called
Common Sense.

Thomas Paine

Signing _______________________ is the first step to gaining American citizenship.

a Declaration of Intention

________________________is a government controlled by one person or a small group of people.

A dictatorship

The ________________ coordinates the work of the Peace Corps,
AmeriCorps, and Senior Corps.

USA Freedom Corps

Americans give their consent to the government by_________________

voting.

_________________is the intentional hiring and promoting of women and minorities in an attempt to remedy past discrimination.

Affirmative action

Social separation of the races is known as ________________________

segregation.

The ___________________ marked the beginning of self-government in colonial America.

House of Burgesses

Aliens may not _________________________.

vote in elections.

The newly independent states had constitutions that created
_______________________________legislatures.

bicameral

__________________inspired colonists by publishing a pamphlet called
Common Sense.

Thomas Paine