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1、28. theGreatLakesTheGreatLakesarethemostimportantlakesintheUnitedStates.TheyareLakeSuperior,whichisthelargestfreshwaterlakeintheworld,LakeMichigan——theonlyoneentirelyintheU.S.——LakeHuron,LakeErieandLakeOntario.TheyarealllocatedbetweenCanadaandtheUnitedStatesexceptLakeMichiga
2、n.29. NewEnglandNewEnglandismadeupofsixstatesoftheNorth-East.TheyareMaine,NewHampshire,Vermont,Massachusetts,RhodeIsland,andConnecticut.ItissometimescalledthebirthplaceofAmerica.30. babyboom“babyboom”referstothegreatincreaseofbirthratebetween1946and1964.Peopleborninthisperi
3、odarecalledbabybammers31. theChineseExclusionActItwaspassedbytheU.S.Congressinmay,1882.ItstoppedChineseimmigrationfortenyears.32. theBillofRightsIn1789,JamesMadisonintroducedintheHouseofRepresentationsaseriesofamendmentswhichlaterweredraftedintotwelveproposedamendmentsand
4、senttothestatesforratification.Tenofthemwereratifiedin1791andbecamethefirsttenamendmentstotheConstitution——theBillofRights.33. theEmancipationProclamationDuringtheCivilwar,LincolnissuedtheEmancipationProclamationtogetmoresupportfortheUnionathomeandabroad.Itgrantedfreedomtoal
5、lslaves.34. theConstitutionalConventionIn1787,aconferencewasheldinPhiladelphiatoconsiderwhatshouldbedonetomaketheArticlesofConfederationadequate.AllthedelegatesagreedtorevisetheArticlesofConfederationanddrawupanewplanofgovernment.Afterstruggle,theConstitutionwasratifiedatlas
6、t.ThisconferenceiscalledtheConstitutionalConvertion.35. theProgressiveMovementTheProgressiveMovementisamovementdemandinggovernmentregulationoftheeconomyandsocialconditions.Itspreadquicklywiththesupportoflargenumbersofpeopleacrossthecountry.Itwasnotanorganizedcampaignwithcl
7、earlydefinedgoals.36. thePeaceConferenceThePeaceConferenceortheParisConference,beganonJanuary18,1919.TheconferencewasactuallyaconferenceofdivisionofcoloniesofGermany,Austro-HungaryandtheOttomanEmpireandthegrabbingofasmuchaspossiblefromthedefeatednations.ItwasdominatedbytheBi
8、gFour(theUnitedStates,Britain.France,andItaly)37. theTrumanDoctrine
