An Encyclopedia of American PoliticsEdwin Valentine Mitchell Doubleday, Incorporated, 1946 - 338 pages |
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... Union on an equal footing with all the other states . The United States Supreme Court has held that Congress cannot impose political restrictions on a new state , because if it were permitted to do so , " the Union , through the power ...
... Union on an equal footing with all the other states . The United States Supreme Court has held that Congress cannot impose political restrictions on a new state , because if it were permitted to do so , " the Union , through the power ...
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... union a union consisting of a five- pointed star . On June 14 , 1777 , Congress formally established a field of thirteen stripes and a union of thirteen white stars on a blue field , and this new flag was probably first used at the ...
... union a union consisting of a five- pointed star . On June 14 , 1777 , Congress formally established a field of thirteen stripes and a union of thirteen white stars on a blue field , and this new flag was probably first used at the ...
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... Union in 1858. The state has been Republican , but with pronounced independent tendencies . Occasionally the Democrats have managed to elect a governor , but in national elec- tions the state has , on the whole , been Republican from ...
... Union in 1858. The state has been Republican , but with pronounced independent tendencies . Occasionally the Democrats have managed to elect a governor , but in national elec- tions the state has , on the whole , been Republican from ...
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