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<ul><li>{{#tip-text:unalienable| not divisible, cannot be taken away; thus in the Declaration, "unalienable rights" are those that people are born with and cannot be taken away; unalienable rights can be violated, but under the theory of "natural law" any violation of those rights is illegitimate; note: "unalienable" = same as "inalienable" }}</ul></li> | <ul><li>{{#tip-text:unalienable| not divisible, cannot be taken away; thus in the Declaration, "unalienable rights" are those that people are born with and cannot be taken away; unalienable rights can be violated, but under the theory of "natural law" any violation of those rights is illegitimate; note: "unalienable" = same as "inalienable" }}</ul></li> | ||
<ul><li>{{#tip-text:unintended consequence|effects of a policy, decision or action that are unexpected or unanticipated}}</ul></li> | <ul><li>{{#tip-text:unintended consequence|effects of a policy, decision or action that are unexpected or unanticipated}}</ul></li> | ||
<ul><li>{{#tip-text:United States|so-called because of the "union" of independent states that joined to form a single country}}</ul></li> | <ul><li>{{#tip-text:United States|so-called because of the "union" of independent states that joined to form a single country; it is useful to note that prior to the Civil War the nation was referred to as "these United States", in the plural, whereas after the Civil War it changed to "the United States", in the singular, reflecting a dramatic change in the self-conception of the nation and union}}</ul></li> | ||
<ul><li>{{#tip-text:western expansion|we can look upon the American historical experience as one of ongoing westward, or western, expansion: 1st spreading westward from teh coastal plains, then over the Appalachians into the Ohio Valley, then into the Mississippi Valley and across the Mississippi River, then across the Plains, up to the Rocky Mountains, then expansion to Califoria, especially following the 1849 Gold Rush; then connecting the nation through netwards of railroads and telegraph; then overseas expansion (Spanish-American War) and intervention (WWs I and II) and spread of American political, cultural and economic activity and influence across the world into the modern world of instantaneous connectivity}} | |||
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