A Condensed School History of the United States: Constructed for Definite Results in Recitation and Containing a New Method of Topical ReviewsIvison, Blakeman, Taylor, & Company, 1875 - 325 страница |
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Страница 304 - Congress shall have power to dispose of and make all needful rules and regulations respecting the territory or other property belonging to the United States ; and nothing in this Constitution shall be so construed as to prejudice any claims of the United States or of any particular State. Section IV. Guarantee to the States. The United States shall guarantee to every State in this Union a republican form of government, and shall protect each of them against invasion, and on application of the legislature,...
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