esl dictation week 4

ESL Dictation Week 4

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1. Puerto Rico, U.S. Virgin Islands, American Samoa,

Northern Mariana Islands, and Guam are U.S. territories.


2. Martin Luther King, Jr. fought for civil rights.


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3. The civil rights movement tried to end racial discrimination.



4. President Eisenhower was a general in World War II.


5. Susan B. Anthony fought for women’s rights.



6. In the 1800s, the U.S. fought in the War of 1812, the Mexican-American War, the Civil War, and the Spanish-

American War.



7. The United States bought the Louisiana Territory from France in

1803.


8. James Madison, Alexander Hamilton, and John Jay were some of the writers of the Federalist Papers.


9. The Constitution was written at the Constitutional Convention.


10. Life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness are rights in the Declaration

of Independence.



11. The federal government can print money, declare war, create

an army, and make treaties.

12. The economic system in the United States is a capitalist or market

economy.


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esl dictation week 4

Documents

civil war

world war

mexicanamerican war

united states

civil rights movement

virgin islands

american samoa

northern mariana islands