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128 Civics Questions in ORDER (RICKY VOICE) for U.S. Citizenship Test – Fast Male Voice, Full Answer, No Repetition · U.S. Citizenship Test 2026

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  What is the form of government of the United States Republic
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  Constitution based Federal Republic Representative
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  democracy. What is the supreme law of the
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  land US Constitution? Name one thing the US
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  Constitution does. Forms the government, Defines
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  powers of government, defines the parts of government,
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  protects the rights of the people. the US Constitution
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  starts with the words We the people.
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  What does we the people mean? Self government, Popular
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  sovereignty, Consent of the governed.
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  People should govern themselves. Example of social contract how
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  are changes made to the US Constitution?
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  Amendments The amendment process What does the Bill of Rights
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  protect? The basic rights of Americans
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  The basic rights of people living in the United States.
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  How many amendments does the US Constitution have?
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  27 Why is the Declaration of Independence important?
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  It says America is free from British control.
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  It says all people are created equal.
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  It identifies inherent rights. It identifies individual
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  freedoms. What founding documents said the
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  American colonies were free from Britain?
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  Declaration of Independence name 2 Important ideas from the
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  Declaration of Independence and the US Constitution Equality,
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  liberty, social contract, Natural rights, limited
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  government, self government The words life, liberty, and the
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  pursuit of happiness are in what Founding document Declaration of
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  Independence What is the economic system of the United
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  States? Capitalism Free market economy
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  What is the rule of law? Everyone must follow the law.
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  Leaders must obey the law. Government must obey the law.
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  No one is above the law. Many documents influence the US
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  Constitution. Name 1 Declaration of
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  Independence, Articles of Confederation, Federalist
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  papers, anti Federalist papers, Virginia Declaration of rights,
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  Fundamental orders of Connecticut Mayflower Compact,
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  Iroquois Great law of peace. There are three branches of
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  government. Why so one part does not become
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  too powerful. Checks and balances Separation
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  of Powers Name the three branches of government,
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  Legislative, executive and judicial Congress.
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  President in the courts The President of the United States
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  is in charge of which branch of government?
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  Executive branch What part of the federal government Rights
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  laws U.S. Congress, US or national
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  legislature Legislative branch What are the two parts of the US
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  Congress, Senate and House of Representatives?
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  Name one power of the US Congress rights laws.
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  Declares war, Makes the federal budget.
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  How many US senators are there? 100 How long is a term for AUS
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  Senator? Six years?
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  Who is one of your state's US Senators now?
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  For this answer, please visit uscis.gov/citizenship/test
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  Updates. Important District of Columbia
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  residents and residents of US territories should answer that
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  DC, or the territory where the applicant lives, has no US
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  Senators. How many voting members are in
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  the House of Representatives? 435 How long is a term for a
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  member of the House of Representatives?
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  2 years 26 Why do US Representatives serve shorter
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  terms than US Senators? To more closely follow public
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  opinion. How many senators does each
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  state have? Two, why does each state have
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  two senators? Equal representation for small
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  states. The great compromise.
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  Connecticut Compromise. Name your US representative For
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  this answer, please visit uscis.gov/citizenship/test
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  updates. Important residents of
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  territories with non voting delegates or resident
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  commissioners may provide the name of that delegate or
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  commissioner. Also acceptable is any statement
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  that the territory has no voting representatives in Congress.
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  What is the name of the Speaker of the House of Representatives
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  now? For this answer, please visit
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  uscis.gov/citizenship/test updates.
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  Who does AUS senator represent? Citizens of their state?
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  People of their state? Who elects US Senators?
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  Citizens from their state. Who does a member of the House
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  of Representatives represent? Citizens in their Congressional
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  District. Citizens in their district?
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  People from their Congressional District?
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  People in their district. Who elects members of the House
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  of Representatives? Citizens from their
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  Congressional District. Some states have more
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  representatives than other states.
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  Why? Because of the state's
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  population. Because they have more people.
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  Because some states have more people.
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  The President of the United States is elected for how many
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  years? Four years.
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  The President of the United States can serve only two terms.
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  Why? Because of the 22nd Amendment to
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  keep the president from becoming too powerful.
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  What is the name of the President of the United States
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  now? For this answer, please visit
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  uscis.gov/citizenship/test Updates.
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  What is the name of the Vice President of the United States
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  now? For this answer, please visit
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  uscis.gov/citizenship/test Updates.
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  If the President can no longer serve, who becomes president?
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  The Vice President of the United States Name one power of the
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  president. Signs bills into law.
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  Vetoes bills, Enforces laws. Commander in chief of the
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  military. Chief diplomat appoints federal
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  judges. Who is commander in chief of the
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  US military? The President of the United
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  States Who signs bills to become laws.
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  The President of the United States Who vetoes bills.
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  The President of the United States Who appoints federal
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  judges. The President of the United
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  States. The executive branch has many
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  parts. Name 1 President of the United
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  States Cabinet Federal departments and agencies.
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  What does the President's cabinet do?
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  Advises the President of the United States.
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  What are two cabinet level positions?
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  Attorney General, Secretary of Agriculture, Secretary of
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  Commerce, Secretary of Education, Secretary of Energy,
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  Secretary of Health and Human Services, Secretary of Homeland
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  Security, Secretary of Housing and Urban Development.
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  Secretary of the Interior. Secretary of Labor, Secretary of
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  State. Secretary of Transportation.
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  Secretary of the Treasury. Secretary of Veterans Affairs.
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  Secretary of War. Defense Vice President
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  Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency.
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  Administrator of the Small Business Administration.
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  Director of the Central Intelligence Agency.
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  Director of the Office of Management and Budget.
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  Director of National Intelligence.
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  United States Trade Representative.
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  Why is the Electoral College important?
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  It decides who is elected president.
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  It provides A compromise between the popular election of the
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  president and congressional selection.
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  What is one part of the judicial branch?
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  Supreme Court. Federal courts.
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  What does the judicial branch do?
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  Reviews laws. Explains laws.
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  Resolves Disputes disagreements about the law.
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  Decides if a law goes against the US Constitution.
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  What is the highest court in the United States Supreme Court?
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  How many seats are on the Supreme Court?
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  9 How many Supreme Court justices are usually needed to
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  decide a case 5 How long do Supreme Court justices serve?
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  Four Life. Lifetime appointment until
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  retirement. Supreme Court justices serve for
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  life. Why?
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  To be independent of politics. To limit outside political
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  influence, who is the Chief Justice of the United States
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  now? For this answer, please visit
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  uscis.gov/citizenship/testupdates. Name one power that is only for
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  the federal government. Print paper money, Mint coins.
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  Declare war. Create an army, Make treaties.
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  Set foreign policy. Name one power that is only for
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  the states. Provide schooling and education.
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  Provide protection police provide safety, fire
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  departments, Give a driver's license.
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  Approve zoning and land use. What is the purpose of the 10th
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  Amendment? It states that the powers not
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  given to the federal government belong to the states or to the
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  people. Who is the governor of your
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  state now? For this answer, please visit
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  uscis.gov/citizenship/test Updates.
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  Important District of Columbia residents should answer that DC
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  does not have a governor. What is the capital of your
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  state? For this answer, please visit
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  uscis.gov/citizenship/test Updates.
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  Important District of Columbia residents should answer that DC
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  is not a state and does not have a capital.
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  Residents of US territories should name the capital of the
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  territory. There are 4 amendments to the US
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  Constitution about who can vote. Describe one of them.
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  Citizen 18 and older can vote. You don't have to pay a poll tax
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  to vote. Any citizen can vote.
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  Women and men can vote. A male citizen of any race can
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  vote. Who can vote in federal
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  elections? Run for federal office and serve
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  on a jury in the United States. Citizens.
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  Citizens of the United States. U.S. citizens.
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  What are three rights of everyone living in the United
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  States? Freedom of expression, freedom
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  of speech, freedom of assembly, freedom to petition the
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  government, Freedom of religion, the right to bear arms.
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  What do we show loyalty to when we say the Pledge of Allegiance?
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  the United States, The flag name 2 promises that new citizens
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  make in the oath of allegiance. Give up loyalty to other
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  countries, Defend the US Constitution.
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  Obey the laws of the United States serve in the military if
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  needed serve help do important work for the nation if needed.
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  Be loyal to the United States. How can people become United
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  States citizens? Be born in the United States
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  under the conditions set by the 14th Amendment.
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  Naturalize. Derive citizenship under
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  conditions set by Congress. What are two examples of civic
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  participation in the United States?
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  Vote. Run for office.
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  Join a political party. Help with a campaign.
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  Join a civic group. Join a community group.
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  Give an elected official your opinion on an issue.
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  Contact elected officials. Support or oppose an issue or
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  policy. Write to a newspaper.
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  What is one way Americans can serve their country?
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  Vote. Pay taxes.
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  Obey the law. Serve in the military?
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  Run for office, Work for local, state or federal government.
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  Why is it important to pay federal taxes Required by law
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  All people pay to fund the federal government Required by
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  the US Constitution 16th Amendment civic duty.
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  It is important for all men aged 18 through 25 to register for
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  the Selective Service. Name one reason why required by
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  law. Civic duty.
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  Makes the draft fair if needed. The colonists came to America
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  for many reasons. Name 1.
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  Freedom, Political liberty, Religious freedom, Economic
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  opportunity, Escape persecution. Who lived in America before the
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  Europeans arrived? American Indians Native
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  Americans What group of people was taken and sold as slaves?
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  Africans. People from Africa What war did
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  the Americans fight to win independence from Britain?
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  American Revolution The American Revolutionary War War for
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  American independence Name one reason why the Americans
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  declared independence from Britain.
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  High taxes taxation without representation.
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  British soldiers stayed in Americans houses boarding,
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  quartering. They did not have self
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  government. Boston Massacre.
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  Boston Tea Party. Tea Act.
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  Stamp Act. Sugar Act.
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  Townsend Acts. Intolerable Coercive Acts.
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  Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?
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  Thomas Jefferson. When was the Declaration of
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  Independence adopted? July 4th, 1776 The American
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  Revolution had many important events.
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  Name 1 Battle of Bunker Hill Declaration of Independence
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  Washington Crossing The Delaware Battle of Trenton Battle of
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  Saratoga Valley Forge Encampment, Battle of Yorktown
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  British Surrender at Yorktown. There were 13 original states.
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  Name 5 New Hampshire Massachusetts Rhode Island
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  Connecticut New York New Jersey Pennsylvania Delaware Maryland
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  Virginia North Carolina South Carolina Georgia.
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  What founding document was written in 1787?
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  US Constitution. The Federalist Papers supported
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  the passage of the US Constitution.
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  Name one of the writers. James Madison Alexander
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  Hamilton. John Jay Publius.
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  Why were The Federalist Papers important?
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  They helped people understand the US Constitution.
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  They supported passing the US Constitution.
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  Benjamin Franklin is famous for many things.
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  Name 1. Founded the first free public
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  libraries. First Postmaster General of the
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  United States. Helped write the Declaration of
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  Independence. Inventor U.S. diplomat George
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  Washington is famous for many things.
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  Name one. Father of our Country, 1st
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  President of the United States, General of the Continental Army,
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  President of the Constitutional Convention Thomas Jefferson is
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  famous for many things. Name 1.
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  Writer of the Declaration of Independence. 3rd President of
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  the United States. Doubled the size of the United
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  States. Louisiana Purchase.
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  First Secretary of State, founded the University of
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  Virginia. Writer of the Virginia Statute
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  on religious freedom. James Madison is famous for many
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  things. Name 1.
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  Father of the Constitution, 4th President of the United States.
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  President during the War of 1812.
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  One of the writers of The Federalist Papers.
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  Alexander Hamilton is famous for many things.
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  Name one First Secretary of the Treasury, one of the writers of
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  The Federalist Papers, helped establish the First Bank of the
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  United States. Aid to General George
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  Washington, member of the Continental Congress.
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  What territory did the United States buy from France in 18 O3
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  Louisiana Territory, Louisiana. Name 1.
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  War fought by the United States in the 1800s War of 1812 Mexican
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  American War Civil War Spanish American War Name the US War
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  between the North and the South The Civil War The Civil War had
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  many important events. Name 1.
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  Battle of Fort Sumter Emancipation Proclamation Battle
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  of Vicksburg Battle of Gettysburg Sherman's March
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  Surrender at Appomattox Battle of Antietam slash Sharpsburg
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  Lincoln was assassinated. Abraham Lincoln is famous for
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  many things. Name 1.
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  Freed the slaves Emancipation Proclamation Saved or preserved.
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  The Union led the United States during the Civil War 16th
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  President of the United States delivered the Gettysburg
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  Address. What did the Emancipation
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  Proclamation do? Freed the slaves.
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  Freed slaves in the Confederacy. Freed slaves in the Confederate
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  States. Freed slaves in most Southern
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  states. What US war ended slavery?
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  The Civil War What amendment says all persons born or
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  naturalized in the United States and subject to the jurisdiction
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  thereof are U.S. citizens. 14th Amendment.
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  When did all men get the right to vote?
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  After the Civil War During Reconstruction with the 15th
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  Amendment 1870 Name 1. Leader of the women's rights
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  movement in the 1800s Susan B Anthony.
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  Elizabeth Cady Stanton. Sojourner Truth.
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  Harriet Tubman. Lucretia Mott.
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  Lucy Stone. Name 1.
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  War fought by the United States in the 1900s World War One World
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  War 2 Korean War Vietnam War Persian Gulf war.
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  Why did the United States enter World War One?
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  Because Germany attacked US civilian ships to support the
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  Allied powers, England, France, Italy, and Russia to oppose the
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  Central Powers, Germany, Austria, Hungary, the Ottoman
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  Empire, and Bulgaria. When did all women get the right
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  to vote? 1920 after World War One with
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  the 19th Amendment. What was the Great Depression?
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  Longest economic recession in modern history.
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  When did the Great Depression start?
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  The Great Crash 1929 Stock market crash of 1929.
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  Who was president during the Great Depression and World War
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  2? Franklin Roosevelt.
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  Why did the United States enter World War 2 bombing of Pearl
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  Harbor Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor to support the allied
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  powers, England, France and Russia to oppose the axis
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  powers, Germany, Italy and Japan.
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  Dwight Eisenhower is famous for many things name one general
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  during World War Two president at the end of during the Korean
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  War, 34th President of the United States signed the Federal
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  aid highway act of 1956 created the Interstate system.
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  Who was the United States main rival during the Cold War?
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  Soviet Union. USSR, Russia during the Cold
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  War. What was 1 main concern of the
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  United States Communism. Nuclear war Why did the United
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  States enter the Korean War? To stop the spread of communism.
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  Why did the United States enter the Vietnam War?
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  To stop the spread of communism. What did the civil Rights
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  movement do? Fought to end racial
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  discrimination. Martin Luther King Junior is
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  famous for many things Name 1. Fought for civil rights.
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  Worked for equality for all Americans.
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  Worked to ensure that people would not be judged by the color
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  of their skin, but by the content of their character.
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  Why did the United States enter the Persian Gulf War?
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  To force the Iraqi military from Kuwait.
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  What major event happened on September 11th 2001 in the
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  United States? Terrorists attacked the United
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  States. Terrorists took over 2 planes
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  and crashed them into the World Trade Center in New York City.
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  Terrorists took over a plane and crashed into the Pentagon in
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  Arlington, VA. Terrorists took over a plane
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  originally aimed at Washington, DC and crashed in a field in
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  Pennsylvania. Name one U.S. military conflict
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  after the September 11th, 2001 attacks Global War on Terror,
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  war in Afghanistan, war in Iraq. Name 1 American Indian tribe in
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  the United States Apache, Black Feet Cayuga Cherokee Cheyenne
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  Chippewa Choctaw Creek Crow Hopi Huron Inupiat Lakota Mohawk
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  Mohagan Navajo Oneida Onondaga Pueblo Seminole Seneca Shawnee
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  Sue Teitan Tuscarora. Please visit baya.gov for a
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  complete list of tribes. Name one example of an American
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  innovation Light bulb automobile cars, internal combustion
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  engine, skyscrapers, airplane assembly line landing on the
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  moon, integrated circuit IC. What is the capital of the
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  United States? Washington, DC.
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  Where is the Statue of Liberty? NY Harbor.
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  Liberty Island. Also acceptable are New Jersey
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  near New York City and on the Hudson River.
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  Why does the flag have 13 stripes?
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  Because there were 13 original colonies.
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  Because the stripes represent the original colonies.
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  Why does the flag have 50 stars? Because there is one star for
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  each state. Because each star represents a
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  state. Because there are 50 states.
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  What is the name of the national anthem?
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  The Star Spangled Banner, the nation's first motto, was a
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  Pluribus Unum. What does that mean?
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  Out of many one, we all become one.
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  What is Independence Day? A holiday to celebrate US
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  independence from Britain The country's birthday Name three
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  national US holidays New Year's Day Martin Luther King Junior
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  Day President's Day Washington's Birthday Memorial Day Juneteenth
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  Independence Day Labor Day Columbus Day Veteran's Day
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  Thanksgiving Day Christmas Day What is Memorial Day?
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  A holiday to honor soldiers who died in military service.
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  What is veteran's day? A holiday to honor people in the
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  US military. A holiday to honor people who
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  have served in the US military.