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Who Wants To Be An American!?!?. Rodney Nichols February 20, 2006. Read the questions. On each slide click the right answer to move on. Who is the President of the United States? George W. Bush Bill Clinton Tom Cruise John Kerry. USA! USA! USA! Keep moving forward!!.
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Who Wants To Be An American!?!? Rodney Nichols February 20, 2006
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Who is the President of the United States? • George W. Bush • Bill Clinton • Tom Cruise • John Kerry
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What country did we fight during the Revolutionary War? • Canada • France • England • Mexico
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Who was the author of the Declaration of Independence? • Benjamin Franklin • George Washington • Patrick Henry • Thomas Jefferson
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Whose writings influenced the Declaration of Independence? • Thomas Paine • John Locke • Karl Marx • William Shakespeare
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What is the Preamble? • Introduction of George Washington’s inaugural address • Introduction of Constitution • Introduction of Articles of Confederation • Introduction of Declaration of Independence
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What are the three levels of the U.S government? • Executive, Court, Congress • Executive, Supreme Court, U.S Congress • Executive, Judges, Congressmen • Executive, Judicial, Legislative
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What are checks and balances used for? • Keeping track of government spending • Preventing one branch form becoming to powerful • Preventing terrorist attacks on U.S soil • Making sure the government takes care of the poor
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What did the ruling in Marbury v. Madison (1803) establish? • Judicial Review • Established a National Bank • Checks and balances • Created a military
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What did the ruling in Plessy v. Ferguson (1896) establish? • Public schools • Transportation system • Women’s suffrage • Separate but equal
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What did the ruling in Brown v. Board of Education (1954) establish? • Made better schools for African Americans • Improved public transportation • Created private schools • Ended segregation in schools
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Who makes the laws in the United States? • T. Boone Pickens • Congress • The President • The Senate
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Who becomes President if the President should die? • Speaker of the House • President of the Senate • Vice President • Chief Justice of the Supreme Court
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How long does a President’s term last? • Life • 2 years • 8 years • 4 years
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What is a change to the Constitution called? • Amendment • Difference • Law • Change
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Who said “Give me liberty or give me death!”? • George Washington • Ben Franklin • John Adams • Patrick Henry
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Which countries were our enemies in WWII? • France, Great Britain, Soviet Union • Germany, Soviet Union, Japan • Germany, Japan, Italy • China, Japan, Soviet Union
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