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The investigative boundaries of the Secret Service became more limited as other federal law enforcement agencies were created.
What is OF THE SECRET SERVICE
100
Presidential and vice presidential hopefuls, major candidates within 120 days of the general election, also receive Secret Service protection.
What is MAJOR CANDIDATES WITHIN 120 DAYS OF THE GENERAL ELECTION
100
Congress, desiring control of White House security, placed the White House Police Force under the management of the Secret Service.
What is DESIRING CONTROL OF WHITE HOUSE SECURITY
100
The applicant's being well trained and educated is important, since duties as an agent will push him or her to the mental and physical limits.
What is THE APPLICANT'S BEING WELL TRAINED AND EDUCATED
100
When you're evaluating a counterfeit bill, flat and lifeless appearance is a characteristic to consider
What is TO CONSIDER
200
In 1906 Congress passed legislation giving the Secret Service permanent presidential protection duties.
What is IN 1906
200
Recent congressional legislation, a 1997 bill, limits protection for all presidents elected after January 1, 1997.
What is BILL
200
Having surveyed the location adequately, the agents alert the various emergency services within the community.
What is HAVING SURVEYED THE LOCATION ADEQUATELY
200
A Secret Service applicant's having earned a bachelor's degree makes him or her initially qualified for a position with the Secret Service.
What is A SECRET SERVICE APPLICANT'S HAVING EARNED A BACHELOR'S DEGREE
200
Secret Service personnel are pleased to have been contacted about even the smallest incident of counterfeiting.
What is TO HAVE BEEN CONTACTED ABOUT EVEN THE SMALLEST INCIDENT OF COUNTERFEITING
300
As the Civil War ended, the practice of counterfeiting paper currency became a serious problem.
What is OF COUNTERFEITING PAPER CURRENCY
300
Since the days of Theodore Roosevelt, president from 1901 to 1909, the protective services of the Secret Service have grown dramatically.
What is PRESIDENT FROM 1901 TO 1909
300
The advance team, assigned to survey the location, gathers important information.
What is ASSIGNED TO SURVEY THE LOCATION
300
Possessing some college education plus criminal investigative experience is also a way to qualify for a position with the Secret Service.
What is POSSESSING SOME COLLEGE EDUCATION PLUS CRIMINAL INVESTIGATIVE EXPERIENCE
300
Everyone should try to become more familiar with our currency so that he can spot counterfeit currency.
What is TO BECOME MORE FAMILIAR WITH OUR CURRENCY
400
After President William McKinley's assassination, the public demanded that presidents be better protected.
What is AFTER PRESIDENT WILLIAM MCKINLEY"S ASSASSINATION
400
The Secret Service provided protection for the Mona Lisa, Leonardo da Vinci's famous painting, while it was on exhibit in the United States.
What is LEONDARDO DA VINCI'S FAMOUS PAINTING
400
In 1977 the distinguished Executive Protective Service was given its present name- the United States Secret Service Uniformed Division.
What is DISTINGUISHED
400
Secret Service candidates' having been sent through twenty-one weeks of initial training produces highly skilled and qualified secret agents.
What is SECRET SERVICE CANDIDATES' HAVING BEEN SENT THROUGH TWENTY-ONE WEEKS OF INITIAL TRAINING
400
If the bill's Treasury and Federal Reserve seals have uneven, broken, or blunt edges, you have a piece of currency to be regarded as counterfeit.
What is TO BE REGARDED AS COUNTERFEIT
500
Because of this public outcry, the Secret Service was given the responsibility to protect the new president, Theodore Roosevelt.
What is BECAUSE OF THIS PUBLIC OUTCRY
500
Official representatives of the United States-the secretary of state, the secretary of defense, and others- receive Secret Service protection while on special missions abroad.
What is THE SECRETARY OF STATE, THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE, AND OTHERS
500
Prior to the dignitary's arrival, the lead advance agent makes sure that all participating law-enforcement officials are in place and ready.
What is PARTICIPATING
500
Throughout the rest of their careers, special agents will spend a lot of time in preparing.
What is PREPARING
500
Our goal is to be looking for differences, not similarities, between genuine currency and counterfeit currency.
What is TO BE LOOKING FOR DIFFERENCES, NOT SIMILARITIES, BETWEEN GENUINE CURRENCY AND COUNTERFEIT CURRENCY