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28. What is the name of the US President now?
Barack H. Obama
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69. Who is the "Father of Our Country"?
George Washington
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6. What is one right or freedom from the First Amendment?
speech religion assembly press petition the government
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78. Name one war fought by the United States in the 1900s.
WWI WWII Korean War Vietnam War (Persian) Gulf War
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9. What are two rights in the Declaration of Indenpendence?
life, liberty, pursuit of happiness
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40. Who is the Chief Justice of the Supremem Court now?
John Roberts (John G. Roberts, Jr.)
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79. Who was President during World War I?
Woodrow Wilson
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13. Name one branch or part of the government.
Congress Legislative President Executive The courts Judicial
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48. There are four amendments to the Constitution about who can vote. Describe one of them.
Citizens 18 and older (can vote). Any citizen can vote. Women and men can vote. A male citizen of any race (can vote). You don't have to pay a poll tax to vote.
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36. What are two Cabinet-level positions?
Secretary of Agriculture, Commerce, Defense, Education, Energy, Health and Human Services, Homeland Security, Housing and Urban Development, Interior, Labor, State, Transportation, Treasury, Veterans Affairs Attorney General Vice President
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43. Who is the Governor of your state now?
Pat McCrory
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80. Who was President during the Great Depression and World War II?
(Franklin) Roosevelt
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20. Who is one of your state's US Senators now?
Richard Burr Kay Hagan
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49. What is one responsibility that is only for United States citizens?
serve on a jury vote in a federal election
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100. Name two national US holidays.
New Year's Day Martin Luther King, Jr. Day Presidents' Day Memorial Day Independence Day Labor Day Columbus Day Veterans Day Thanksgiving
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62. Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?
Thomas Jefferson
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20. Who is one of your state's US Senators now?
Richard Burr Kay Hagan
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72. Name one war fought by the US in the 1800s.
War of 1812 Mexican-American War Civil War Spanish-American War
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50. Name one right only for United States citizens?
vote in a federal election run for federal office
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45. What are the two major political parties in the US?
Democratic and Republican
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70. Who was the first President?
George Washington
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23. Name your US Representative.
David Price George Holding
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75. What was one important thing that Abraham Lincoln did?
freed the slaves (Emancipation Proclamation) saved (or preserved the Union) led the US during the Civil War
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58. What is one reason colonists came to America?
freedom political liberty religious freedom economic opportunity practice their religion escape persecution
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51. What are two rights of everyone living in the United States?
freedom of expression, speech, assembly, petition the government, worship the right to bear arms