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Who's Who; by A-Rod
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Political Studies
11th Grade
08/29/2007
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The President
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George Walker Bush
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The Vice President
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Dick Cheney
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Secretary of State
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Dr. Condaleezza Rice
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Secretary of Treasury
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Henry M. Paulson, Jr.
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Secretary of Defense
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Dr. Robert Gates
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Attorney General
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Alberto Gonzalez
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White House Chief of Staff
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Joshua B. Bolten
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Press Secretary
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Tony Snow
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Speaker of the House
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Nancy Pelosi (D, CA)
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House Majority Leader
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Steny Hoyer (D, MD)
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House Minority Leader
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John Boehner (R, OH)
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President of the Senate
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Dick Cheney
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President Pro Tempore of the Senate
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Robert Byrd (D, WV)
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Senate Majority Leader
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Sen. Harry Reid (D, NV)
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Senate Minority Leader
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Sen. Mitch McConnell (R, KY)
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Senior Senator from Florida
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Bill Nelson (D, FL)
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Junior Senator from Florida
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Mel Martinez (R, FL)
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17th Chief Justice of the United States
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John Roberts
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Chairman of the Federal Reserve
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Ben Bernanke
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Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff
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Gen. Peter Pace
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Governor of Florida
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Charlie Crist
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Mayor of Miami-Dade County
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Carlos Alvarez
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Mayor of City of Miami
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Katherine Fernandez Rundle
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State Attorney (for M.D. County)
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Manny Diaz
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U.N., Secretary-General
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Ban Ki-Moon
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Paper $$ is printed in...
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Washington, D.C.
Fort Worth, TX
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U.S. coins are minted in
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Philadelphia, PA
Denver, CO
West Point, NY (Mint)
San Francisco, CA (Mint)
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$1
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George Washington
The Great Seal
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$5
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Abraham Lincoln
Lincoln Memorial
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$10
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Alexander Hamilton
U.S. Treasury
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$20
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Andrew Jackson
White House
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$50
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Ulyses S. Grant
U.S. Capitol
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$100
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Benjamin Franklin
Independance Hall
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Father of the U.S.A.
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George Washington
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Father of the Declaration of Independance
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Thomas Jefferson
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Father of the Constitution
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James Madison
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Father of Capitalism
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Adam Smith
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Father of Communism
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Karl Marx
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National Anthem written by
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Francis Scott Key
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Motto of the U.S.A.
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In God We Trust
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E Pluribis Unum
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From many comes one
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Roman numerals for 1776
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MDCCLXXVI
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Statue of Liberty is a gift from
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France
Term
When does one place his/her right hand over the heart to Salute the American Flag?
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1. Pledge of Allegiance
2. National Anthem
3. Ceremony of raising/lowering flag
4. When passing in a parade
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Election Day in America
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Tuesday after the first Monday in November of even numbered years
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The birthplace of democracy
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Athens, Greece
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Lincoln's defenition of democracy
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Government of the people, by the people, for the people
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Lincoln's definition is written in...
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Gettysburg Address
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Architect of Washington, D.C.
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Pierre Charles L. Enfant
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Address of the White House
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1500 Pennsylvania Avenue
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Shape of the Washington Monument
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Obelisk
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World's largest library
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The U.S. Library of Congress
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Declaration of Independance is preserved in the
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Rotunda of National Archives Building
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The prominent museums in D.C.
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the Smithsonian Institute
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Tomb of the Unknowns
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Arlington National Cemetary
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Opening words to the Surpreme Court
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"Mr. Chief Justice, may it please the court..."
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Largesr Catholic church in USA
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Basilica of the National Shrine of Immaculate Conception
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First Catholic U.S. President (1961)
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John F. Kennedy
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Oldest Jesuit university in USA
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Georgetown University
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First President to graduate from SJ college
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Bill Clinton (Georgetown Univ)
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Four Catholic priests in Statuary Hall
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Fr. Jacques Marquette (SJ)
Fr. Eusebio Kino (SJ)
Fr. Damien
Fr. Junipero Serra
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Four Presidents on Mt. Rushmore (l to r)
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George Washington
Thomas Jefferson
Theodore Roosevelt
Abraham Lincoln
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Four state capitals named for Presidents
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1. Jefferson City, MO (Thomas Jefferson)
2. Madison, WS (James Madison)
3. Jackson, MS (Andrew Jackson)
4. Lincoln, NB (Abraham Lincoln)
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President during WWI
President during WWII
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Woodrow Wilson (WWI)
FDR, Harry Truman (WWII)
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US Military Academy location
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West Point, New York
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US Naval Academy location
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Annapolis, MD
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US Air Force location
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Colorado Springs, CO
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US population and rank
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300,000,000; 3rd
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Florida population and rank
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18,082,378; 4th
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First person in space (April, 1961)
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Yuri Gagarin (USSR)
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First person on the moon (July, 1969)
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Neil Armstrong (US)
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The word Florida means
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"feast of flowers"
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The word Miami means
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Sweetwater
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Motto of Florida
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In God We Trust
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State nickname
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Sunshine State
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State flower
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Orange Blosson
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State tree
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Sabal Palm
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State bird
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Mockingbird
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State animal
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Panther
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State song
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Swanee River, by Stephen Collins Foster
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Father of A.C. in Statuary Hall
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John Gorrie
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The two streets in Miami that create NE, SE, SW, NW
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Flagler Street
Miami Avenue
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Entrepreneur who developed Florida with the Florida East Coast RR
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Henry Flagler
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Mother of Miami
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Julia Tuttle
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