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The Vice President

He is the first ______VP

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Joe Biden(First Roman Catholic VP)

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President of the United States(POTUS)?
Why is he the most powerful man?
Which president is he?

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Barrack Obama
He can start a nuclear war
44th

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Secretary of State

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John Kerry

Refer to a country as a “state”

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Secretary of Treasury

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Jacob Lew

Inflation,Recession

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Secretary of Defense 
Veteran from where?
Recommended for what honor?
Professor at what College?
Recommended for what honor?
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Charles Chuck Hagel(U.S. Senator, R,NE)

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Attorney General
First African-American to hold this position
Position is not called “secretary” and under President’s cabinet
How many lawyers under him.

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Eric H. Holder

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Department of Defense

List the Forces(MANAC)

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Arlington,Virginia(PENTAGON)

  • U.S. Air Force Pilots
  • U.S. Army Soldiers
  • Navy-Sailors
  • Marines(land fighting forces of the Navy)
  • Coast Guard(during peacetime war,they got put into Homeland Sec.)
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The United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida
How many attorneys out of the 93 are from Florida

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Wilfredo A. Ferrer
(93 U.S. Attorneys)
3 from Florida

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WASP

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White Anglo-Saxon Protestant

Believe in no path to citizenship

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Speaker of the House

Went to which University?

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Congressman John Boehner (R,OH)

Xavier University

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House Majority Leader

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Congressman Kevin McCarthy (R,CA)

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House Minority Leader

First Female Speaker of the House of Rep

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Congressman Nancy Pelosi (D,CA)

First Female Speaker of the House of Rep

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First goal listed in the Preamble of the Constitution

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“Establish Justice”

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Department of Justice

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  1. Stops FEDERAL injustices in the streets.

2. Prosecutes FEDERAL lawbreakers In FEDERAL court

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My congresswoman

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Ileana Ros-Lehtinen

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President of the Senate

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VP Joe Biden (D,DL)

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President Pro Tempore of the Senate

Translate “pro-Tempore”

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Patrick Leahy(D,VT)
"For the time he is absent"
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Senate Majority Leader

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Senator Harry Reid(D,NV)

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Senate Minority Leader

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Mitch McConnell (R,KY)

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Senior Senator from Florida

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Bill Nelson (D,FL)
On the 1986 Space Shuttle Flight
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Junior Senator From Florida

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Marco Rubio (R,FL)

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The Judicial Branch

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Makes the decisions on whether not it’s cruel punishment

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Chief Justice of the United States

17th Chief Justice

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John Roberts
17th Chief Justice
One or the 6 Roman Catholic on the Supreme Court

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Chairman of the Federal Reserve

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Janet L. Yellen

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Important key conditions the federal reserve manipulates
Depression+Inflation
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What can The Federal Reserve do to prevent inflation and depression?
Monetary Policy 1. Sets the interest rates the banks charge. 2. Adjusts the Reserve requirements of cash banks must have on hand. 3. Buys and Sells U.S. Treasury notes.
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Chairman,Joint Chiefs of Staff
Army General Martin E. Dempsey
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Joint Chiefs Of Staff
``` Chairman,Vice Chairman Chief of Staff of the Army Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) Chief of Staff of the Air Force Commandant of the Marines ```
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The Governor of Florida | Previous One?
``` Rick Scott (R) Previous:Charlie Crist ```
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Mayor of Miami-Dade County | Born where?
Carlos A. Gimenez (Cuba) | Previous:Manny Diaz
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Mayor of City of Miami
Mayor Tomas Regalado
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State Attorney (for M-D County)
Katherine Fernandez Rundle (Many states use the title (D-A) District Attorney ) (The State Attorney represents Florida in prosecuting criminal charges)
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The United Nations Secretary-General | Headquarters?
Ban Ki-Moon (Republic of Korea) Headquarters NYC
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Paper money is printed in cities of: | It is made at the?
Washington D.C./Fort-Worth Texas | Bureau of Engraving and Printing
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U.S. coins are minted in:
- Philadelphia,Pennsylvania - Denver,Colorado Special Editions: - San Francisco,California - West Point,NY
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$1
George Washington/The Great Seal and "ONE"
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$5
Abraham Lincoln/Lincoln Memorial
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$10
- Alexander Hamilton(The First Secretary of the Treasury in the Administration of President George Washington) - U.S. Treasury
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$20
Andrew Jackson /White House
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$50
General Ulysses S. Grant(Civil War)/U.S. Capitol
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$100
Benjamin Franklin/Independence Hall(Philadelphia)
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Father of the U.S.A.
George Washington
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Father of the Declaration of Ind.
``` Thomas Jefferson (John Trumbull-painting DOI) ```
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Father of the Constitution
James Madison
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Father of Capitalism | Book Title?
Adam Smith | "The Wealth of Nations"
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Father of Communism
Karl Marx | "Communist Manifesto"
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National Anthem "Star-Spangled Banner"
Francis Scott Key
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War of 1812, Brit. Burned Washington in..
Fort McHenry, Baltimore, Maryland
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Motto of the U.S.A
IN GOD WE TRUST
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E Pluribus unum
out of many,one
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Seal
Olive Branch-13 leaves/13 states | Arrows-13 states
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1776
MDCCLXXVI
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John Paul II
Called to talk at UN. Gave a mosaic of a dove + olive branch for peace
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Free Election
More than one person on the ballot
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Noah's Arl
Origin of Dove and Olive Branch is symbol of peace
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Annuit Coeptis
He (God) looks favorably upon us
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Novus Ordo Seclorum
New Order Of The Ages(Before it was Dictatorship)
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Statue of Liberty
Gift from France (1886)
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4 occasions when saluting the flag
1. The Pledge Of Allegiance 2. The National Anthem 3. Flag in a Parade 4. Raising or Lowering of a Flag
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Election Day In America
Tuesday after the first Monday in Novemeber of even numbered years.
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The birthplace of democracy
Athens,Greece
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'Demos-kratia"
People of a community/power or authority
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President Lincoln's definition of democracy
"Government of the people,by the people,for the people"
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Lincoln's Definition is in the ...speech
Gettysburg Address (Gettysburg,Pennsylvania-Battle of Gettysburg)
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Architect of Washington D.C.
Pierre Charles L’Enfant (Buried in Arlington Nat.Cem.)
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Address of the White House
1600 Pennsylvania Ave | 16 blocks from the Capitol
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Shape of the Washington Monument
Obelisk (Idea from Obelisk)
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Worlds Largest Library
The Library Of Congress
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Dec. Of. Ind. is preserved
The National Archives Building
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The prominent museums in DC
The Smithsonian
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Tomb of the Unknowns
Arlington National Cemetery
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Opening words from the Supreme Court
"Mr. Chief Justice,May it please the court"
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Largest Catholic Church in USA
Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception
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Notes on basilica vs. cathedral
- Church-house of worship - Cathedral-bishops or archbishop resigns(ST. MARYS) - Basilica-House of worship,pope decreases it so (ST MARYS STAR OF THE SEA)
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First Catholic US president(1961)
John F. Kennedy(35th president)
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Oldest Jesuit University
Georgetown
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U.S. President to Graduate from SJ college
Bill Clinton (GU)
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Four Catholic Priests in Statuary Hall(2 per state)
- Fr. Eusebio Kino,SJ (Arizona) - Fr. Jacques Marquette,SJ (Wisconsin) - Fr. Juniperro Serra (California) - Fr. Damien de Vuester (Hawaii)
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Four Presidents on Mt. Rushmore
George Washington Thomas Jefferson Theodore Roosevelt Abraham Lincoln
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4 state capitals named after presidents
Jefferson City,Missouri Madison,Wisconsin Lincoln,Nebraska Jackson,Mississippi
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Presidents during WW I | Presidents during WW II
WW I-Woodrow Wilson | WW II-FDR,Harry Truman
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U.S. Military Academy
West Point,NY
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U.S. Naval Academy
Annapolis,MD
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U.S. Air Force Academy
Colorado Springs, CO
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U.S. Population and World Rank
-300,000,000,3rd
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First person in space(April,1961)
Yuri Gagarin-USSR
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Florida population and rank
-19.5 mil. / 4th
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First person on the moon(July 1969)
Neil Armstrong-USA
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Florida means
"Feast of Flowers"
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Miami
"Sweetwater"
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Motto of Florida
"In God We Trust"
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State Nickname
Sunshine state
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State flower
Orange blossom
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State tree
Sabal Palm(etto) tree
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State bird
Mockingbird
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State animal
Florida Panther
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State Song
Suwannee River by Stephen Collins Foster
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Father of air conditioning who represents Florida in The Statuary Hall
John Gorrie (1802-1855)
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2 streets in MIA that form (SW,SE,NE,NW)
Flagler Street,Miami Avenue
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Entrepreneur who developed Florida with the Florida East Coast RR
Henry Flagler
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Mother of Miami
Julia Tuttle(sent orange blossom to Flagler after a bad storm,and convinces him to come down)
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Causeways
Rickenbacker (WWI hero) | McCarthur (WW II hero)

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