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PRAXIS GOV2

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What is the economic system in the United States? Capitalist/Market economy
Who makes federal laws? congress/senate and house
Who is one of your states senators now? Robert Casey and Arlen Spector
Name your U.S. Rep? Tim Holden (Lebanon) Robert Brady(Philadelphia)
If both the Pres and V.P. can no longer serve, who becomes pres? The speaker of the house
Who is the commander in chief of the military? The pres
Who is the speaker of the house? Nancy Pelosi
Why did the colonists fight the British? High taxes, wanted to self govern, quartering
Who wrote the Declaration of Independence? Thomas Jefferson
When was the declaration of Independence adopted? July 4, 1776
What happened at the constitutional convention? Constitution was written
When was the constitution written? 1787
Name one writer of the federalist papers? James Madison, Alexander Hamilton, John Jay
One thing Ben Franklin is famous for? Started the first free libraries, U.S. Diplomat
Who is "The father of our country"? George Washington
What territory did the United States buy from France in 1803? Louisiana
Who was the pres. during WWI? Wilson
Who was the Pres. during the great depression and WWII? Roosevelt
Who did the U.S. fight in WWII? Italy, Japan, and Germany
Before he was president, Eisenhower was a general in what war? WWII
During the cold war, what was the main concern of the U.S.? Communism
What movement tried to end racial discrimination? Civil rights
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