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18 Cards in this Set
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A person who comes to live in a country from some other place
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immigrant
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A system of government in which people elect leaders to make decisions about the laws for all the people
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representative democracy
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a group made up of people from the same country, people of the same race, or people wwith a common way of life
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ethnic group
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a branch of the federal government. Its main job is to see that the laws passed by Congress are carried out
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executive branch
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the most important court in the Unted States
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supreme court
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the lawmaking branch of the federal government
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legislative branch
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who wrote the Declaration of Independence
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Thomas Jefferson
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a group of people that came to the US without a choice
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slaves
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What types of jobs does the nation (federal) government do?
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federal highways
military |
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What types of jobs does the state government do?
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state library
state parks driving laws |
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Name three things that are part of a person's culture
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language
clothes religion games holidays |
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What is one thing that is shared by all people in the United States
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government
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Name 3 common customs of the United States
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4th of July
shake hands waving |
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why are there so many customs in the United States
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a lot of immigrants
immigrants from all over the world |
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Name 2 rights that citizens of the United States have
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voting
religion |
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what branch of government sees that the laws are carried out
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executive
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what branch of government sees that the laws are carried out fairly
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judicial
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why is the United States sometimes called a nation of immigrants
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We have come from so many different places
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