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Vice President

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Joseph Biden

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Secretary of State

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John Kerry

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Secretary of Treasury

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Jacob Lew

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Secretary of Defense

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Ashton Carter

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Attorney General

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Loretta Lynch

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United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida

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Wilfredo Ferrer

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Speaker of the House

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Congressman John Boehner (R, OH)

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House Majority Leader

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Congressman Kevin McCarthy (R, CA)

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House Minority Leader

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Congresswoman Nancy Pelosi (D, MD)

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My Congressman/woman

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Carlos Curbelo (R, FL)

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President of Senate

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Vice President Joseph Biden

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President Pro Tempore of the Senate

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Patrick Leahy (D, VT)

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Senate Majority Leader

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Congressman Mitch McConnell (R, KY)

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Senate Minority Leader

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Congressman Harry Reid (D, NV)

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Senior Senator from Florida

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Congressman Bill Nelson (D, FL)

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Junior Senator from Florida

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Congressman Marco Rubio (R, FL)

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Chief Justice of the United States

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Chief Justice Roberts

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Chairman of the Federal Reserve

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Janet L. Yellen

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Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff

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General Martin E. Dempsey

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Governor of Florida

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Rick Scott

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Mayor of Miami-Dade County

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Carlos Gimenez

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Mayor of City of Miami

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Tomás Regalado

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State Attorney for Miami-Dade County

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Katherine Fernandez Rundle

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Secretary-General of the United Nations

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Ban Ki-moon

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Where is paper money printed?

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Washington, D.C. and Fort Hood, Texas

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Where are U.S. Coins minted?

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Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and Denver, Colorado

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Who is on the front of the $1 bill?

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George Washington

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What is on the back of the $1 bill?

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Presidential Seal/Pyramid

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Who is on the front of the $5 bill?

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Abe Lincoln

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30
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What is on the back of the $5 bill?

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The Lincoln Memorial

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31
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Who is on the front of the $10 bill?

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Alexander Hamilton

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What is on the back of the $10 bill?

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Treasury

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Who is on the front of the $20 bill?

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Andrew Jackson

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What is on the back of the $20?

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White House

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Who is on the front of the $50 bill?

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Ulysses S. Grant

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What is on the back of the $50 bill?

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Capitol Building

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Who is on the front of the $100 bill?

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Ben Franklin

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What is on the back of the $100 bill?

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Independence Hall

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Father of the U.S.A

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George Washington

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President

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Barack Obama

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Father of the Declaration of Independence

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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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Author of National Anthem

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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 Pluribus Unum

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One of many

48
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Roman Numerals for 1776

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MDCLXXVI

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The Statue of Liberty is a gift from ___.

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France

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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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Birthplace of Democracy

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Athens, Greece

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President Lincoln’s definition of democracy

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Government if the people, by the people, for the people.

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Lincoln defined democrat in this speech

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Gettysburg Address

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Architect if Washington, D.C.

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Pierre Charles L’Efant

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Address of the White House

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1600 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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Library of Congress

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Where is the Declaration of Independence preserved?

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National Archives

59
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Prominent museums in D.C.

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Smithsonian

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Where is the tomb if the unknowns located

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Arlington National cemetery

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Opening words of a Supreme Court case spoken by attorneys as the address the court

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“Mr. Chief Justice, May it please the court…”

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Largest Catholic Church in U.S.A.

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Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception

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First Catholic U.S. President

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John F. Kennedy

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Oldest Jesuit university

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Georgetown

65
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U.S. President to graduate from SJ College

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Bill Clinton

66
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Four presidents on Mount Rushmore

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George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt, and Abraham Lincoln.

67
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Four state capitals named after presidents

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Jackson, Mississippi, Lincoln, Nebraska, Jefferson City, Missouri, and Maddison, Wisconsin.

68
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President during WW1

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Woodrow Wilson

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President during WW2

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Franklin Roosevelt and Harry Truman

70
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U.S. Military academy located in

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West Point, NY

71
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U.S. Naval academy located in

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Annapolis, Maryland

72
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U.S. Air Force Academy located in

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Colorado spring, Colorado.

73
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U.S. Population

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309,349,689

74
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Florida population

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19.89 million

75
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First person in space

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Yuri Gagarin

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First person on the moon

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Neil Armstrong

77
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Florida means

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Flowery/ flowering Easter

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Miami means

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Big water

79
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Motto of Florida

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In God we trust

80
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State nickname

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The sunshine state

81
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State flower

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Orange blossom

82
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State tree

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Palmetto

83
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State bird

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Northern mockingbird

84
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State animal

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Florida Panther

85
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State song

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Swanee river

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Father of air conditioning

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John gorrie

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Mother of Miami

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Julia Tuttle

U.S. Government (5 decks)

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