Whos Who Flashcards
Vice President
Joe Biden
President
Barack Hussein Obama II
Secretary of State
John Kerry
Secretary of Treasury
Jacob Lew
Secretary of Defense
Charles “Chuck” Hagel
Attorney General
Eric Holder Jr
The United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida
Wilfredo A. Ferrer
Speaker of the House
John Boehner, R
House Majority Leader
Kevin McCarthy, R
House Minority Leader
Nancy Pelosi, D
My Congresswoman
Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, R
President of the Senate
Joe Biden
President Pro Tempore of the Senate
Senator Patrick Leahy
Senate Majority Leader
Harry Reid, D
Senate Minority Leader
Mitch McConnell, R
Senior Senator from Florida
Bill Nelson, D
Junior Senator from Florida
Marco Rubio, R
Chief Justice of the United States
John G. Roberts Jr
Chairman of the Federal Reserve
Janet Yellen
Chairman, Joint Chiefs of staff
General Martin E. Dempsey
Previous Major of Miami
Manny Diaz
The Governor of Florida
Rick Scott
Mayor of Miami-Dade Country
Carlos A. Gimenez
Mayor of the city of Miami
Tomás Pedro Regalado
State Attorney of M-D county
Katherine Fernandez Rundle
Secretary-General of the UN
Ban Ki-moon
Paper money printed (Bureau of Engraving and Printing) in the following cities:
Washington, DC
Fort Worth, Texas
U.S coins are minted in:
US Mint) (Second two print only special edition coins
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Denver, Colorado
West Point, NY
San Francisco, California
$1
George Washington- Great Seal of the US
$5
Abraham Lincoln- Lincoln Memorial
$10
Alexander Hamilton- US Treasury
$20
Andrew Jackson- White House
$50
Ulysses S. Grant- United States Capital
$100
Benjamin Franklin- Independence Hall
Father of the USA
George Washington
Father of Declaration of Independence
Thomas Jefferson
Father of the Constitution
James Madison
Father of Capitalism
Adam Smith
Father of Communism
Karl Marx
National anthem (Star-Spangled Banner at Fort McHenry) written by
Francis Scott Key
Motto of the USA
In God we trust
E Pluribus Unum
From many comes one
1776 in Roman Numeral
MDCCLXXVI
Annuit Coeptis
He looks favorably upon us
Novus Ordo Seclorum
New order of the ages
Statue of Liberty is a gift from…
France
4 occasions when you salut the flag
Pledge of Allegiance, National Anthem, Ceremony of raising/lowering flag, When passing in a parade
When is Election Day in usa
Tuesday after the first Monday in November of even numbered years
Birthplace of democracy
Athens, Greece
Lincoln’s definition of democracy (said at Gettysburg Address)
Government of the people, by the people, for the people
Architect of Washington DC
Pierre Charles L’Enfant
Address of the White House
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue
Shape of Washington Monument
Obelisk
World’s Largest Library
The US Library of Congress
Declaration of Independence is preserved in…
The National Archives Building
Prominent museums in DC
Smithsonian Institute
Tomb of the Unknowns is located in
Arlington National Cemetery
Largest Catholic Church in the USA
Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception
Basilica in Miami
St. Mary’s Star of the Sea
First Catholic President
John F. Kennedy
Oldest Jesuit University in USA
Georgetown University
US President to graduate from a SJ college (University, Year of Graduation)
Bill Clinton (Georgetown University, Class of 1968)
Four Catholic Priests in Staturary Hall
Father Jacques Marquette, SJ Wisconsin
Father Eusebio Kino, SJ Arizona
Father Damien de Veuster, Hawaii
Father Junipero Serra, California
Four Presidents on Mt. Rushmore, South Dakota (l to r)
George Washington
Thomas Jefferson
Theodore Roosevelt
Abraham Lincoln
Four state capitals named for presidents
Jefferson City, MO
Madison, WS
Jackson, Mississippi
Lincoln, Nebraska
President during WWI
Woodrow Wilson
President during WWII
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Harry Truman
US military academy located in
West Point, New York
US Naval Academy
Annapolis, Maryland
US Air Force academy
Colorado Springs, Colorado
or
US Air Force Academy, Colorado
US population and world rank
318 million; 3rd
Florida population and rank
19.5 million; 4th
First Person in space (April, 1961)
Yuri Gagarin
First person on the moon (July, 1969)
Neil Armstrong
Florida means (given by Ponce de Leon)
Flower
Miami means
Sweet water
Motto of Florida
In God we Trust
Florida’s nickname
Sunshine State
State flower
Orange Blossom
State Tree
Sabal Palm Tree
State bird
Mockingbird
State animal
Florida Panther
State song/composer
Suwannee River, by Stephen Collins Foster
Father of air conditioning (in Statuary Hall for Florida)
Dr. John Gorrie
The two streets in Miami that create NE, SE, SW, NW
Flagler Street
Miami Avenue
Entrepreneur who developed Florida with the Florida East Coast RR
Henry Flagler
Mother of Miami
Julia Tuttle