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Mrs.Hall's 1st semester exam
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History
8th Grade
12/11/2008

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THE MAIN PURPOSE OF LATITUDE AND LONGITUDE IS TO
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DETERMAINE EXACT LOCATION
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GEOGRAPHY IS TE STUDY OF
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PEOPLE, THEIR ENVIROMENTS, AND THEIR RESOURCES.
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ALL MAPS HAVE SOME DISTORTION BECAUSE
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ALL MAPS ARE FLAT AND EARTH IS NOT.
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THE EQUATOR IS AN IMAGINARY LINE THAT DIVIDES THE EARTH INTO TWO HALVES CALLED
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HEMISHERES.
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ON  A MAP, RELIEF SHOWS DIFFERENCES IN
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ELEVATION.
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THE LONGEST AND MOST IMPORTANT RIVER SYSTEM IN THE U.S IS MADE UP OF THE
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MISSISSIPPI AND MISSOURI RIVERS.
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AN AXAMPLE OF THE THEME OF MEVEMENT IS THE
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SHIPPING OF TRADE GOODS TO ASIA.
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________ LED AN EXPEDITION THAT SAILED AROUNFD THE WORLD.
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FERDINAND MAGELLAN.
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ENGLISH,FRENCH AND DUTCH EXPLORERS SEARCED FOR A ________ THROUGH THE AMERICAS.
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NORTHWEST PASSAGE
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WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING WERE PROBLEMS FACED BY SETTLERS IN JAMESTOWN?
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THE REFUSAL OF COLONIST TO WORK, DISEASE, IMPURE WATER.

 

ALL OF THE ABOVE

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WHO FOUNDED THE COLONY OF CONNECTICUT?
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THOMAS HOOKER
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WHO FOUNDED THE COLONY OF RHODE ISLAND?
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ROGER WILLIAMS
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THE FIRST ENGLISH COLONIST IN AMERICA LANDED AT ?
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ROANOKE
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WHO FOUNDED THE COLOLNY OF GEORGIA?
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jAMES OGELTHORPE
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QUAKERS WERE PROTESTANT REFORMERS WHO BELIEVED THAT
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MEN AND WOMEN WERE EQUAL IN GOD'S SIGHT.
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A MAJOR RESON THAT PENNSYLVANIA ENJOYED MANY YEARS OF PEACE WITH ITS INDIAN NEIGHBORS WAS THAT/
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SETTLERS IN PENNSYLVANIA PAID FOR INDIAN LAND
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UNDER THE THEORY OF MERCANTILISM A COUNTRY SHOULD
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EXPORT MORE THAN IT IMPORTS
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THE PURPOSE OF THE NAVIGATION ACTS PASSED IN THE 1660'S WAS
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TO STRENGTHEN ENGLAND AND MAKE IT BETTER.
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WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING STATEMENTS ABOUT VOTING IN THE COLONIES IS TRUE?
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ALL VOTER HAD TO OWN PROPERTY.
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ENGLISH COLONIST SHOWED THEIR  CONCERN FOR EDUCATION BY
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PASSING A LAW IN MASSACHUSETTS TO SET UP THE FIRST PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
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OF BRITISH GOODS HURT TRADE.THE AMERICAN __________
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BOYCOTT
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A TIME LINE USUALLY SHOWS EVENTS
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IN CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER
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A ____________ WAS READY TO FIGHT ON SHORT NOTICE.
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MINUTEMAN
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ENGLISH SETTLERS OFTEN ANGRED NATIVE AMERICANS BY
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CLEARING FOREST FOR FARMS.
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ONE RESULT OF THE FRENCH AND INDIAN WAR WAS THAT
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FRANCE LOST CANADA.
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CHIEF  PONTIAC GAVE UP HIS WAR AGAINST THE BRITISH WHEN
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BRITIAN ISSUED THE PROCLOMAATION OF 1763.
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THE PROCLOMATION OF 1763 ANGERED BRTISH COLONIST BECAUSE IT?
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STOPPED THEM FROM MOVING WEST.
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BRITIAN WON ALLIES AMONG THE NATIVE AMERICANS BY?
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CHARGING LESS FOR TRADE GOODS.
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COLONIST OBJECTED TO THE STAMP ACT BECAUSE THEY
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DID NOT HAVE THEIR OWM REPRESENTATIVES IN PARLIAMENT.
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THE SONS AND DAUGHTERS OF  LIBERY WHERE ORGANIZED TO
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PROTEST BRITISH POLOCIES.
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WHOS THE AUTHOR OF THE DECLARATION OD INDEPENDENCE.
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THOMAS JERFFERSON.
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THE CHIEF GOAL OF THE TEA ACT WAS TO
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RAISE MONEY FOR THE BRTISH EAST INDIA COMPANY.
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ACCORDING TO THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENENCE EVERYONEE HAD A RIGHT TO
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LIFE, LIBERTY AND THE PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS.
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THE AUTHOR OF "COMMON SENSE" SUPPORTED AMERCIAN INDEPENDENCE BECAUSE?
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AMERICA WAS TO FAR FROM BRITIAN TO BE EASILY GOVERNED.

THER WAS NO ADVANTAGE TO BEING CONNECTED TO BRITIAN.

KINGS AND QUEENS HAD NO RIGHT TO RULE.

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A TURNING POINT IN THE WAR FOR THE AMERICAN S WAS AT ?
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SARATOGA.
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AMERICANS WANTED AN ALLIANCE WITH FRANCE BECAUSE?
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AMERICANS NEEDED WEAPONS AND NAVAL SUPPORT.
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ON WHICH SIDE DID NATIVE AMERICANS FIGHT DURING THE REVOLUTION?
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SOME FOUGHT WITH THE BRITISH AND SOME FOUGHT WITH THE PATRIOTS.
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MANY AFICIAN AMERICANS SUPPORTED THE REVOLUTION BECAUSE THEY?
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BELEIVED IT WOULD BRING AN END TO SLAVERY.
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WASHINGTON ALLOWED AFRICAN AMERICANS TO SERVE IN THE CONTINENTAL ARMY BECAUSE?
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THE BRITISH WERE SUCCESSFULLY RECRUITING SLAVES.
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IN THE TREATY OF PARIS OF 1783 AMERICANS AGREED TO?
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ASKED STATE LEGISLATORS TO PAY LOYALIST FOR PROPERTY THAT THEY LOST.
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THE AMEERICAN COMMANDER KNOWN AS THE SWAMP FOX WAS?
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FRANCIS MARION.
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ONE REASON THEAT AMERICANS WANTED A WRITTEN CONSTITUTION WAS TO?
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LIMIT THE POWER OF GOVERNMENT.
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WHAT PROBLEMS DID THE NATION FACE UNDER THE ARTICLES OF CONFEDERATION?
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THE GOVERMENT COULD NOT SETTLE DISPUTES BETWEEN STATES.

 

FOREIGN COUNTRIES DID NOT RESPECT THE NATION.

 

THE NEW GOVERNMENT COULD NOT RAISE ENOUGH MONEY.

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DELEGATES TO THE CONSTITUTIONAL  TO KEEP THEIR TALKS SECRET BECAUSE THEY?
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WANTED TO EXPPLORE EVERY ISSUE WITHOUT PRESSURE.
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IN THE DEBATE OVER THE CONSTITUTION FEDERALIST FAVORED ?
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A STRONG NATIONAL GOVERNMENT.
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THE CONSTITUTION CANBE CHANGED THROUGH THE PROCESS OF ?
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AMENDEMENT
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IN 1689 WILLIAM AND MARY SIGNED THIS ROYAL AGREEMENT TO RESPECT THE RIGHTS OF ENGLISH CITIZENS AND OF PARLIMENT
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THE ENGLISH BILL OF RIGHTS
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THE ENGLISH POLOCY OF INTERFERING VERY LITTLE IN COLONIAL AFFAIRS WAS CALLED?
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SALUTARY NEGLECT.
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SHAY'S REBELLION WAS IMPORTANT BECAUSE IT SHOWED AMERICANS THAT?
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THE ARTICLES OF CONFEDEERATION WERE NOT WORKING.
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THE RIGHT OF FREEDOM OF THE PRESS IN THE COLONIES WAS ESTABLISHED BY TRIAL OF
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JOHN PETER ZENGER.
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WHAT WA THE GREAT AWAKENING?
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A RELIGIOUS MOVEMENT.
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THE PURPPOSE OF THE QUARTERING ACT WAS TO REQUIRE THE COLONIES TO
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PROVIDE HOUSING AND SUPPLIES FOR BRITISH SOLDIERS.
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A GROUP THAT STAGED PROTEST AGAINST THE STAMP ACT WAS THE /
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SONS OF LIBERTY.
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ON MARCH 5,1770, WHAT FIGHT BROKE OUT BETWEEN BRITISH SOLDIERS AND DOCKWORKERS?
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THE BOSTON MASSSACRE.
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WHO BECAME FAMOUS FOR SPREADING THE NEW OF THE BROTISH TROOP MOVEMENTS?
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PAUL REVEERE.

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DURING THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR, PEOPLE WHO SIDED WITH THE REBELS WERE CALLED?
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PATRIOTS.
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____________ IS COMMANDER OF THE CONTINENTIAL ARMY.
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GEORGE WASHINGTON
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WASHINGTON'S STRATEGY WAS TO:
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KEEP THIS ARMY IN THE FIELD

WIN SMALL BATTLES

AVOID MAJOR BATTLES UNTIL THE ARMY IS LARGER.

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______________ ARE SOLDIERS HIRED TO FIGHT FOR ANOTHER COUNTRY.
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MERCENARIES.
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___________ SPREADS RUMORS THAT AMERICANS HAVE A LARGE ARMY AND LATER BE BETRAYS HIS COUNRTY.
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BENEDICT ARNOLD.
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GERMAN_______ TRAINS TROOPS AND TEACHERS CHARGES USING BAYONETS.
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BARON VON STEUBEN.
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WASHINGTONS ARMY RETREATS FROM PHILIDELPHIA AND SPENDS THE HARSH WINTER OF 1777-1778 _______.
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VALLEY FORGE
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_______ IS A PRIVATELY OWNED SHIP USED TO ATTACK ENEMY (BRITISH) MERCHANT SHIP.
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PRIVATEER
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______ COMMANDS THE AMERICAN SHIP, BONHOMME RICHARD.
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JOHN PAUL JONES
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_____ ARE BANDS OF FIGHTERS WHO WEAKEN THE ENEMY WITH SURPRISE RAIDS.
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GUERRILLAS
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THE _____ IS THE LAST MAJOR BATTLE OF THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR. CPRNWALL SURRENDERS HIS FORCES ON  OCTOBER 19, 1781 AT THIS BATTLE.
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BATTLE OF YORK TOWN
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THE WAR OFFICIALLY ENDS WITH THE ______.
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TREATY OF PARIS.
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THE _____ ARE THE FIRST SET OF PLANS FOR A NATIONAL GOVERMENT SYSTEM RATIFIED IN 1781.
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ARTICLES OF CONFEDERATION
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_____ LED A GROUP OF MEN IN A REBELLION (BECAUSE OF TAXES) CALLED SHAYS REBELLION.
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DANIEL SHAY
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IN 1791, STATES RATIFY THE TEN AMENDMENTS KNOWN AS THE ____.
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BILL OF RIGHTS
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WHAT ARE THREE QUALIFICATIONS TO BECOME U.S PRESIDENT?
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1. 35 YEARS OLD

2. LIVE IN U.S 14 YEARS  CONSECUTUIVE

3. NATURAL BORN CITIZEN

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HOW MANY TERMS AND YEARS MAY A U.S PRESIDENT SERVE IN A LIFETIME?
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2 TERMS 12 YEARS
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HOW LONG IS THE TERM FOR A SENATOR AND HOUSE OF REPRESENTIVE?
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SENATOR IS 6 YEARS

HOUSE OF REP. 2 YEARS 

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IF A U.S PRESIDENT IS CHARGED WITH IMPEACHMENT WHAT ROLE DOES THE HOUSE, SENATE AND SUPREME COURT PLAY IN THE DECISION ?
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HOUSE-  DELIVERS IMPEACHMET DECISION

SENATE- SOLE POWER TO TRY ALL IMPEACHMENTS

SUPREME COURT- OVER SEE THE WHOLE PROCESS

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WHAT HOUSE CAN INDUCE A BILL?
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SENATE
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IF THE PRESIDENT VETOS A BILL - WHAT IS HE SAYING?
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NO
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IF THE PRESIDENT VETOS A BILL AND CONGRESS THINKS THE BILL SHOULD PASS WHAT MUST CONGRESS DO IN ORDER TO GET IT PASSED INTO A LAW?
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VOTE 2/3 YES
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NAME FIVE RIGHTS NAMED IN AMENDENT 1 OF THE BILL OF RIGHTS?
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1. FREE SPEECH

2. FREEDOEM OF RELIGION

3. FREEDOM OF THE PRESS

4. FREEDOM TO AN ASSEMBLY 

5. FREEDOEM TO KEEP AND BARE ARMS

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