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Unit 4 Our country today
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Social Studies
2nd Grade
10/29/2012

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government
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a group of people who work together to run a city, state, or country.
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mayor
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the leader of a town or city.
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citizen
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a member of a community, state, and country.
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Anna Beavers
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a teacher who helped her students to have nice clothes for school.
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governor
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the leader of the state's government
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table
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a kind of list
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congress
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a part of government that writes and votes on laws for all of our states. (lawmakers)
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President
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the leader of the country.
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supreme court
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9 judges picked by President's to decide if the state laws have been broken by using the U.S. Constitution
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Sandra Day O'Connor
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first female supreme court judge
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Thurgood Marshall
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first African American supreme court judge
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voting
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must be 18 and a citizen of the United States.
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ballet
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a form that lists the candidate in an election.
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Susan B. Anthony
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helped women get the right to vote.
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freedom
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every citizen's right to make a choice
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motto
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a word or saying that people try to live by. Liberty means freedom
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E Pluribus Unum
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out of many, one.
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rose
Definition
national flower
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bald eagle
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national bird
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George Washington
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first President of the U.S.
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monument
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a building or statue that honors a person or an event
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Dr. martin Luther King, Jr.
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wanted all people to be treated fairly
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grid
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a pattern of lines that form squares
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What are the 4 things that governments do?
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1.provide services, 2. makes laws, 3. helps us stay safe, 4.settles disagreements.
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what are the 3 parts of the U.S. Federal government?
Definition
President, Congress, and the Supreme Court.
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