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Preparing for the Oath Credits 1. Government Basics 2. Courts 3. The Presidency 4. Congress 5. Rights 6. Responsibilities 7. Voting 8. Establishing Independence 9. Writing the Constitution 10. A Growing Nation 11. The 1800s 12. The 1900s 13. Famous Citizens 14. Geography 15. Symbols & Holidays 1 of 134 Government Basics 2. What does the Constitution do? Americans singing the National Anthem, the Star-Spangled Banner. Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of American History. First page of the United States Constitution, written in 1787 and ratified in 1789. Courtesy of United States National Archives and Records Administration. The Continental Congress voting for independence, after 1796. Image by Edward Savage. Smithsonian Institution, National Portrait A citizen casts his ballot. Gallery. Courtesy of the Polling Place Photo Project. 1. What is the supreme law of the land? House of Representatives in session, between 1905-1945. Photograph by Harris & Ewing. Courtesy of Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. First page of the United States Constitution, written in 1787 and ratified in 1789. 2 of 134 Courtesy of United States National Courtesy of the Supreme Court of the Archives and Records Administration. United States. Journals of the Supreme Court of the United States documenting trials and 1974 Courtroom drawing. verdicts. Drawing by Steve Petteway. Courtesy of Supreme Court of the United States. Courtesy of Supreme Court of the United States. Betty Friedan, president of the National Frieze of the Supreme Court of the United Organization of Women, leading a group States building, reading “Equal Justice of demonstrators outside a Under Law.” Congressional office in 1971 to support the Equal Rights Amendment. Courtesy of Supreme Court of the United States. Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of American History. Waving American flag. Courtesy of Wikimedia Commons. Demonstrators march past the Supreme Court Building, January 24, 2011. Photograph by Steve Petteway. 3 of 134 3. The idea of self-government is in the 12. What is the “rule of law”? first three words of the Constitution. What are these words? A street scene, around 1918. Courtesy of Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. First page of the United States Constitution, written in 1787 and ratified in 1789. Courtesy of United States National Archives and Records Administration. Courtroom drawing of the 2002 trial of executives of WorldCom. Drawing by Marilyn Church. Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of American History. A speaker addressing the audience at a Naturalization Ceremony. Courtesy of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services History Library. An integrated classroom at Anacostia High School, Washington, D.C., 1957. Photograph by Warren K. Leffler. Courtesy of Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. Citizens voting. Courtesy of Polling Place Photo Project. 4 of 134 Senator Henry Clay arguing before the United States Senate in 1850. Engraved by Robert Whitechurch after a New American citizens in Las Vegas, painting by Peter Rothermel, 1855. Nevada. Courtesy of the United States Senate, Office Courtesy of U.S. Citizenship and of the Senate Curator. Immigration Services History Library. The White House located in Washington, A state police officer pulls over another DC. car near Portland, Oregon, 1973. Smithsonian Institution, Photographic Courtesy of United States National Archives. Archives and Records Administration. 13. Name one branch or part of the government. John F. Kennedy in the Oval Office in United States Capitol. 1962. Courtesy of Architect of the Capitol. Courtesy of John Fitzgerald Kennedy Library. 5 of 134 Two Supreme Court Justices in 1925. Courtesy of Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division President Richard Nixon made his historic visit to China in 1972 to ease the cold war tensions between the superpowers. Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of American History. Courtroom drawing of the Bernhard Goetz trial for attempted murder and assault,1987. Drawing by Marilyn Church. Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of American History. Statue of Contemplation of Justice at the entrance of the United States Supreme Court. President Barack Obama during his State of the Union address at the U.S. House Courtesy of Supreme Court of the United Chamber in the Capitol, 2011. States. Photograph by Chuck Kennedy. Courtesy of Official White House Photos. 6 of 134 14. What stops one branch of government from becoming too powerful? Lyndon B. Johnson (left) being sworn in as president of the United States, 1965. The White House, located in Washington, Telephoto by United Press International. D.C. Courtesy of Corbis Images. Smithsonian Institution, Photographic Archives. President Gerald Ford sitting at his desk talking with speechwriter Bob Hartman, 1975. United States Capitol. Photograph by Marion S. Trikosko. Courtesy of Architect of the Capitol. Courtesy of Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. United States Supreme Court Building. Courtesy of Supreme Court of the United Group portrait of members of Congress, States. between 1919-1932. Courtesy of Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. 7 of 134 Photograph of the first exhibition of the entire United States Constitution in the rotunda of the National Archives, 1970. Courtesy of United States National Archives and Records Administration. First page of a veto by the President of the United States of the Judicial Expense Bill, 1879. Courtesy of Library of Congress, Printed Ephemera Collection. Front page of The New York Times, President Wilson calls for war against Germany, April 2nd, 1917. Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of American History. View of the Senate of the United States in Session, depicting the old Senate chamber, around 1850. Print by J. Rodgers and E. Anthony. Courtesy of United States Senate, Office of the Senate Curator Franklin D. Roosevelt around 1937. 41. Under our Constitution, some powers belong to the federal government. What Photograph by Maurice Constant. is one power of the federal government? Courtesy of Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. 8 of 134 American soldiers in Germany during President Jimmy Carter hosted peace World War II, April 22, 1944. talks with Israel and Egypt, 1978. Courtesy of Library of Congress, Prints and Courtesy of Jimmy Carter Library. Photographs Division. 42. Under our Constitution, some powers belong to the states. What is one power of the states? Tennessee Governor Phil Bredesen with students on National Read Across Women inspecting currency at the U.S. America Day, 2010. Bureau of Engraving and Printing, 1907. Courtesy of Former Governor Phil Bredesen Courtesy of Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. United States Marines in formation in Afghanistan, 2010. Courtesy of United States Marine Corps. Students learning the “New Math,” 1960. Courtesy of University of Illinois Archives. 9 of 134 The Life of a Fireman. The Metropolitan Aerial view of a planned housing System, 1866. development in Levittown, Pennsylvania, Print by John Cameron, published by 1951. Currier and Ives. Photograph by Carl Byoir and Associates. Smithsonian Institution, National Museum Courtesy of Library of Congress, Prints and of American History. Photographs Division 43. Who is the Governor of your state now? Ohio driver’s license, 1938. Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of American History. Florida Governor Rick Scott giving a speech, 2011. Courtesy of Governor Rick Scott A traffic jam on a Chicago Highway, 1959. Courtesy of Chicago Transit Authority. President Obama and Massachusetts Governor Patrick meet in the Oval Office of the White House, 2009. Courtesy of Governor Deval Patrick. 10 of 134 11. What is the economic system in the United States? Oregon Governor Tom McCall reading at his desk, 1973. Woman shopping for groceries during Courtesy of United States National the 1950s. Archives and Records Administration. Courtesy of Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. William H. Vanderbilt, Governor of Rhode Island, seated at a desk in 1940. A vendor at Eastern Market in Washington D.C., 2010. Photograph by Harris and Ewing. Photograph by Carol M. Highsmith. Courtesy of Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. Courtesy of Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Carol M. Highsmith Archive. 11 of 134 Photograph shows stock brokers working at the New York Stock Exchange, 1963. Photograph by Thomas J. O’Halloran. Courtesy of Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. 1937 Work Progress Administration Poster about retail food markets, merchants, and healthy eating. Courtesy of Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. Postcard of the Siegel-Cooper Company Department Store in Chicago, 1909. Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of American History. Object Exploration Underdown Family Delicatessan, Washington D.C., around 1904. Photograph by Addison N. Scurlock. Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of American History. Underdown Family Delicatessan, Washington D.C., around 1904. Photograph by Addison N. Scurlock. Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of American History. 12 of 134 Courts 37. What does the judicial branch do? Frieze of the Supreme Court of the United States building, reading “Equal Justice Under Law.” Courtesy of Supreme Court of the United States. Supreme Court Justice Owen J. Roberts, around 1938. The Supreme Court of the United States building