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- A nation's or individual's past. We need to understand America's _______ in order to put today's events into proper perspecitive.
- Name given to organizations that protect and further the interests of groups of individuals with common goals. 3 words
- Someone who offers to help an organizaiton at no cost.
- If the country is in fear for it's ____, we will have less "liberty and the pursuit of happiness."
- President who said "Ask not what your country can do for you - ask what you can do for your country" in his 1961 inaugural address.
- Immigration creates one of America's greatest strengths.
- Doing someting for someone you don't know and without them knowing you did it is called a ______ act of kindness.
- Abbreviation of location of White House and the Capitol and Supreme Course buildings.
- "All that is necessary for the triumph of ____ is for good men to do nothing." - Edmund Burke.
- Former governor of Illinois and two time Presidential candidate who said when talking about patriotism, ".... a patriotism that puts country ahead of self, a patriotism which is not short, frenzied outbursts of emotion, but the tranquil and steady dedication of a lifetime."
- WATCHING AMERICA's Most Wanted on Saturday evening is a small thing we can do to keep the country safer. It's founder, John _____, lost his son to a pedophile.
- British Prime Minister who said "An appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile hoping it will eat him last."
- One of our responsibilities regarding helping our legal system determine the guilt or inocence of individuals. 2 words
- An individual member of a nation.
- Term for reusing our natural resources.
- Rather than calling those who don't participate in our democracy the "silent majority", they should be called the "silent ________:.
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- A type of goverment where citizens elect their public officials.
- Another word for freedom.
- Holiday that celebrates those who have given their lives for this country during war. 2 words
- One of a number of groups with a special responsibility to keep the country strong.
- First name of country singer who wrote and sang "Proud to be an American".
- Citizens have both rights and _______ because each of us needs to do what is needed to keep the country strong and thus free.
- What one expresses to an elected official.
- President who said "...... of the people, by the people and for the people..." in a famous address.
- What citizens over 18 do on election day.
- One way to help others and foster a sense of community is to give _____ to the Red Cross.
- If each of us picked up a piece of _____ each day, the country would be cleaner and a nicer place to live.
- Term used to describe the process individuals from other countries go through to become a citizen of the U.S.
- Small things each of us can do to help keep the country strong and thus free are called "citizen ________".
- When citizens focus on their "pursuit of happiness" and neglect country, and special interest groups take over, our country goes from a democracy to a ________.
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