Each tribe has its own traditions, leaders, art, culture, and languages, too.
One example is the Pueblo tribe. Today, a Pueblo woman, Deb Haaland, is part of Joe Biden’s cabinet. She is the Secretary of the Interior.
The Department of the Interior manages 507 million acres of land in the US. It is also responsible for relationships with Native Americans.
Extra information: Right now, the United States has 4 representatives in congress who are Native Americans. They are from New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Kansas. There is also one representative who is Native Hawaiian.
Name one American Indian tribe in the United States. –> Pueblo
People from Europe are called Europeans. Christopher Columbus was one of the first Europeans to come to America.
Europeans fought American Indians, took their land, and brought diseases. Some Europeans did business with the Indians, made friendships, and even married with them. But, millions of American Indians died from these problems.
Europeans started colonies in America. These were new cities, but they still had a connection to their home country.
For example, Spain, Portugal, and England started many colonies. The people who live in colonies were called colonists.
In England, the leader of the government was a king. The British king had a lot of power, and many people did not have freedom.
We use the words British and English to describe the same place.
Many English people became colonists, and came to America for more freedom.
What is one reason colonists came to America? –> Freedom
Can you answer these questions? What questions (and answers) are connected to this video?
What are the two parts of Congress?
Where is the Statue of Liberty?
Who makes federal laws?
Who is in charge of the executive branch?
In what month do we vote for President?*
Who is the Commander in Chief of the military?
Who signs bills to become laws?
What is the name of the Speaker of the House of Representatives now?
Who vetoes bills?
We elect a President for how many years?
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The job of president is really difficult. However, the president has a lot of help and support. One person who works with the president is the Vice President.
The Vice President is also from the same political party as the President. Sometimes the President can no longer serve. That means the president may retire, get sick, or even die.
If the President can no longer serve, who becomes President? –> The Vice President
Official portrait of Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, photographed January 11, 2019 in the Office of the Speaker in the United States Capitol.
The constitution has a plan for a lot of different situations. It is really important to have a president, because they are the commander in chief.
So, if the both the President and the Vice President can no longer serve, the Speaker of the House will become the new president.
If both the President and the Vice President can no longer serve, who becomes President? –> The Speaker of the House
The President is in charge of the Executive branch, so they have many people who work with them. The most important helpers are the Cabinet.
The Cabinet is a group of 16 people who help the President. The President chooses the Cabinet members. The Senate can say “yes” or “no” to the President’s choices.
What does the President’s Cabinet do? –> Helps the president
Each person in the Cabinet is in charge of one department or part of the executive branch. The Vice President is also a member of the Cabinet.
Other Cabinet-level positions include:
Secretary of Agriculture ▪ Secretary of Commerce ▪ Secretary of Defense ▪ Secretary of Education ▪ Secretary of Energy ▪ Secretary of Health and Human Services ▪ Secretary of Homeland Security ▪ Secretary of Housing and Urban Development ▪ Secretary of the Interior ▪ Secretary of Labor ▪ Secretary of State ▪ Secretary of Transportation ▪ Secretary of the Treasury ▪ Secretary of Veterans Affairs ▪ Attorney General
What are two Cabinet-level positions? –> Secretary of State and Vice President
If the President can no longer serve, who becomes President?
If both the President and the Vice President can no longer serve, who becomes President?
Were you EVER involved in any way with killing, or trying to kill someone?
Were you EVER involved in any way with forcing, or trying to force, someone to have any kind of sexual contact or relations?
Were you EVER involved in any way with not letting someone practice their religion?
Were you EVER involved in any way with genocide?
New Information: Question 15
Were you EVER a member of a military unit?
Yes, I was / No, I wasn’t / No, never
¿Alguna vez un miembro de, o ¿alguna vez presta servicio en, ayuda, o bien participen en una unidad militar? هل كنت من أي وقت مضى عضوا في، أو هل تخدم أي وقت مضى في، مساعدة، أو المشاركة في ذلك وحدة عسكرية؟ သငျသညျအစဉျအမွဲအဖွဲ့ဝင်တစ်ဦးတို့က, ဒါမှမဟုတ်သင်အစဉ်အဆက်မှာအမှုဆောင်ခဲ့ပါ, အကူအညီနဲ့, ဒါမှမဟုတ်မဟုတ်ရင်စစ်တပ်ယူနစ်တွင်ပါဝင်ဆောင်ရွက်? 你曾经的一员,或者你有没有在服务,帮助,或者以其他方式参与军事单位? شما تا به حال شد عضو، و یا شما تا به حال در، کمک خدمت می کنند، و یا در غیر این صورت در یک واحد نظامی شرکت کنند؟ Ai fost vreodată un membru al sau ai servi vreodată, de ajutor, sau participă la o unitate militară? تل تاسو د يو غړي، او يا مو تل کې، د مرستې د خدمت، او يا په بله يو پوځي واحد کې د ګډون؟ Были ли вы когда-нибудь членом, или вы когда-либо служить в, помощь, или иным образом участвовать в воинской части? Weligaa ma ahaayeen xubin ka mid ah, ama aad abid ka adeegi jirtay, caawimaad, ama haddii kale ka qayb unit a military? Đã bao giờ bạn thành viên của, hoặc bạn đã từng phục vụ trong, giúp đỡ, hoặc tham gia vào một đơn vị quân đội? کیا تم نے کبھی کے ایک رکن تھے، یا اگر آپ نے کبھی میں مدد کی خدمت کی تھی، یا دوسری صورت میں ایک فوجی یونٹ میں شرکت؟
Were you EVER a member of a paramilitary unit?
Yes, I was / No, I wasn’t / No, never
¿Alguna vez un miembro de, o ¿alguna vez presta servicio en, ayuda, o bien participen en una unidad paramilitar (un grupo de personas que actúan como un grupo militar, pero no forman parte de los militares oficial)? هل كنت من أي وقت مضى عضوا في، أو هل تخدم أي وقت مضى في، مساعدة، أو المشاركة في ذلك وحدة شبه عسكرية (مجموعة من الناس الذين يتصرفون مثل مجموعة عسكرية ولكنها ليست جزءا من الجيش الرسمي)؟ သငျသညျအစဉျအမွဲအဖွဲ့ဝင်တစ်ဦးတို့က, ဒါမှမဟုတ်သင်အစဉ်အဆက်မှာအမှုဆောင်ခဲ့ပါ, အကူအညီနဲ့, ဒါမှမဟုတ်မဟုတ်ရင်တစ်ရှိတဲ့လကျနကျကိုငျယူနစ် (ကစစ်တပ်အုပ်စုတစ်စုနဲ့တူပြုမူကြသော်လည်းတရားဝင်စစ်ရေး၏အစိတ်အပိုင်းတစ်ခုမဟုတ်သောလူမျိုး၏အုပ်စုတစု) တွင်ပါဝင်ဆောင်ရွက်? 你曾经的一员,或者你有没有在服务,帮助,或者以其他方式参与准军事单位(一组谁像一个军事小组,但不属于官方军事的一部分人)? شما تا به حال شد عضو، و یا شما تا به حال در، کمک خدمت می کنند، و یا در غیر این صورت در یک واحد شبه نظامی (یک گروه از افرادی که دوست دارند یک گروه نظامی عمل می کنند اما بخشی از ارتش رسمی نیست) شرکت کنند؟ Ai fost vreodată un membru al sau ai servi vreodată, de ajutor, sau participă la o unitate de paramilitare (un grup de persoane care acționează ca un grup militar, dar care nu fac parte din armata oficiale)? تل تاسو د يو غړي، او يا مو تل کې، د مرستې د خدمت، او يا په بله يوه نيمه پوځي واحد (د خلکو چې د یوه پوځي ډله په څېر عمل وکړي خو نه دي د رسمي پوځي برخه د يوې ډلې) کې د ګډون؟ Были ли вы когда-нибудь членом, или вы когда-либо служить в, помощи, или иным образом участвовать в полувоенной единицы (группы людей, которые действуют как группы военных, но не являются частью официальных военных)? Weligaa ma ahaayeen xubin ka mid ah, ama aad abid ka adeegi jirtay, caawimaad, ama haddii kale ka qayb unug milatariga ah (koox dad ah kuwaas oo u dhaqmaan sida koox military balse aan qayb ka ahayn ciidamada rasmiga ah)? Đã bao giờ bạn thành viên của, hoặc bạn đã từng phục vụ trong, giúp đỡ, hoặc tham gia vào một đơn vị bán quân sự (một nhóm người đã hành động như một nhóm quân sự nhưng không phải là một phần của quân đội chính thức)? کیا تم نے کبھی کے ایک رکن تھے، یا اگر آپ نے کبھی میں مدد کی خدمت کی تھی، یا دوسری صورت میں ایک نیم فوجی یونٹ (ایک فوجی گروپ کی طرح کام ہے لیکن سرکاری فوج کا حصہ نہیں ہیں جو لوگوں کے ایک گروپ) میں شرکت؟
Were you EVER a member of a police unit?
Yes, I was / No, I wasn’t / No, never
¿Alguna vez un miembro de, o ¿alguna vez presta servicio en, ayuda, o bien participen en una unidad de policía? هل كنت من أي وقت مضى عضوا في، أو هل تخدم أي وقت مضى في، مساعدة، أو المشاركة إلا في وحدة الشرطة؟ သငျသညျအစဉျအမွဲအဖွဲ့ဝင်တစ်ဦးတို့က, ဒါမှမဟုတ်သင်အစဉ်အဆက်မှာအမှုဆောင်ခဲ့ပါ, အကူအညီနဲ့, ဒါမှမဟုတ်မဟုတ်ရင်ရဲယူနစ်တွင်ပါဝင်ဆောင်ရွက်? 你曾经的一员,或者你有没有在服务,帮助,或者以其他方式参与一个警察单位? شما تا به حال شد عضو، و یا شما تا به حال در، کمک خدمت می کنند، و یا در غیر این صورت در یک واحد پلیس شرکت کنند؟ Ai fost vreodată un membru al sau ai servi vreodată, de ajutor, sau participă la o unitate de poliție? تل تاسو د يو غړي، او يا مو تل کې، د مرستې د خدمت، او يا په بله د پوليسو په څانګه کې برخه واخلي؟ Были ли вы когда-нибудь членом, или вы когда-либо служить в, помощь, или иным образом участвовать в подразделение полиции? Weligaa ma ahaayeen xubin ka mid ah, ama aad abid ka adeegi jirtay, caawimaad, ama haddii kale ka qayb unit bilays ah? Đã bao giờ bạn thành viên của, hoặc bạn đã từng phục vụ trong, giúp đỡ, hoặc tham gia vào một đơn vị cảnh sát? کیا تم نے کبھی کے ایک رکن تھے، یا اگر آپ نے کبھی میں مدد کی خدمت کی تھی، یا دوسری صورت میں ایک پولیس یونٹ میں شرکت؟
Were you EVER a member of a self defense unit?
Yes, I was / No, I wasn’t / No, never
¿Alguna vez un miembro de, o ¿alguna vez presta servicio en, ayuda, o bien participen en una unidad de autodefensa? هل كنت من أي وقت مضى عضوا في، أو هل تخدم أي وقت مضى في، مساعدة، أو المشاركة إلا في وحدة للدفاع عن النفس؟ သငျသညျအစဉျအမွဲအဖွဲ့ဝင်တစ်ဦးတို့က, ဒါမှမဟုတ်သင်အစဉ်အဆက်မှာအမှုဆောင်ခဲ့ပါ, အကူအညီနဲ့, ဒါမှမဟုတ်မဟုတ်ရင်တစ် Self-ကာကွယ်ရေးယူနစ်တွင်ပါဝင်ဆောင်ရွက်? 你曾经的一员,或者你有没有在服务,帮助,或者以其他方式参与自卫单位? شما تا به حال شد عضو، و یا شما تا به حال در، کمک خدمت می کنند، و یا در غیر این صورت در یک واحد دفاع از خود شرکت کنند؟ Ai fost vreodată un membru al sau ai servi vreodată, de ajutor, sau participă într-o unitate de auto-apărare? تل تاسو د يو غړي، او يا مو تل کې، د مرستې د خدمت، او يا په بله يوه د ځان د دفاع په څانګه کې برخه واخلي؟ Были ли вы когда-нибудь членом, или вы когда-либо служить в, помощь, или иным образом участвовать в блоке самообороны? Weligaa ma ahaayeen xubin ka mid ah, ama aad abid ka adeegi jirtay, caawimaad, ama haddii kale ka qayb unit is-difaaca ah? Đã bao giờ bạn thành viên của, hoặc bạn đã từng phục vụ trong, giúp đỡ, hoặc tham gia vào một đơn vị tự vệ? کیا تم نے کبھی کے ایک رکن تھے، یا اگر آپ نے کبھی میں مدد کی خدمت کی تھی، یا دوسری صورت میں ایک خود دفاعی یونٹ میں شرکت؟
Were you EVER a member of a vigilante unit?
Yes, I was / No, I wasn’t / No, never
¿Alguna vez un miembro de, o ¿alguna vez presta servicio en, ayuda, o bien participen en una unidad de vigilantes (un grupo de personas que actúan como la policía, pero no forma parte de la policía oficial)? هل كنت من أي وقت مضى عضوا في، أو هل تخدم أي وقت مضى في، مساعدة، أو المشاركة إلا في وحدة الحراسة (مجموعة من الناس الذين يتصرفون مثل الشرطة، ولكن ليست جزءا من الشرطة الرسمية)؟ သငျသညျအစဉျအမွဲအဖွဲ့ဝင်တစ်ဦးတို့က, ဒါမှမဟုတ်သင်အစဉ်အဆက်မှာအမှုဆောင်ခဲ့ပါ, အကူအညီနဲ့, ဒါမှမဟုတ်မဟုတ်ရင်တစ် vigilante ယူနစ် (ရဲများကဲ့သို့ပြုမူ, ဒါပေမယ့်တရားဝင်ရဲတပ်ဖွဲ့၏အစိတ်အပိုင်းတစ်ခုမဟုတ်သောလူမျိုး၏အုပ်စုတစု) တွင်ပါဝင်ဆောင်ရွက်? 你曾经的一员,或者你有没有在服务,帮助,或者以其他方式参与私刑单元(一组谁像警察的人,但不是正式警察的一部分)? شما تا به حال شد عضو، و یا شما تا به حال در، کمک خدمت می کنند، و یا در غیر این صورت در یک واحد فشار شرکت (یک گروه از مردم که مانند پلیس عمل می کنند، اما بخشی از پلیس رسمی نیست)؟ Ai fost vreodată un membru al sau ai servi vreodată, de ajutor, sau participă la o unitate de justițiar (un grup de persoane care acționează ca poliția, dar nu fac parte din poliția oficială)? تل تاسو د يو غړي، او يا مو تل کې، د مرستې د خدمت، او يا په بله اورپک د واحد کې د ګډون (د خلکو چې د پوليسو په شان عمل د يوې ډلې، خو نه دي د رسمي پوليسو د برخه)؟ Были ли вы когда-нибудь членом, или вы когда-либо служить в, помощь, или иным образом участвовать в линчевателя единицы (группы людей, которые действуют как в полицию, но не являются частью официальной полиции)? Weligaa ma ahaayeen xubin ka mid ah, ama aad abid ka adeegi jirtay, caawimaad, ama haddii kale ka qayb unit ilaalo ah (koox dad ah kuwaas oo u dhaqmaan sida booliska, laakiin ma ay qayb ka yihiin booliiska rasmiga ah)? Đã bao giờ bạn thành viên của, hoặc bạn đã từng phục vụ trong, giúp đỡ, hoặc tham gia vào một đơn vị cảnh vệ (một nhóm người đã hành động như cảnh sát, nhưng không phải là một phần của cảnh sát chính thức)? کیا تم نے کبھی کے ایک رکن تھے، یا اگر آپ نے کبھی میں مدد کی خدمت کی تھی، یا دوسری صورت میں ایک vigilante یونٹ میں شرکت (پولیس کی طرح کام کرنے والے لوگوں کے ایک گروپ ہے، لیکن سرکاری پولیس کا حصہ نہیں ہیں)؟
Were you EVER a member of a rebel group?
Yes, I was / No, I wasn’t / No, never
¿Alguna vez un miembro de, o ¿alguna vez presta servicio en, ayuda, o bien participen en un grupo rebelde? هل كنت من أي وقت مضى عضوا في، أو هل تخدم أي وقت مضى في، مساعدة، أو المشاركة في ذلك جماعة متمردة؟ သငျသညျအစဉျအမွဲအဖွဲ့ဝင်တစ်ဦးတို့က, ဒါမှမဟုတ်သင်အစဉ်အဆက်မှာအမှုဆောင်ခဲ့ပါ, အကူအညီနဲ့, ဒါမှမဟုတ်မဟုတ်ရင်တစ်သူပုန်အုပ်စုတွင်ပါဝင်ရန်? 你曾经的一员,或者你有没有在服务,帮助,或者以其他方式参与叛乱组织? شما تا به حال شد عضو، و یا شما تا به حال در، کمک خدمت می کنند، و یا در غیر این صورت در یک گروه شورشی شرکت کنند؟ Ai fost vreodată un membru al sau ai servi vreodată, de ajutor, sau altfel participa la un grup rebel? تل تاسو د يو غړي، او يا مو تل کې، د مرستې د خدمت، او يا په بله کې د یاغیانو ډلې برخه واخلي؟ Были ли вы когда-нибудь членом, или вы когда-либо служить в, помощь, или иным образом участвовать в повстанческой группе? Weligaa ma ahaayeen xubin ka mid ah, ama aad abid ka adeegi jirtay, caawimaad, ama haddii kale ka qayb galaan kooxda mucaaradka ah? Đã bao giờ bạn thành viên của, hoặc bạn đã từng phục vụ trong, giúp đỡ, hoặc tham gia vào một nhóm nổi loạn? کیا تم نے کبھی کے ایک رکن تھے، یا اگر آپ نے کبھی میں مدد کی خدمت کی تھی، یا دوسری صورت میں ایک باغی گروپ میں شرکت؟
Were you EVER a member of a guerrilla group?
Yes, I was / No, I wasn’t / No, never
¿Alguna vez un miembro de, o ¿alguna vez presta servicio en, ayuda, o bien participen en un grupo guerrillero (un grupo de personas que utilizan armas contra o de otra manera atacar físicamente a los militares, la policía, el gobierno, u otras personas)? هل كنت من أي وقت مضى عضوا في، أو هل تخدم أي وقت مضى في، مساعدة، أو المشاركة إلا في جماعة (مجموعة من الناس الذين يستخدمون الأسلحة ضد أو مهاجمة جسديا الجيش والشرطة والحكومة، أو غيرهم من الناس)؟ သငျသညျအစဉျအမွဲအဖွဲ့ဝင်တစ်ဦးတို့က, ဒါမှမဟုတ်သင်အစဉ်အဆက်မှာအမှုဆောင်ခဲ့ပါ, အကူအညီနဲ့, ဒါမှမဟုတ်မဟုတ်ရင်တစ်ပြောက်ကျားအုပ်စုတစ်စု (ဆန့်ကျင်လက်နက်များကိုအသုံးပြုဖို့သို့မဟုတ်မဟုတ်ရင်ကိုယ်ထိလက်ရောက်စစ်တပ်, ရဲ, အစိုးရ, သို့မဟုတ်အခြားလူများတိုက်ခိုက်ရန်သူတွေကိုအုပ်စု) တွင်ပါဝင်ဆောင်ရွက်? 你曾经的一员,或者你有没有在服务,帮助,或者以其他方式参与游击组(一组谁用武器攻击或其他物理攻击军队,警察,政府或其他人的人)? شما تا به حال شد عضو، و یا شما تا به حال در، کمک خدمت می کنند، و یا در غیر این صورت در یک گروه چریکی (یک گروه از افرادی که استفاده از سلاح در برابر و یا در غیر این صورت از لحاظ جسمی حمله به ارتش، پلیس، دولت، و یا افراد دیگر) شرکت کنند؟ Ai fost vreodată un membru al sau ai servi vreodată, de ajutor, sau participă la un grup de gherilă (un grup de oameni care folosesc arme împotriva sau în alt mod fizic ataca militar, poliția, guvernul, sau alte persoane)? تل تاسو د يو غړي، او يا مو تل کې، د مرستې د خدمت، او یا په بل ډول د يو چريکي ډله (د هغو خلکو په وړاندې د وسلو د کارولو او يا بل ډول فزيکي د نظامي، د پولیسو، حکومت، او يا د نورو خلکو د بريد د يوې ډلې) کې برخه واخلي؟ Были ли вы когда-нибудь членом, или вы когда-либо служить в, помощь, или иным образом участвовать в партизанской группе (группа людей, которые используют оружие против или иным образом физически атаковать военные, полиция, правительство, или других людей)? Weligaa ma ahaayeen xubin ka mid ah, ama aad abid ka adeegi jirtay, caawimaad, ama haddii kale ka qayb group dhuumaalaysiga ah (koox dad ah kuwaas oo ay isticmaalaan hub ka dhanka ah ama haddii kale jidh ahaan weeraraan ciidamada, booliska, dawladda, ama dadka kale)? Đã bao giờ bạn thành viên của, hoặc bạn đã từng phục vụ trong, giúp đỡ, hoặc tham gia vào một nhóm du kích (một nhóm người đã sử dụng vũ khí chống lại hoặc thể chất tấn công quân đội, cảnh sát, chính phủ, hoặc những người khác)? کیا تم نے کبھی کے ایک رکن تھے، یا اگر آپ نے کبھی میں مدد کی خدمت کی تھی، یا دوسری صورت میں ایک گوریلا گروپ (کے خلاف ہتھیار استعمال کرتے ہیں یا دوسری صورت میں جسمانی طور پر فوج، پولیس، حکومت، یا دوسرے لوگوں پر حملہ کرنے والے لوگوں کے ایک گروپ) میں شرکت؟
Were you EVER a member of a militia?
Yes, I was / No, I wasn’t / No, never
¿Alguna vez un miembro de, o ¿alguna vez presta servicio en, ayuda, o participar de otra manera en una milicia (un ejército de personas, que no forma parte de los militares oficial)? هل كنت من أي وقت مضى عضوا في، أو هل تخدم أي وقت مضى في، مساعدة، أو المشاركة في ذلك ميليشيا (جيش من الناس، وليس جزءا من الجيش الرسمي)؟ သငျသညျအစဉျအမွဲအဖွဲ့ဝင်တစ်ဦးတို့က, ဒါမှမဟုတ်သင်အစဉ်အဆက်မှာအမှုဆောင်ခဲ့ပါ, အကူအညီနဲ့, ဒါမှမဟုတ်မဟုတ်ရင်တစ်ပြည်သူ့စစ် (လူဦးအနေနဲ့စစ်တပ်, မဟုတ်တရားဝင်စစ်ရေး၏အစိတ်အပိုင်းတစ်ခု) တွင်ပါဝင်ဆောင်ရွက်? 你曾经的一员,或者你有没有在服务,帮助,或者以其他方式参与民兵(人的军队,而不是正式的军事部分)? شما تا به حال شد عضو، و یا شما تا به حال در، کمک خدمت می کنند، و یا در غیر این صورت شرکت در یک گروه شبه نظامی (ارتش از مردم، بخشی از ارتش رسمی نیست)؟ Ai fost vreodată un membru al sau ai servi vreodată, de ajutor, sau participă la o miliție (o armată de oameni, care nu fac parte din armata oficială)? تل تاسو د يو غړي، او يا مو تل کې د ملېشو په، په مرسته د خدمت، او یا (د خلکو د پوځ، د رسمي پوځي برخه نه) که نه ګډون؟ Были ли вы когда-нибудь членом, или вы когда-либо служить в, помощь, или иным образом участвовать в милиции (армии людей, а не часть официальной военной)? Weligaa ma ahaayeen xubin ka mid ah, ama aad abid ka adeegi jirtay, caawimaad, ama haddii kale ka qayb galaan maleeshiyada a (ciidan dadka, ma qayb ka mid ah ciidamada rasmiga ah)? Đã bao giờ bạn thành viên của, hoặc bạn đã từng phục vụ trong, giúp đỡ, hoặc tham gia vào lực lượng dân quân (một đội quân của người dân, chứ không phải là một phần của quân đội chính thức)? کیا تم نے کبھی کے ایک رکن تھے، یا اگر آپ نے کبھی (لوگوں کی ایک فوج، سرکاری فوج کا حصہ نہیں) اس ملیشیا میں میں، مدد کی خدمت کی تھی، یا دوسری صورت میں شرکت؟
Were you EVER a member of a insurgent organization?
Yes, I was / No, I wasn’t / No, never
¿Alguna vez un miembro de, o ¿alguna vez presta servicio en, ayuda, o participar de otra manera en una organización insurgente (un grupo que utiliza las armas y lucha contra un gobierno)? هل كنت من أي وقت مضى عضوا في، أو هل تخدم أي وقت مضى في، مساعدة، أو المشاركة في ذلك منظمة متمردة (وهي مجموعة استخدامات الأسلحة وتحارب ضد الحكومة)؟ သငျသညျအစဉျအမွဲအဖွဲ့ဝင်တစ်ဦးတို့က, ဒါမှမဟုတ်သင်အစဉ်အဆက်မှာအမှုဆောင်ခဲ့ပါ, အကူအညီနဲ့, ဒါမှမဟုတ်မဟုတ်ရင်တစ်ဦးသောင်းကျန်းသူအဖွဲ့အစည်းတွင်ပါဝင်ဆောင်ရွက် (အုပ်စုတစ်စုကအစိုးရဆန့်ကျင်အသုံးပြုမှုလက်နက်နှင့်တိုက်ပွဲတွေကြောင့်)? 你曾经的一员,或者你有没有在服务,帮助,或者以其他方式参与叛乱组织(一组使用的武器和战斗对抗政府)? شما تا به حال شد عضو، و یا شما تا به حال در، کمک خدمت می کنند، و یا در غیر این صورت شرکت در یک سازمان شورشی (یک گروه که با استفاده از سلاح ها و مبارزه در برابر یک دولت)؟ Ai fost vreodată un membru al sau ai servi vreodată, de ajutor, sau participă într-o organizație insurgent (un grup care utilizează arme și lupte împotriva unui guvern)? تل تاسو د يو غړي، او يا مو تل کې د ياغيانو په يوه اداره کې، د مرستې د خدمت، او يا په بله برخه (د يوې ډلې چې د استعمال وسلې او جګړه د حکومت پر وړاندې د)؟ Были ли вы когда-нибудь членом, или вы когда-либо служить в, помощь, или иным образом участвовать в повстанческой организации (группа, которая использует оружие и борется против правительства)? Weligaa ma ahaayeen xubin ka mid ah, ama aad abid ka adeegi jirtay, caawimaad, ama haddii kale ka qayb ururka mucaaradka ah (a group in isticmaalka hubka iyo dagaalka ka dhanka ah dowladda a)? Đã bao giờ bạn thành viên của, hoặc bạn đã từng phục vụ trong, giúp đỡ, hoặc tham gia vào một tổ chức quân nổi dậy (một nhóm sử dụng vũ khí và chiến đấu chống lại một chính phủ)? کیا تم نے کبھی کے ایک رکن تھے، یا اگر آپ نے کبھی (ایک گروپ ہے کہ ایک حکومت کے خلاف استعمال ہتھیاروں اور جھگڑے) ایک باغی تنظیم میں میں، مدد کی خدمت کی تھی، یا دوسری صورت میں شرکت؟
Were you EVER a member of a military unit?
Were you EVER a member of a paramilitary unit?
Were you EVER a member of a police unit?
Were you EVER a member of a self defense unit?
Were you EVER a member of a vigilante unit?
Were you EVER a member of a rebel group?
Were you EVER a member of a guerrilla group?
Were you EVER a member of a militia?
Were you EVER a member of a insurgent organization?
What is the name of the President of the United States now?*
What is the name of the Vice President of the United States now?*
What is the political party of the President now?
How old do citizens have to be to vote for President?*
Reading and Civics
The constitution defines the United States government. It sets up the legislative branch and the judicial branch.
We have read and learned about Congress and the Courts. There is one more major part of the American government. Do you know what it is?
The executive branch is the final part of the US government. The President is the leader of this part. The President is in charge of the executive branch.
Who is in charge of the executive branch? –> The President
The executive branch has many important departments and offices. The President has a lot of power in this part of the government.
The President is responsible for these departments, including:
The State Department
Homeland Security
The Department of Justice
The Department of Education
The Department of Defense
The Department of Defense includes the military. The President is the Commander in Chief of the military. This means they are the #1 boss of the military.
Who is the Commander in Chief of the military? –> The President
The President cannot make new federal laws. Congress makes federal laws. But, Congress must work with the President.
A new law is called a bill. If the Senate and the House agree on a bill, they send it to the President. If the President signs the bill with their name, it becomes a law.
Who signs bills to become laws? –> The President
But, sometimes the President does not agree with Congress. If the President does not sign the bill, it will not become a law.
When the Presidents says “no!” to a bill, it is called a veto. Only the President can veto a bill.
Who vetoes bills? –> The President
The writers of the Constitution did not want the United States to have a king. They did not want to have presidents serve for life.
So, we have a democratic election for President. We elect a President for 4 years.
We elect a President for how many years? –> 4
We vote for President almost at the end of the year. We vote for President in November. Election day is usually on the first Tuesday in November.
In what month do we vote for President?* –> November
Who is in charge of the executive branch?
Who is the Commander in Chief of the military?
Who signs bills to become laws?
Who vetoes bills?
We elect a President for how many years?
In what month do we vote for President?*
Bonus: How does the US elect a president?
This information helps us understand more about voting.
Questions for listening:
Who votes for president?
Why does it take a long time to count all the votes?
What do we call the system of choosing the president with all 50 states and Washington D.C.?
What is one good way to learn news about the US Election?
Have you ever advocated (either directly or indirectly) the overthrow of any government by force or violence?
Have you ever persecuted (either directly or indirectly) any person because of race, religion, national origin, membership in a particular social group, or political opinion?
Between March 23, 1933 and May 8, 1945, did you work for or associate in any way (either directly or indirectly) with The Nazi government of Germany?
Were you ever involved in any way with badly hurting, or trying to hurt, a person on purpose?
Were you ever involved in any way with torture?
N400: Part 12, Question 14
Were you EVER involved in any way with killing, or trying to kill someone?
Yes, I was / No, I wasn’t / No, never
¿Alguna vez involucrado en cualquier forma de matar, o tratando de matar a alguien?
هل كنت تشارك في أي وقت بأي شكل من الأشكال مع قتل أو محاولة قتل شخص ما؟
Congress has two parts: the House and the Senate. The Senate is smaller, but has more power and respect.
Each state has only two senators. Each senator works for all the people in the state.
Who does a U.S. Senator represent? –> All people of the state
Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley
Every state has two senators, and we have 50 states. So, we have 100 senators in total.
How many U.S. Senators are there? –> 100
Senators have a lot of respect. For example, we elect representatives for only 2 years. We elect the president for only 4 years. But we elect US senators for 6 years!
We elect a U.S. Senator for how many years? –> six
Now, let’s learn about another part or branch of the government: the courts, or judicial branch. Judges review laws and interpret them so we can understand them.
Also, if congress or the president do something against the law of the constitution, the courts can hold them responsible. This is an example of checks and balances.
What does the judicial branch do? –> Reviews laws / interprets laws
The Old Royal Exchange building in New York City
Every county in every state in the U.S. has a court. There are courts above those courts. And every state has a supreme court, too. We also have federal courts for every state, and courts above those courts.
The highest court in the U.S. is The Supreme Court.
What is the highest court in the United States? –> The Supreme Court
The Roberts Court, April 23, 2021. Seated from left to right: Justices Samuel A. Alito, Jr. and Clarence Thomas, Chief Justice John G. Roberts, Jr., and Justices Stephen G. Breyer and Sonia Sotomayor .Standing from left to right: Justices Brett M. Kavanaugh, Elena Kagan, Neil M. Gorsuch, and Amy Coney Barrett. Photograph by Fred Schilling, Collection of the Supreme Court of the United States
The judges on the supreme court are special, and are called justices. When one retires or dies, the president can choose a new judge. But, congress has to approve the new justice.
Right now, there are nine justices on the Supreme Court. John Roberts is the chief justice.
How many justices are on the Supreme Court? –> nine
Review: The House, the Senate, and the Supreme Court
Who makes federal laws?
What are the two parts of the U.S. Congress?*
We elect a U.S. Representative for how many years?
Why do some states have more Representatives than other states?
The House of Representatives has how many voting members?
Do you owe any overdue Federal, state, or local taxes?
Have you EVER not filed a Federal, state, or local tax return since you became a lawful permanent resident?
Have you called yourself a “non-U.S. resident” on a Federal, state, or local tax return since you became a lawful permanent resident?
Have you EVER been a member of any organization?
Have you EVER been a member of, or in any way associated with The Communist Party?
Have you EVER been a member of, or in any way associated with any other totalitarian party?
Have you EVER been a member of, or in any way associated with a terrorist organization?
Review these vocabulary:
N-400 Questions 11-14B
Have you ever advocated (either directly or indirectly) the overthrow of any government by force or violence?
Have you ever persecuted (either directly or indirectly) any person because of race, religion, national origin, membership in a particular social group, or political opinion?
Between March 23, 1933 and May 8, 1945, did you work for or associate in any way (either directly or indirectly) with The Nazi government of Germany?
Were you ever involved in any way with badly hurting, or trying to hurt, a person on purpose?
Have you ever persecuted (either directly or indirectly) any person because of race, religion, national origin, membership in a particular social group, or political opinion?
Yes, I have / No, I haven’t / No, never
¿Alguna vez ha perseguido (directa o indirectamente) a cualquier persona debido a su raza, religión, nacionalidad, pertenencia a un determinado grupo social u opinión política?
هل من أي وقت مضى للاضطهاد (سواء بشكل مباشر أو غير مباشر) أي شخص بسبب العرق أو الدين أو الأصل القومي أو انتمائه إلى فئة اجتماعية معينة أو آرائه السياسية؟
آیا تا به حال آزار و اذیت (مستقیم یا غیر مستقیم) هر فرد به خاطر نژاد، مذهب، ملیت، عضویت در یک گروه اجتماعی خاص، و یا عقاید سیاسی؟
V-ați persecutat vreodată (fie direct, fie indirect) orice persoană din cauza rasei, religiei, origine națională, apartenență la un anumit grup social sau opinie politică?
آيا تاسو ځورول (مستقیم یا غیر مستقیم) په یوې ځانګړې ټولنیزې ډلې، یا سیاسي نظر ځکه چې د نژاد، مذهب، ملیت هر کس، د غړیتوب؟
Вы когда-нибудь преследовали (прямо или косвенно) любое лицо из-за расы, религии, национального происхождения, членство в определенной социальной группе или политических убеждений?
Weligaa ma silcin (si toos ah ama si dadban) qof kasta oo sabab ah jinsiyad, diin, asal qaran, xubin ka ah koox bulsho oo gaar ah, ama fikrad siyaasadeed?
Bạn đã bao giờ bắt bớ (trực tiếp hoặc gián tiếp) bất kỳ người nào vì chủng tộc, tôn giáo, nguồn gốc quốc gia, thành viên trong một nhóm xã hội cụ thể, hoặc quan điểm chính trị?
کیا آپ نے کبھی ستایا (براہ راست یا بالواسطہ طور پر یا تو) کیونکہ نسل، مذہب، قومی نژاد کے کسی بھی شخص، ایک مخصوص سماجی گروپ، یا سیاسی رائے میں رکنیت؟
Between March 23, 1933 and May 8, 1945, did you work for or associate in any way (either directly or indirectly) with The Nazi government of Germany?
Yes, I did / No, I didn’t / No, never
Entre el 23 de marzo de, 1933 y el 8 de mayo de 1945, hizo la que trabaja o asociado de ninguna manera (directa o indirectamente) con el gobierno nazi de Alemania?
بين 23 مارس 1933 و 8 مايو 1945، لم كنت تعمل لأو الزميلة بأي شكل من الأشكال (سواء بشكل مباشر أو غير مباشر) مع الحكومة النازية في ألمانيا؟
بین 23 مارس 1933 و 1945 مه 8، آیا شما برای کار و یا شریک به هیچ وجه (به طور مستقیم یا غیر مستقیم) با دولت نازی آلمان؟
In perioada 23 martie 1933 și 08 mai 1945, ai lucrat pentru sau asociat în nici un fel (fie direct, fie indirect) cu guvernul nazist al Germaniei?
د مارچ 23، 1933 او د می په 8، د 1945 په منځ کې، تاسو سره د نازي المان د حکومت د کومې لاره (مستقیم یا غیر مستقیم) لپاره کار کوي یا ملګرو شو؟
С 23 марта 1933 года и 8 мая 1945 года вы работали или адъюнкт каким-либо образом (прямо или косвенно) с нацистским правительством Германии?
Inta u dhaxaysa 23 March, 1933 iyo May 8, 1945, ma aad u shaqeyso ama associate sinaba (si toos ah ama si dadban) Dowladda Nazi ee Germany?
Giữa Tháng Ba 23, 1933 và 08 tháng 5 năm 1945, anh có làm việc cho hoặc liên kết trong bất kỳ cách nào (trực tiếp hoặc gián tiếp) với Chính phủ phát xít Đức?
مارچ 23، 1933 اور مئی 8، 1945 کے درمیان، آپ کو جرمنی کی نازی حکومت کے ساتھ (یا تو براہ راست یا بالواسطہ طور پر) کسی بھی طریقے سے ایسوسی ایٹ کے لیے کام کیا ہے یا؟
The United States government has three branches, or parts. Congress is the part that makes laws.
Congress makes laws for all of the United States. They can write laws about many things, like health care, unemployment benefits, transportation, the military, taxes, and more.
Citizens in every state choose members of congress. We vote for them, and they represent us in Washington DC. If you are not happy with something, you can call your representative and tell them. This is all part of democracy.
Who makes federal laws? –> Congress
Congress has two parts. The House of Representatives has many members. The Senate has fewer members. They have to work together to make new laws, but it is not easy.
What are the two parts of the U.S. Congress?* –> The House and the Senate
The House of Representatives is kind of a wild place. We elect US Representatives every 2 years. That means every 2 years, the House can change a lot.
We elect a U.S. Representative for how many years? –> 2
Every state sends Representatives to Washington DC, but some states send more. For example, Oregon has 5 Representatives. Washington has 10 Representatives. California has 52 Representatives.
Why? Washington has more people than Oregon. And California has the most people in the United States.
Why do some states have more Representatives than other states? –> because of the state’s population
آیا تا به حال فدرال، ایالتی، و یا بازگشت مالیات محلی ثبت نکرده از شما یک مقیم دائم قانونی شد؟
Vreodată nu ați depus un federal, de stat, sau returnarea taxelor locale de când ați devenit rezident permanent legal?
آیا تاسو کله هم د فدرالي، د بهرنیو چارو، او يا ځايي مالياتي اظهارليک نه درج راهیسې تاسو حلال دايمي اوسيدونکی شو؟
Вы когда-либо не подали федеральные, государственные или местную налоговую декларацию, так как вы стали законным постоянным жителем?
Waligaa ma gudbiyay a Federaalka, gobolka, ama canshuur celinta degaanka tan iyo aad u noqday deganaanshaha joogtada ah xalaal ahayn?
Có bao giờ bạn không nộp một liên bang, tiểu bang, hoặc tờ khai thuế địa phương kể từ khi bạn trở thành một thường trú nhân hợp pháp?
آپ کو ایک حلال مستقل رہائشی بننے کے بعد تم نے کبھی ایک وفاقی، ریاستی یا مقامی ٹیکس ریٹرن دائر نہیں کیا ہے؟
Have you called yourself a “non-U.S. resident” on a Federal, state, or local tax return since you became a lawful permanent resident?
¿Ha llamado a sí mismo un “fuera de EE.UU.. Residente” en una, estatal o local de declaración de impuestos federal desde que se hizo residente legal permanente?
هل تسمى نفسك “خارج الولايات المتحدة. المقيمين” على الاتحادية، والدولة، أو الإقرار الضريبي المحلية منذ أن أصبحت مقيما بصفة قانونية؟
Вы называли себя «не в США. Резидент» на федеральную, штате или местную налоговую декларацию, так как вы стали законным постоянным жителем?
Ma waxaad naftaada yaqaan “non-xoreeyo dalka deggan.” On Federaalka, gobolka, ama canshuur celinta maxalli ah tan iyo aad u noqday deganaanshaha joogtada ah xalaal ahayn?
bạn đã gọi cho mình một “không ở Hoa Kỳ thường trú.” trên một liên bang, tiểu bang, hoặc tờ khai thuế địa phương kể từ khi bạn trở thành một thường trú nhân hợp pháp?
آپ اپنے آپ کو ایک “غیر امریکی رہائشی” ایک وفاقی، ریاستی یا مقامی ٹیکس ریٹرن آپ کو ایک حلال مستقل رہائشی بننے کے بعد بھی ملاقات کی ہے؟
Have you EVER been a member of, involved in, or in any way associated with, any organization, association, fund, foundation, party, club, society, or similar group in the United States or in any other location in the world?
¿Alguna vez ha sido miembro de, involucrado en, o de alguna manera asociado con, cualquier organización, asociación, fondo, fundación, partido, club, sociedad, o grupo similar en los Estados Unidos o en cualquier otro lugar en el mundo?
هل سبق لك عضوا في، والمشاركة في، أو في أي شكل من الأشكال المرتبطة، أي منظمة أو جمعية أو صندوق أو مؤسسة أو حزب، نادي، والمجتمع، أو مجموعة مماثلة في الولايات المتحدة أو في أي مكان آخر في العالم؟
آیا تا به حال یک عضو شده، که در، و یا در هر راه در ارتباط با، هر سازمان، انجمن، صندوق، پایه و اساس، حزب، باشگاه، جامعه، و یا گروه های مشابه در ایالات متحده و یا در هر مکان دیگری در جهان است؟
Ai fost vreodată membru al, implicat în, sau în orice mod asociat, orice organizație, asociație, fond, fundație, partid, club, societate sau grup similar în Statele Unite sau în orice alt loc din lume?
آيا تاسو په هره لاره کې د متحده ايالاتو او يا په کې د نړۍ د بل هر ځای سره، کوم سازمان، د ټولنې، صندوق، بنسټ، ګوند، کلپ، ټولنې، او يا ورته ډلې سره تړلي دي د يو غړي، په لاس، يا؟
Вы когда-либо был членом, участвовать в, или каким-либо образом связанный с, любая организация, ассоциация, фонд, фонд, партии, клуба, общества или аналогичной группы в Соединенных Штатах или в любом другом месте в мире?
Weligaa wax xubin ka mid ah, oo ku lug leh, ama si uun la xidhiidha, urur kasta, ururka, fund, aasaaska, xisbiga, kooxda, bulshada, ama koox la mid ah oo dalka Mareykanka ah ama meel kasta oo kale oo dunida oo dhan?
Bạn đã bao giờ là một thành viên, tham gia vào, hoặc trong bất kỳ cách nào kết hợp với, bất kỳ tổ chức, hiệp hội, quỹ, nền tảng, đảng, câu lạc bộ, xã hội, hay một nhóm tương tự ở Hoa Kỳ hay ở bất kỳ vị trí nào trên thế giới?
کیا تم نے کبھی کا رکن رہا میں ملوث ہیں، یا کسی بھی طرح امریکہ میں یا دنیا میں کسی بھی دوسری جگہ پر، کسی بھی تنظیم، ایسوسی ایشن، فنڈ، فاؤنڈیشن، پارٹی، کلب، معاشرے، یا اسی گروپ کے ساتھ وابستہ ہے؟
Have you EVER been a member of, or in any way associated with The Communist Party?
¿Alguna vez ha sido miembro de, o de alguna manera asociada (directa o indirectamente) con el Partido Comunista?
هل سبق لك عضوا في، أو بأي شكل من الأشكال المرتبطة بها (سواء بشكل مباشر أو غير مباشر) مع الحزب الشيوعي؟
Another responsibility is to serve on a jury. In the US, a jury is a group of citizens who make a decision in court. A jury may make a decision about a crime and if someone is guilty or not.
A jury may also work with a judge in a case about other kinds of law, too. If you are a citizen, it is your responsibility to serve on a jury.
Have you ever gotten mail about serving on a jury? In Oregon, courts use driver license information to choose people.
What is one responsibility that is only for United States citizens?* –> Vote in a federal election / serve on a jury
Citizens have to be 18 to vote for president. In Oregon, citizens can register to vote when they are 16, and they automatically register when they get a drivers license. But, they have to wait to be 18 to really vote.
How old do citizens have to be to vote for President?* –> 18 and older
A ballot drop box in Portland, Oregon
An amendment is a change to the Constitution. When the Constitution was written in 1787, only men with property could vote. Since then, Americans changed the Constitution 4 times:
Men of all races can vote
Voting must be free (no voting taxes)
Women can vote (any citizen can vote)
Citizens 18 and older can vote
There are four amendments to the Constitution about who can vote. Describe one of them. –> Citizens 18 and older can vote / Any citizen can vote
When you register to vote, you can choose a political party. It is free to join a political party. It is public information kept by the Oregon secretary of state. It is your right to join any political party, or none.
But, you should join a political party so you can vote in a primary election. A primary election is the election that each political party has to choose their candidate.
So, Democrats can vote in the Democratic primary election. Republicans can vote in the Republican primary election. After the primary, there is a general election. All registered voters can vote in a general election.
What are the two major political parties in the United States?* –> Democratic and Republican
Review
Review of the Constitution and Your Rights + The Right to Vote
Can you answer these questions when someone asks you?
Extra practice: can you write the answers?
What is the “rule of law”?
How many amendments does the Constitution have?
What is an amendment?
What do we call the first ten amendments to the Constitution?
What is one right or freedom from the First Amendment?*
What is freedom of religion?
What are two rights of everyone living in the United States?
Name one right only for United States citizens.
What is one responsibility that is only for United States citizens?*
How old do citizens have to be to vote for President?*
There are four amendments to the Constitution about who can vote. Describe one of them.
What are the two major political parties in the United States?*