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Benjamin Franklin Contest
CONGRATULATIONS TO RUTH
FROM BIDDEFORD, MAINE! She is the winner of
the Election Day 2000 - Benjamin Franklin Contest.
Thank You All for Entering
the Benjamin Franklin Contest. We appreciate your
interest. The answers are:
1. When was Ben Franklin
born?
January 17, 1706 (in Boston, Massachusetts)
2. True/False. The Constitution
of the United States describes the laws of the
United States of America.
True
3. What was the name of
Ben Franklin's newspaper?
The Pennsylvania Gazette
(Ben also printed an almanac called Poor Richard's
Almanack.)
4. When was the Declaration
of Independence signed? (both answers were accepted)
It was adopted by the colonies on July 4, 1776
It was signed by the delegates on August 2, 1776
(Did you know, on July 8, 1776, it was read
publicly in the State House Yard and the Liberty
Bell was rung?)
5. What does the First
Amendment of the U.S. Constitution guarantee?
(Answers may vary)
freedom of speech, religion, press, and assembly,
and the right to petition the government
The full text of the First Amendment states:
"Congress shall make no law respecting an
establishment of religion, or prohibiting the
free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom
of speech, or of the press; or the right of the
people peaceably to assemble, and to petition
the Government for a redress of grievances."
CONGRATULATIONS
AGAIN to RUTH FROM BIDDEFORD, MAINE!
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Ulysses S. Grant
Contest
CONGRATULATIONS TO MICHELE
FROM BROOKLYN, NEW YORK! She is the winner
of the Election Day 2000 - Ulysses S. Grant Contest.
Thank You All for Entering
the Ulysses S. Grant Contest. We appreciate your
interest. The answers are:
1. When was Ulysses S.
Grant born?
April 27, 1822 (in Point Pleasant, Ohio)
2. True/False. Ulysses
S. Grant fought in the Mexican War.
True
3. Which Confederate General
surrendered to Ulysses S. Grant on April 9, 1865,
at Appomattox Court House, Virginia?
Robert E. Lee
(Did you know Appomattox Court House is the
name of the city? Lee surrendered to Grant in
the McLean House in Appomattox Court House, Virginia.)
4. When did South Carolina
secede from the Union?
December 20, 1860
(Did you know South Carolina was the first
state to secede from the Union?)
5. What does the Fourteenth
Amendment of the U.S. Constitution grant? (Answers
may vary)
due process and equal protection to all citizens
The full text of the Fourteenth Amendment,
Section 1 states: "All persons born or naturalized
in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction
thereof, are citizens of the United States and
of the State wherein they reside. No State shall
make or enforce any law which shall abridge the
privileges or immunities of citizens of the United
States; nor shall any State deprive any person
of life, liberty, or property without due process
of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction
the equal protection of the laws."
CONGRATULATIONS
AGAIN to MICHELE FROM BROOKLYN, NEW YORK!
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Abraham Lincoln Contest
CONGRATULATIONS TO JENNIFER
FROM LOWELL, MASSACHUSETTS! She is the winner
of the Election Day 2000 - Abraham Lincoln Contest.
Thank You All for Entering
the Abraham Lincoln Contest. We appreciate your
interest. The answers are:
1. When was Abraham Lincoln
born?
February 12, 1809 (in a log cabin in Hardin
County, Kentucky)
2. True/False. Abraham
Lincoln was the 1st President of the United States.
False
(George Washington
was the 1st President, and Abraham Lincoln was
the 16th President. Did you know, the 43rd President
will be elected on November 7?)
3. When did Abraham Lincoln
deliver the Gettysburg Address?
November 19, 1863 (to dedicate the National
Cemetery in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. Did you
know the Gettysburg Address begins, "Fourscore
and seven years ago…?")
4. The faces of which four
U.S. Presidents are carved into Mount Rushmore?
Abraham Lincoln, George Washington, Thomas
Jefferson, and Theodore Roosevelt
5. What does the Thirteenth
Amendment of the U.S. Constitution abolish?
(Answers may vary) Slavery in the United States.
The full text of the Thirteenth Amendment,
Section 1 states: "Neither slavery nor involuntary
servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof
the party shall have been duly convicted, shall
exist within the United States, or any place subject
to their jurisdiction."
CONGRATULATIONS
AGAIN to JENNIFER FROM LOWELL, MASS!
AND
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Teddy Bear 100 Contest (October, 2002)
