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| contributions | things that are given |
| Pledge of Allegience | a promise to follow our country's laws |
| rights | things we deserve or should have |
| laws | written rules that help us to live safely and peacefully together |
| community | a group of people living in a particular place |
| citizen | a member of a country |
| custom | the specific way a group of people do something |
| President | the top leader of our country |
| responsibilities | things we need to take care of |
| patriot | a person who loves his or her country |
| patriotism | a feeling of love for your country |
| vote | to choose |
| elect | to pick by voting |
| Susan B. Anthony | worked to get American women the right to vote |
| Betsy Ross | made our first American flag |
| Martin Luther King, Jr. | worked to get equal rights for all people |
| George Washington | our first American president. He was the general that led our army in our war for independence from England |
| Abraham Lincoln | Our sixteenth president. He wrote the Emancipation Proclamation that freed slaves and helped the Northern and Soutern states to get back together after the Civil War. |
| George W. Bush | our president now |
| Uncle Sam | cartoon character whose initials (U.S.) stand for the United States |
| Statue of Liberty | the huge statue in the New York harbor that greeted millions of immigrants to our country |
| Liberty Bell | bell that rang in Philadelphia when the Declaration of Independence was signed |
| Washington Monument | huge olelisk that honors George Washington in Washington DC |
| immigrant | someone who moves from one country to a new country |
| immigrate | to be an immigrant |
| American | a person or thing from the United States |
