Elections: The Inauguration

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	Match the questions to the correct answers.
______	The Inaugural Address		On what day of the year is Inauguration Day?
______	20th		A president whose successor has been elected is a _____ president.
______	January 20		Which Amendment set Inauguration Day as January 20?
______	lame duck		Which event on Inauguration Day is not described in the Constitution?

	Match the president and the phrase from his inaugural address.
______	Thomas Jefferson		"Ask not what your country can do for you, but what you can do for your country."
______	Abraham Lincoln		"The only thing we have to fear is fear itself."
______	Franklin Roosevelt		"Every difference of opinion is not a difference of principle."
______	John F. Kennedy		"With malice toward none, with charity for all..."

	Why did supporters of the 20th Amendment wish to shorten the "lame duck" period?
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RESOURCE: http://www.c-span.org/questions/week165.asp
	Find out why Inauguration Day was originally set for four months after Election Day. What changes in our society allowed it to be moved to an earlier date?
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RESOURCE: http://www.pbs.org/newshour/inauguration/history.html RESOURCE: http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/today/mar04.html
	Presidents usually take the oath of office on the steps of the Capitol Building in Washington, D.C. There have been some exceptions, though. Where did Lyndon B. Johnson take the oath of office?
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RESOURCE: http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/pihtml/pi052.html

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