Crossroads 9A
The USA has always been a republic. This means Americans have always had a president, never a king or queen. But one president was almost like a king: John F. Kennedy was the youngest president ever in the USA. He was also the first Catholic president of the USA. He and his wife Jacqueline were very popular. She was beautiful and elegant. Tragically, John F. Kennedy was shot in Dallas, Texas, on 22 November 1963. Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis died thirty years later, in 1994.
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The USA
The Government The USA is a republic. Political power is divided between: the President the Congress the Supreme Court The President The President is the head of state. A president is elected for four years and can be re-elected for another four years. The President is also the head of one of the two political parties in the USA: the Republican Party or the Democratic Party. The Congress The Congress is divided into the House of Representatives and the Senate. Congress controls the money the President needs to carry out his or her policies. Congress also makes the laws of the USA.
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