USA HISTORY

CONTEMPORARY AMERICA (1992 2013)

PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA

[SOURCES]
Barack began to find his place in the world when ____

(A) he moved to Hawaii

(B) he graduated from high school

(C) he discovered that Barack meant “blessed”

(D) ** he thought of himself as black and white

(E) None

EXPLANATIONS BELOW

Concept note-1: -The central theme of President Obama’s inaugural address was a call to restore responsibility-both in terms of accountability in Washington and the responsibility of ordinary people to get involved.

Concept note-2: -When Barack Obama was elected president in 2008, he became the first African American to hold the office.

Concept note-3: -A member of the Democratic Party, he was the first African-American president of the United States. Obama previously served as a U.S. senator from Illinois from 2005 to 2008 and as an Illinois state senator from 1997 to 2004, and previously worked as a civil rights lawyer before entering politics.

Concept note-4: -Inauguration of Barack Obama may refer to: First inauguration of Barack Obama, 2009. Second inauguration of Barack Obama, 2013.