CONTEMPORARY AMERICA 1992 2013
PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA
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[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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Age
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Race
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -On February 10, 2007, Barack Obama, then-junior United States senator from Illinois, announced his candidacy for the presidency of the United States in Springfield, Illinois. Obama announced his candidacy at the Old State Capitol building, where Abraham Lincoln had delivered his “House Divided” speech.
Detailed explanation-2: -After graduating, he became a civil rights attorney and an academic, teaching constitutional law at the University of Chicago Law School from 1992 to 2004. Turning to elective politics, he represented the 13th district in the Illinois Senate from 1997 until 2004, when he ran for the U.S. Senate.
Detailed explanation-3: -When Barack Obama was elected president in 2008, he became the first African American to hold the office. The framers of the Constitution always hoped that our leadership would not be limited to Americans of wealth or family connections.