How American Money is Made

USCIS 100:41. Under our Constitution, some powers belong to the federal government. 

What is one power of the federal government?

VOAVideo: How American Money is Made (VOA On Assignment Feb. 28, 2014)

VOA's Julie Taboh talks with On Assignment's Rebecca Ward about her visit to the Washington headquarters of the U.S. Bureau of Engraving and Printing, which makes the nation's dollar bills.

USCIS 100:41. Under our Constitution, some powers belong to the federal government. What is one power of the federal government?

▪ to print money
▪ to declare war
▪ to create an army
▪ to make treaties

Although this video was posted in February, I posting it today in memory of Benjamin Franklin (January 17, 1706 – April 17, 1790).

USCIS 100:68. What is one thing Benjamin Franklin is famous for?

▪ U.S. diplomat
▪ oldest member of the Constitutional Convention
▪ first Postmaster General of the United States
▪ writer of “Poor Richard’s Almanac”
▪ started the first free libraries