Name: America 101: What happens on Inauguration Day?
Duration: 111
Description: A new president has been elected! What happens next? Franchesca Ramsey explores the big day for the change in presidency, from the Oath of Office to moving into the White House.

A new president has been elected: What happens next? Franchesca Ramsey explores the big day for the change in presidency, from the Oath of Office to moving into the White House.

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America 101: What happens on Inauguration Day?

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A new president has been elected! What happens next? Franchesca Ramsey explores the big day for the change in presidency, from the Oath of Office to moving into the White House.

<p>America’s Founding Fathers decided that one elected civilian—the U.S. president—would lead the executive branch of the federal government, a governmental structure that has remained in place for more than 200 years.</p>


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