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What is the supreme law of the land? ✔✔the Constitution
What does the Constitution do? ✔✔sets up the government
The idea of self-government is in the first three words of the Constitution. What are these words? ✔✔We the People
What is an admendment? ✔✔A change to the Constitution
What do we call the first ten amendments to the Constitution? ✔✔Bill of Rights
What is one right or freedom from the First Amendment? ✔✔Speech
How many admendments are there? ✔✔ 27
What did the Declaration of Independence do? ✔✔Declared our independence from Great Britain
What are two rights in the Declaration of Independence? ✔✔life, liberty
What is freedom of religion? ✔✔You can practice any religion, or not practice a religion.
What is the economic system in the United States? ✔✔market economy
What is the "rule of law"? ✔✔Everyone must follow the law
Name one branch or part of the government. ✔✔Judicial Branch
What stops one branch of government from becoming too powerful? ✔✔Checks and Balance
Who is in charge of the executive branch? ✔✔president
Who makes federal laws? ✔✔Congress
Why do some states have more Representatives than other states? ✔✔the state's population
We elect a President for how many years? ✔✔ 4
In what month do we vote for President? ✔✔November
What is the name of the President of the U.S. ✔✔Trump
What is the name of the Vice President of the United States now? ✔✔Mike Pence
If the President can no longer serve, who becomes President? ✔✔the Vice President
If both the President and the Vice President can no longer serve, who becomes President? ✔✔Speaker of the House
Who is the Commander in Chief of the military? ✔✔president
Who signs bills to become laws? ✔✔president
Who vetoes bills? ✔✔president
What does the cabinet do? ✔✔advise the president
What are two Cabinet-level positions? ✔✔Vice President, Secretary of Defense
What does the judicial branch do? ✔✔reviews laws
What is the highest court in the United States? ✔✔Supreme Court
How many justices are on the Supreme Court? ✔✔ 9
Who is the Chief Justice of the United States now? ✔✔John Roberts
Under our Constitution, some powers belong to the federal government. What is one power of the federal government? ✔✔to print money
Name one right only for United States citizens. ✔✔vote in a federal election
What are two rights of everyone living in the United States? ✔✔freedom of speech, freedom of religion
What do we show loyalty to when we say the Pledge of Allegiance? ✔✔the United States
What is one promise you make when you become a United States citizen? ✔✔give up loyalty to other countries
How old do citizens have to be to vote for President? ✔✔ 18
What are two ways that Americans can participate in their democracy? ✔✔vote, run for office
When is the last day you can send in federal income tax forms? ✔✔April 15
When must all men register for the Selective Service? ✔✔ 18
What is one reason colonists came to America? ✔✔freedom
Who lived in America before the Europeans arrived? ✔✔American Indians
What group was taken to America and sold as slaves? ✔✔African Americans
Why did the colonists fight the British? ✔✔high taxes
Who wrote the Declaration of Independence? ✔✔Thomas Jefferson
When was the Declaration of Independence adopted? ✔✔July 4, 1776
There were 13 original states. Name three. ✔✔Rhode Island, South Carolina, North Carolina
What happened at the Constitutional Convention? ✔✔The Constitution was written
When was the Constitution written? ✔✔ 1787
What is one important thing that Abraham Lincoln did? ✔✔freed the slaves
What did the Emancipation Proclamation do? ✔✔freed the slaves
What did Susan B. Anthony do? ✔✔fought for women's rights
Name one war fought by the U.S. in the 1900s. ✔✔WWI
Who was President during World War I? ✔✔Wilson
Who was President during the Great Depression and World War II? ✔✔Roosevelt
Who did the United States fight in World War II? ✔✔Japan, Germany, and Italy
Before he was President, Eisenhower was a general. What war was he in? ✔✔World War 2
During the Cold War, what was the main concern of the United States? ✔✔Communism
What movement tried to end racial discrimination? ✔✔civil rights
What did Martin Luther King, Jr. do? ✔✔fought for civil rights
What major event happened on September 11, 2001, in the United States? ✔✔Terrorists attacked the United States
Name one American Indian tribe in the United States. ✔✔Navajo
Name one of the largest rivers in the United States. ✔✔Mississippi River
What ocean is one the West Coast of the United States? ✔✔Pacific Ocean
What ocean is on the East Coast of the United States? ✔✔Atlantic Ocean
Name one U.S. territory. ✔✔Puerto Rico
