government
The person who signs bills into law and is the leader of the United States.
Who is the President?
A freedom protected by the Constitution.
What is a right
The document that announced independence from Great Britain.
What is the Declaration of Independence
A state where people live and vote.
What is a state
A person who is legally a member of a country.
What is a citizen?
The group of people who make federal laws.
What is Congress?
A change or addition to the Constitution.
What is an Amendment
The war fought between the North and South.
What is the Civil War
The city where the federal government is located.
What is Washington, D.C.
Permission to live permanently in the United States.
What is a Permanent Resident (Green Card Holder)
The highest court in the United States.
What is the Supreme Court
A promise to be loyal to the United States.
What is the Oath of Allegiance
People brought from Africa and forced to work.
Who were slaves?
One of the two large oceans bordering the United States.
What is the Atlantic Ocean or Pacific Ocean
The process of becoming a U.S. citizen.
What is Naturalization
One of the three branches of government that interprets laws.
What is the Judicial Branch
The first ten amendments to the Constitution.
What is the Bill of Rights
The first President of the United States.
Who was George Washington
The longest river in the United States
What is the Missouri River, The Mississippi River
A person who was born in another country.
Who is an immigrant
The document that is the supreme law of the land.
What is the Constitution
The highest authority that everyone must obey.
What is the Rule of Law
The movement that ended slavery.
What is Abolition
A U.S. territory in the Caribbean.
What is Puerto Rico
The paper proving you are a U.S. citizen after naturalization.
What is a Certificate of Naturalization