The Declaration of Independence and the Revolution
These are the three inalienable or unalienable rights.
Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness.
Two leaders were not at the Constitutional Convention are _________________ and _______________________.
Thomas Jefferson and John Adams.
This means "the people rule."
Popular Sovereignty
This Article created the Judicial Branch
Article III
What U.S. airline suddenly went out of business, citing high fuel prices but also having declared two bankruptcies in two years?
Spirit Airlines
Police stop a person on the street and search their backpack without a warrant or reasonable suspicion. Which amendment applies?
4th Amendment
Which president was the first to experience an attempted assassination?
Andrew Jackson
Which president was asked to break the most challenging horses at West Point?
Ulysses S. Grant
Which president would have been a shoe-in for an athletic program at Yale, but enlisted in the Navy when he turned 18 instead?
George H. W. Bush
George Washington and his troops spent a hard winter at this campsite in Pennsylvania.
Valley Forge
After this key battle, the French agreed to become an ally to the colonists.
Saratoga
The oldest delegate at the Constitutional Convention.
Benjamin Franklin
The principle that ensures that one branch of government does not take too much power, and that holds the others accountable.
Checks and Balances
Article VII outlines what process?
Ratification
April 15 was Tax Day in the U.S. What were the nation’s first income taxes, which were levied under President Abraham Lincoln, used for?
Paying off debt from the Civil War
If convicted of a crime and set free, this right prevents you from being convicted again.
Double Jeopardy
John Tyler was president from what year to what year?
1841-1845
Which president was a flat-boatman who traveled down the Mississippi River to New Orleans, Louisiana?
Abraham Lincoln
Which president was still performing acts of service while he was on Hospice care?
James Earl "Jimmy" Carter
A group of people named by each state legislature to select the president and vice president.
Electoral College
The signers of the declaration of Independence were committing this crime.
Treason
The delegate who kept a notebook of daily events at the Constitutional Convention and later wrote the Virginia Plan.
James Madison
This concept was founded by Baron de Montesquieu.
Separation of Powers.
This Article outlines the Amendment process.
Article V
A recent report indicated that for a time period ending on March 31 (and for the first time since World War II), America’s gross domestic product had been surpassed by what?
The U.S. National Debt
A defendant is given a jury made up entirely of government officials instead of regular citizens. Which amendment is most relevant to a case that would challenge this?
6th Amendment
How long was George Washington's inaugural address?
135 words.
Which president never voted before becoming president?
Zachary Taylor
Which president was in office from 1974-1977?
Gerald Ford
The name of the person who created the Great Compromise.
Roger Sherman
This was the date that the Declaration of Independence was finally approved and signed (mm, dd, yyyy)
July 4, 1776.
Who was the youngest delegate at the Constitutional Convention?
Jonathan Dayton
A system of government where power is divided between the national government and the states.
Federalism
Article VI of the Constitution outlines that _____________________________.
The Constitution is the Supreme law of the land (Supremacy Clause)
A group of retirees in Singapore are improving their coordination and reaction times by learning what sport, which many associate with younger athletes?
Parkour
A state claims it can ignore certain rights because they are not explicitly granted to the states. Which amendment limits this argument?
10th Amendment
Which president is rumored to have been gifted a pet alligator by the Marquis de Lafayette, keeping it in the White House in a bathtub?
John Quincy Adams
Which president only became president due to the Compromise of 1877, also known as the Corrupt Bargain, which ended Reconstruction?
Rutherford B. Hayes
Which president was in office from 1953-1961?
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Who created the concepts and ideas behind the New Jersey Plan?
William Paterson
How many grievances are listed in the Declaration?
27
These two revolutionaries were not invited to the Constitutional Convention.
Samuel Adams and John Hancock.
The power of the Supreme Court to determine the constitutionality of laws is called _________________________.
Judicial Review
Article IV outlines what?
The relationship between the states and the federal government.
According to the World from A to Z, what European nation just became the latest on the continent to propose a ban on social media for children and some teenagers?
Greece
What Amendment says that private property should not be taken for public use without just compensation being given for it?
5th Amendment
What treaty ended the War of 1812 during James Madison's presidency?
The Treaty of Ghent (1814)
Which president was in office from 1853-1857?
Franklin Pierce
Which president's biggest scandal during his presidency was the Iran-Contra Scandal, a corrupt, under-the-table deal that funneled money into Nicaragua?
Ronald Reagan
What major economic crisis caused by Andrew Jackson's Bank War plagued Van Buren’s presidency?
The Panic of 1837