U.S. Government
The branch of government responsible for making laws in the United States.
Legislative Branch
This document declared the American colonies' independence from Britain.
The Declaration of Independence
The largest continent by land area.
Asia
This amendment grants the freedom of speech, religion, and the press, among other rights.
The First Amendment
He was the first President of the United States.
George Washington?
The number of U.S. Senators that represent each state.
Two
The war fought between the North and South regions of the United States from 1861 to 1865.
This ocean is the largest and deepest, covering more than 63 million square miles.
Pacific Ocean
This amendment abolished slavery in the United States.
the Thirteenth Amendment?
This famous Civil Rights leader gave the "I Have a Dream" speech.
Martin Luther King Jr.
The first ten amendments to the U.S. Constitution are collectively known as this.
The Bill of Rights
Literacy tests and poll taxes were put into place to do what?
To prevent African Americans from voting
The capital city of the United States.
Washington D.C.
This amendment gave women the right to vote.
the Nineteenth Amendment
This Civil Rights leader was arrested for not giving up her seat to a white passenger in 1955.
Rosa Parks
The Supreme Court case that ended school segregation.
What law was signed by President Lyndon Johnson prohibiting discrimination of all kinds based on race, color, religion or national origin?
Civil Rights act of 1964
The capital city of Pennsylvania
Harrisburg
This amendment lowered the voting age in the United States to 18 years old.
the Twenty-Sixth Amendment
The only president to serve more than two terms.
Franklin D. Roosevelt
The concept that prevents any one branch of government from becoming too powerful by allowing other branches to check their power.
What is checks and balances?
She was known as the "Moses" for leading enslaved people to freedom via the Underground Railroad.
Harriet Tubman
The longest river in America
Missouri River
This amendment protects you from cruel and unusual punishment
The 8th Amendment
This President died of pneumonia one after making (in the snow) the longest U.S. Presidential inauguration speech on record
William H. Harrison