You Should Know This by Now
Name the Great Lakes
HOMES
Who wrote the Dec of Independence?
Jefferson
What is the names of the document that organizes our government called?
the Constitution
What purchase in 1804 doubled the size of the US?
Louisiana Purchase
What singer just got married to NFL tight end Travis Kelce?
Taylor Swift
What is the capital of NYS?
Albany
What is the Dec of Independence a list of?
complaints against the King of England
What are the first 10 amendments of the Constitution called?
The Bill of Rights
What was the idea that the US should expand all the way to California called?
Manifest Destiny
Taylor sang a song about being a specific age:
I don't know about you, but I'm feeling...
22
What is the equator?
line of latitude that splits the globe into N and S
Explain the concept of the "consent of the governed"
people give the govt authority
Name 3 rights protected under the Bill of Rights
speech, assembly, press religion, right to bear arms, no quartering of soliders in homes, unreasonable search & seizure, grand jury, double jeopardy, speedy trial, cruel and unusual punishments,
What was the plan to help get the US out of the Great Depression called?
New Deal
What is the name of the worldwide tour Taylor recently completed?
the Eras Tour
Who is the Vice President?
JD Vance
Who inspired the Dec of Indepedence?
John Locke, Enlightenment thinkers,
What groups wanted a Bill of Rights?
Anti Federalists
Where did MLK give his famous I Have a Dream Speech?
March on Washington, DC, Lincoln Memorial
When someone makes you angry or irritated, Taylor has a song w/ some advice
Haters gonna hate, hate, hate, hate, hate
Players gonna play, play, play, play play, play
I'm just gonna..
shake shake shake
shake it off
Who is the governor of NYS?
Name 1 grievance in the Dec of Independence
no trials by jury, taxation w/o representation, quartering soliders in homes, dissolving colonial assemblies
How does the Constitution get changed?
amendments
What is the significance of Hiroshima in WWII?
first atom bomb dropped
One of Taylor's cats is named for the lead detective, now Captain on L&O SVU.
What is her cat's name?
Olivia Benson