1. The Declaration & Constitution
What is the length of the president's term of office (how many years is he or she president before the next presidential election)?
Four years
Name the five freedoms in the 1st Amendment.
R: Religion
A: Assembly
P: Press
P: Petition
S: Speech
Which U.S. state was actually its own sovereign nation before it joined the United States in 1845?
Texas
Which famous New York businessman owned and controlled the major portion of the nation's steel industry in the early 1900s?
Andrew Carnegie
Which 1920 constitutional amendment gave women the right to vote?
The 19th Amendment
When someone invests in ownership of a corporation, they buy a share of what?
A share of STOCK
What does Article III of the Constitution concern?
The Judicial Branch
Which amendment protects Americans from "cruel and unusual" punishments and excessive fines?
The 8th Amendment
Which American president orchestrated the Louisiana Purchase from France in 1803?
Thomas Jefferson
What landmark in New York Harbor was the first stop for European immigrants, where they underwent medical inspections and interviews about how they planned to support themselves in the U.S.?
Ellis Island
BEFORE a general election, there are preliminary elections in which the political parties decide which candidate they will propose for an office. Name one of these types of elections.
Primary Election or Caucus
When stock prices are low and decreasing and a recession may be on the horizon, do we call this a bull market or a bear market?
Bear Market
The British forced many "Acts" and "Taxes" upon the colonies, which led our Founding Fathers to declare independence. Name three of the "Acts" or "Taxes."
The Stamp Act, the Quartering Act, the Tea Act, the Murder Act, the Townshend Act, the Intolerable Acts, the Boston Port act, the Regulating Act, and the Second Quartering Act.
Which Amendment prevents the police from barging into your house and looking for evidence without a warrant?
The 4th Amendment
The Missouri Compromise came about in 1820 because Missouri wanted to join the U.S. as a slave state. What state entered the United States as a free state at the same time to keep the balance of slave states and free states?
Maine (which had been part of Massachusetts) became a free state.
What island located in San Francisco Bay processed hundreds of thousands of immigrants from 1910 to 1940, the majority from China, and detained some immigrants for several weeks or months in harsh conditions?
Angel Island
What is the formula for determining how many electors each state has in a presidential election?
The number of senators plus the number of representatives = the number of electors
Which American aviator made the first solo nonstop flight across the Atlantic Ocean in 1927?
Charles Lindbergh
The Preamble of the Constitution lists six purposes of government. Name three of them.
(1) To form a more perfect Union; (2) to establish Justice; (3) to insure domestic Tranquility; (4) to provide for the common defense; (5) to promote the general Welfare; and (6) to secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity
The right to a trial by jury in a CIVIL (non-criminal) case is provided to Americans in which amendment?
The 7th Amendment
In August 1831, a literate slave and preacher organized a revolt that spread to several plantations in southern Virginia, killing around sixty white people. The revolt was stopped by militia after two days, and fifty-five slaves, including the organizer, were tried and executed for their role in the uprising. (Nearly 200 more were lynched by frenzied mobs.) Who was this organizer?
Nat Turner
Who were the two owners of the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory?
Isaac Harris and Max Blanck
Not long ago, citizens in some states had to pay a fee to vote in a national election. Many poor people did not have enough money to vote. In 1964, the 24th Amendment to the Constitution, prohibiting these fees. What are these fees called?
Poll taxes
What was the name of the literary and artistic movement centered in a specific neighborhood in New York in the 1920s that celebrated the African American experience?
The Harlem Renaissance
According to Article I of the Constitution, what are the three requirements to become a representative in the United States Congress?
You must be 25 years old, a citizen for 7 years, and live in the state you represent.
"Good Dogs Really Do Jump" is a phrase to help remember the rights in the 5th Amendment. Name four of those five rights.
1. Good - Grand Jury
2. Dogs - Double Jeopardy
3. Really - Right to Remain Silent
4. Do - Due Process
5. Jump - Just Compensation (Eminent Domain)
In the presidential election of 1860, Abraham Lincoln defeated a political opponent he had lost to just two years earlier in the election for the open senate seat in Illinois. Who was this political opponent? (You need both his first and last names.)
Stephen Douglas
What french expression describes an economy where the government takes a "hands off" approach, with little regulation of business?
Laissez-Faire
In 1971, which constitutional amendment lowered the voting to 18?
The 26th Amendment
What 1919 amendment to the Constitution, known as "Prohibition," made it illegal to manufacture, sell, and transport alcohol? (It was in effect until the 21st Amendment was added to the Constitution in 1933.)
The 18th Amendment