Principles of American Democracy
What is the supreme law of the land?
The Constitution
Who is in charge of the Executive Branch?
The President
Who lived in America before the Europeans came?
Indigenous People
What does DACA stand for?
Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals
In 2017, a famous American actor, singer-songwriter, playwright, film director, and broadway legend helped create a song titled Immigrants (We Get the Job Done) to do be added on Hamilton Mixtape, which featured covers and remixes of songs from this person's record-breaking musical. Who is this person?
Lin-Manuel Miranda
How are changes made to the U.S Constitution?
Amendments; the amendment process
What stops one branch of government from becoming too powerful?
Checks and Balances
Separation of Power
What founding document was written in 1787?
The U.S. Constitution
True or False: Undocumented people pay taxes.
True: Undocumented immigrants paid $27.2 billion in taxes in 2017, $9.9 billion of which went to state and local governments, and had a total spending power of $200.6 billion.
What NBC show about an oddball family of employees at supersized megastore Cloud 9 tackles the day-to-day grind of rabid bargain hunters, riot-causing sales and nap-worthy training sessions featured a gay, undocumented Filipino immigrant name Nico, which was one the first written characters of his kind. What is the name of the show?
Superstore
What is one right or freedom from the first amendment?
Speech, Religion, Assembly, Press, Petition the government
How many seats are on the Supreme Court justice?
Nine (9)
Who was the United States' main rival during the Cold War?
Soviet Union, USSR, Russia
True or false: Immigrants have a higher crime, arrest, and incarceration rate than the U.S native-born population.
False. Immigrants have a lower crime, arrest, and incarceration rate than the U.S native-born population.
In 2020, a movie depicting a Korean American family's move to an Arkansas farm in search of its own American dream won best picture in the Oscars. What is that movie?
Minari
The idea of self-government is in the first three words of the constitution. What are these three words?
We the people
What are two Cabinet-level positions?
Secretary of Agriculture, Secretary of Commerce, Secretary of Defense, Secretary of Education, Secretary of Energy, Secretary of Health and Human Services, Secretary of Homeland Security, Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, Secretary of Labor, Secretary of State, Secretary of Transportation, Secretary of Treasury, Secretary of Veterans Affairs, Attorney General, Vice President
There are 13 original states. Name five.
New Hampshire, Massachusetts,Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia
What racial/ethnic group since 2009 has been arriving to the United States?
By race and ethnicity, more Asian immigrants than Hispanic immigrants have arrived in the U.S. in most years since 2009. More than 1 million immigrants arrive in the U.S. each year. In 2018, the top country of origin for new immigrants coming into the U.S. was China, with 149,000 people, followed by India (129,000), Mexico (120,000) and the Philippines (46,000).
Mila Kunis is a famous actress known for playing Jackie Burkhart on That '70s Show, voicing Meg Griffin on Family Guy as well her roles in movies like Black Swan, Ted, Bad Moms, and The Spy Who Dumped Me. Kunis immigrated to the U.S. when she was seven years old due to religious persecution in 1983. What country did Kunis come from?
Ukraine
How many amendments does the U.S. Constitution have?
Twenty-seven (27)
Name your Nebraska State Senators or name who represents Nebraska in the House of Representatives
The Federalist Papers supported the passage of the U.S Constitution. Name one of the writers?
(James) Madison
(Alexander) Hamilton
(John) Jay
Publius
In 2016, one state resettled more than three times the number of refugees per capita than the nation did as a whole. Name that state.
Nebraska
Why are butterflies associated with immigration?
The butterfly symbol, which is now synonymous with Dreamers, was inspired by immigrant rights groups. To Favianna, the monarch butterfly represents the dignity and resilience of migrants and the right that all living beings have to move freely.