Principles of American Democracy
What is the Supreme Law of the Land
What is the Constitution
These are the branches of Government
What are Congress/legislative, President/executive, Judicial/the courts
When we Pledge Allegiance we are showing loyalty to
What is the United States / the flag
One reason the colonists came to America
What is freedom, political liberty, religious freedom, economic freedom, practice of their religion, escape persecution
This is an ocean on the East Coast of the United States.
What is the Atlantic Ocean
The idea of self-government is in the first three words of the Constitution. What are these words?
What is We the People.
What stops one branch of the government from becoming too powerful?
What is check and balances/separation of powers.
Two rights of everyone living in the United States
What are: Freedom of expression, freedom of speech, freedom of assembly, freedom to petition the government, freedom of religion, the right to bear arms.
He was a writer of the Federalist Papers the supported the passage of the Constitution
This is a U.S. Territory
The first ten amendments to the Constitution are called?
What is the Bill of Rights.
One of Washington States Senators
Who is Patty Murray / Maria Cantwell
One amendment in the Constitution regarding who can vote
What is: Citizens 18 and older; you don't have to pay to vote; any citizen can vote, a male citizen of any race
Benjamin Franklin is famous for
What is U.S. Diplomat, oldest member of the Constitutional Convention, first postmaster general of the U.S., writer of "Poor Richards Almanac", started the first free libraries
How many justices are on the Supreme Court
what is nine
How many amedments does the Constitution have?
What is twenty-seven
They become President if the President and Vice President are no longer able to serve.
Who is Speaker of the House
One responsibility only for United States citizens
What is serve on a jury, vote in a federal election
She fought for women's and civil rights
Who is Susan B. Anthony
The two longest rivers in the United States.
What are the Missouri and the Mississippi
What does the rule of law mean?
What is, Everyone must follow the law, leaders must obey the law, Government must obey the law, no one is above the law.
Under our Constitution, some powers belong to the federal government. Name one of these powers.
What is: to print money / to delcare war / to create an army / to make treaties
One right only for United States citizens
What is vote in a federal election, run for federal office
He was President during World War I
Who is Woodrow Wilson
This is the number of voting members in the House of Representatives
What is 435