American Government
Rights and Responsibilities
Classmates
American History
100

What is the supreme law of the land?

The Constitution

100

What do we show loyalty to when we say the Pledge of Allegiance? 

  • the United States
  • the flag
100

What country are Leonor and Altagracia from?

Mexico

100

Who lived in America before the Europeans arrived?


  • American Indians
  • Native Americans
200

How many amendments does the Constitution have?

27

200

When is the last day you can send in federal income tax forms?*


  • April 15
200

Which couple in our class is from Vietnam?

Mai and Cuong

200

When was the Constitution written?


  • 1787
300

What does the Constitution do?

* sets up the government

*defines the government

*protects the basic rights of Americans

300

How old do citizens have to be to vote for President?*


  • eighteen (18) and older
300

Who has an appointment to interview later this month?

Patricia.

300

Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?


  • (Thomas) Jefferson
400

What are two rights in the Declaration of Independence?

* life

* liberty

* pursuit of happiness

400

What are two rights of everyone living in the United States?

  • freedom of expression
  • freedom of speech
  • freedom of assembly
  • freedom to petition the government
  • freedom of religion
  • the right to bear arms
400

True or False...Trang and Monica are from the same country.

False. Monica is from China. Trang is from Vietnam.

400

Why did the colonists fight the British?


  • because of high taxes (taxation without representation)
  • because the British army stayed in their houses (boarding, quartering)
  • because they didn’t have self-government
500

What is the rule of law?

  • Everyone must follow the law.
  • Leaders must obey the law.
  • Government must obey the law.
  • No one is above the law.
500

What is one thing Benjamin Franklin is famous for?


  • U.S. diplomat
  • oldest member of the Constitutional Convention
  • first Postmaster General of the United States
  • writer of “Poor Richard’s Almanac”
  • started the first free libraries
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