Name one of the freedoms guaranteed under the First Amendment
What are freedom of speech, press, religion, petition, and assembly.
100
The branch of government is designed to rule if laws are unconstitutional.
What is the Judaical Branch
200
What is the supreme law of the USA that sets and defines the three branches of government and is composed of 27 Amendments
What is the Constituiton
200
The United States bought this region from the French Emperor Napoleon and doubled the size of the country
What is the Louisiana Purchase
200
This document signed in 1776 by the Thirteen Colonies declared they were no longer under British control
What is the Declaration of Independence
200
This amendment gives us the right to bear arms.
What is the Second Amendment
200
This person serves as the commander and chief of the Armed Forces, and is the Head of the Executive Branch.
What is the president
300
The action of the President when he rejects a bill from congress.
What is a veto
300
This line not only divided the Northern States from the Southern States, it also was the line that separated Slave States from Free States
What is the Mason-Dixie Line
300
This war in the early 1800s was the last war fought between the USA and Great Britian
What is the War of 1812
300
This amendment protects us from unreasonable searches and seizures.
What is the Fourth Amendment
300
What are is another name for the legislative branch that is composed of two houses that make the laws?
What is Congress
400
This type of government is when citizens elect representatives to make and pass laws on their behalf and is the type of government used in USA
What is a Representative Democracy
400
This series of mountains creates a barrier side for the states in the Eastern coastal regions
What are the Appalachians
400
This ship brought over the Pilgrims to the New World in 1620
What is the Mayflower
400
This amendment gives us the right to a trial by jury.
What is the Sixth Amendment
400
What two houses make up Congress
What is the Senate and House of Representatives
500
What is the name of the powers of the National Government that are not specifically mentioned in the Constituion
What are implied powers
500
List the Thirteen Original Colonies
What are Delaware, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Georgia, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Maryland, North Caroline, South Carolina, Virginia, New Hampshire, New York, and Rhode Island
500
What was the name of the Treaty that ended the American War for Independence
What is the Treaty of Paris
500
This amendment protects us from cruel and unusual punishment
What is the Eighth Amendment
500
How many Supreme Court Justices are their at any given time?