Name those Federal Holidays
This holiday commemorates the ratification of the Declaration of Independence.
What is Independence Day (or Fourth of July)?
This President issued Executive Order 13769 (and later 13780), which prohibited citizens from seven predominantly Muslim countries from entering the United States for a period of 90 days.
Who is Donald Trump?
The first draft of a law, considered in committee.
What is a bill?
This president is on the $1 bill.
Who is George Washington?
This 1954 Supreme Court case declared that racial segregation in public schools was unconstitutional.
What is Brown v. Board of Education?
This holiday honors the civil rights leader who delivered the “I Have a Dream” speech.
What is Martin Luther King Jr. Day?
This President issued Executive Order 9066, which led to the internment of Japanese Americans during World War II.
Who is Franklin D. Roosevelt?
Congress can overturn a president’s rejection of a bill with this action.
What is override veto?
This president is on the nickel.
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
In this 1973 case, the Supreme Court established a framework for legal abortions across the United States.
What is Roe v. Wade?
This holiday honors the end of slavery in the United States and is considered the longest-running African American holiday.
What is June 19th (or Juneteenth)?
This President issued Executive Order 10730, which sent federal troops to maintain order and peace in Little Rock, Arkansas, to enforce the desegregation order.
Who is Dwight D. Eisenhower?
Found in the Constitution, this process gives Congress the power to charge and then try an official of the federal government for “Treason, Bribery, or other high Crimes and Misdemeanors.”
What is the impeachment process?
This president is on the $20 bill.
Who is Andrew Jackson?
In this 1966 case, the Supreme Court ruled that law enforcement officials must advise suspects of their right to remain silent and to obtain an attorney during interrogations while in police custody.
What is Miranda v. Arizona?
Originally known as Decoration Day, it originated in the years following the Civil War and became an official federal holiday in 1971.
What is Memorial Day?
In 1952, this President issued an executive order to seize steel mills to prevent a labor strike during the Korean War.
Who is Harry S. Truman?
This power lets Congress regulate trade between different states and foreign nations.
What is the commerce clause?
This president is on the half-dollar coin.
Who is John F. Kennedy?
In this 1969 case, the Supreme Court ruled that neither students nor teachers “shed their constitutional rights to freedom of speech or expression at the schoolhouse gate.”
What is Tinker v. Des Moines?
This holiday honors the commemoration of its workers’ contributions to national strength, prosperity, and well-being.
What is Labor Day?
This President issued Executive Order 13233, which restricted access to the records of former Presidents.
Who is George W. Bush?
This power allows Congress to create and fund the military.
What is raise armies?
This president is on the $100,000 bill. (yes, this is real)
Who is Woodrow Wilson?
In this 1961 case, the Supreme Court ruled that evidence seized unlawfully, without a search warrant, could not be used in criminal prosecutions in state courts.
What is Mapp v. Ohio?