U.S. CITIZENSHIP
Something that is guaranteed to you as a US citizen in the Constitution.
What is a RIGHT?
This founding father was the president of the Constitutional Convention and eventually became our first US president.
Who is George Washington?
The first 10 amendments to the Constitution.
What are the Bill of Rights?
The head of the Executive Branch.
Who is the President?
The age a U.S. citizen needs to be to vote.
What is 18 years old?
What is 100?
A person that moves to live in a new country permanently.
What is an immigrant?
This founding father was from PA, was the oldest member of the Constitutional Convention (he was 81!), and is often credited with being a great inventor.
Who was Benjamin Franklin?
The city where the Constitutional Convention was held.
What is Philadelphia, PA?
The highest court in the US - also the head of the Judicial Branch of government.
What is the Supreme Court?
The "magic number" of electoral votes a president needs to receive in order to win the election.
What is 270?
The month when we vote for president of the USA.
Something that you SHOULD do as US citizen is called a ________________.
Something that you MUST do as a US citizen is called a ________________.
What is a RESPONSIBILITY and what is a DUTY?
This founding father is also known as the Father of the Constitution?
Who is James Madison?
The Constitution has this many Articles and this many Amendments.
What is 7 and 27?
The system that keeps one branch of government from getting too powerful.
What is checks and balances?
The person running for election for an office or position.
Who is the CANDIDATE?
The term that means "to approve or accept" something - like an amendment.
What is ratify?
The legal process of becoming a citizen.
What is naturalization?
She was often considered to be a "founding mother" and was the wife of founding father James Madison.
Who was Dolley Madison?
After 100 days in a hot Philadelphia building, the Constitution was completed on this date (must state the complete date).
What is September 17, 1787?
The power of the President to block a bill passed by Congress?
What is VETO?
The President is ultimately chosen by this group of voting members/representatives in each state, NOT a popular vote.
What is the Electoral College?
The date the old president leaves office and the new president takes office.
What is January 20th?
Your citizenship is determined by the country where you were born. This is called the...
What is the Law of Soil?
This founding father was a member of George Washington's cabinet - he was our first Secretary of the Treasury. Hint: Dr. Manno really likes this guy's Broadway musical :)
Who is Alexander Hamilton?
The name of the building where the Constitutional Convention was held.
What is Independence Hall, or the Pennsylvania State House?
The two groups that make up the Congress in the Legislative Branch.
What are the Senate and the House of Representatives?
What group of people were the only ones ORIGINALLY allowed to vote when the Constitution was written?
What is white males, or white males who owned property?
What is the U.S. Constitution?