Government
Constitution
History
Civics
100

The first three words in the Constitution that represent the idea of self-government

What are We the People?

100

When the Constitution was written

What is 1787?

100

When the Declaration of Independence was signed

When is July 4th, 1776?

100

Where the Statue of Liberty is

What is the New York [Harbor] (Liberty Island, near New Jersey, near New York City, or on the Hudson [River])?

200

The amount of US Senators

What is 100?

200

What we call the first ten amendments to the Constitution

What is the Bill of Rights?

200

The three countries the US fought against in WWII

What are Japan, Germany, and Italy?

200

Why the flag have 13 stripes

What are the Thirteen Colonies?

300

The only thing that stops one branch of government from becoming too powerful

What is checks and balances/seperation of powers?

300

How many amendments are in the Constitution

What is 27?

300

The President during WWI

Who was Woodrow Wilson?

300

The names of two national U.S. holidays.

What are New Year’s Day, MLK Day, Presidents’ Day, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Columbus Day, Veterans Day, Thanksgiving, Juneteenth and Christmas?

400

The number of people in the House of Representatives

What is 435?

400

What the Constitution does

What is sets up the government, defines the government, and protects basic rights of Americans?

400

The main concern of the United States during the Cold War

What is Communism?

400

The name of at least one US territory

What are Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa, Northern Mariana Islands, and US Virgin Islands?

500

The name of two Cabinet-level positions.

What are the Secretary of Agriculture, Commerce, defense, education, energy, health and human services, homeland security, housing and urban development, interior, labor, state, transportation, treasury, veteran affairs, attorney general, and VP?

500

What happened at the Constitutional Convention

What is the Constitution was written?

500

The territory that the United States bought from France in 1803

What is the Louisiana Territory?

500

The name of one of the two longest rivers in the United States.

What are the Missouri [River] or the Mississippi [River]?

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