GOVERNMENT
WHAT DOES THE CONSTITUTION DO?
▪ sets up the government
▪ defines the government
▪ protects basic rights of Americans
NAME YOUR SENATOR IN 2025 (TEXAS).
TED CRUZ
JOHN CORNYN
WE ELECT THE SENATOR FOR HOW MANY YEARS?
6 YEARS
What is one reason colonists came to America?
▪ freedom ▪ political liberty ▪ religious freedom ▪ economic opportunity ▪ practice their religion ▪ escape persecution
THE DATE THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE WAS SIGNED
JULY 4TH, 1776
WHO MAKES THE FEDERAL LAWS?
CONGRESS.
NAME THE HIGHEST COURT IN THE UNITED STATES AND THE CHIEF.
THE SUPREME COURT.
CHIEF: JOHN ROBERTS
NAME THE TEXAS GOVERNOR IN 2025
GREG ABBOT
What territory did the United States buy from France in 1803?
LOUISIANA
THE YEAR THE CONSTITUTION WAS SIGNED
1787
THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVE HAS HOW MANY VOTING MEMBERS?
435
WHAT DOES THE JUDICIAL BRANCH DO?
Reviews laws
Explains laws
Resolves disputes (disagreements)
Decides if a law goes against the Constitution
WHAT ARE 2 RIGHTS/FREEDOM FROM THE FIRST AMENDMENT?
speech ▪ religion ▪ assembly ▪ press ▪ petition the government
What was one important thing that Abraham Lincoln did?
freed the slaves (Emancipation Proclamation) ▪ saved (or preserved) the Union ▪ led the United States during the Civil War
What did the Emancipation Proclamation do?
freed the slaves ▪ freed slaves in the Confederacy ▪ freed slaves in the Confederate states ▪ freed slaves in most Southern states
WHAT IS THE "RULE OF LAW"?
EVERYONE MUST FOLLOW THE LAW.
NAME 1 TEXAS U.S. REPRESENTATIVE.
HOW MANY YEARS DO THEY SERVE?
2 YEARS.
1. Nathaniel Moran
2. Dan Crenshaw
3. Keith Self
4. Pat Fallon
5. Lance Gooden
6. Jake Ellzey
7. Lizzie Fletcher
8. Morgan Luttrell
9. Al Green
10. Michael McCaul
11. August Pfluger
12. Craig Goldman
13. Ronny Jackson
14. Randy Weber
15. Monica De La Cruz
16. Veronica Escobar
17. Pete Sessions
18. Vacant (previously Sylvester Turner)
19. Jodey Arrington
20. Joaquin Castro
21. Chip Roy
22. Troy Nehls
23. Tony Gonzales
24. Beth Van Duyne
25. Roger Williams
26. Brandon Gill
27. Michael Cloud
28. Henry Cuellar
29. Sylvia Garcia
30. Jasmine Crockett
31. John Carter
32. Julie Johnson
33. Marc Veasey
34. Vicente Gonzalez
35. Greg Casar
36. Brian Babin
37. Lloyd Doggett
38. Wesley Hunt
NAME 2 RIGHTS IN THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE?
life ▪ liberty ▪ pursuit of happiness
The Federalist Papers supported the passage of the U.S. Constitution. Name one of the writers.
▪ (James) Madison ▪ (Alexander) Hamilton ▪ (John) Jay ▪ Publius
Before he was President, Eisenhower was a general. What war was he in?
World War II
WHAT IS THE SUPREME LAW OF THE LAND?
THE CONSTITUTION
NAME 2 CABINET-LEVEL POSITIONS.
▪ Secretary of Agriculture ▪ Secretary of Commerce ▪ Secretary of Defense ▪ Secretary of Education ▪ Secretary of Energy ▪ Secretary of Health and Human Services ▪ Secretary of Homeland Security ▪ Secretary of Housing and Urban Development ▪ Secretary of the Interior ▪ Secretary of Labor ▪ Secretary of State ▪ Secretary of Transportation ▪ Secretary of the Treasury ▪ Secretary of Veterans Affairs ▪ Attorney General ▪ Vice President
NAME THE TWO PARTS OF CONGRESS
SENATE & HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVE
Name one war fought by the United States in the 1800s.
War of 1812 ▪ Mexican-American War ▪ Civil War ▪ Spanish-American War
Name one U.S. territory.
▪ Puerto Rico ▪ U.S. Virgin Islands ▪ American Samoa ▪ Northern Mariana Islands ▪ Guam