▪ Congress
▪ legislative
▪ President
▪ executive
▪ the courts
▪ judicial
100
There are four amendments to the Constitution about who can vote. Describe one of them.
▪ Citizens eighteen (18) and older (can vote).
▪ You don’t have to pay (a poll tax) to vote.
▪ Any citizen can vote. (Women and men can vote.)
▪ A male citizen of any race (can vote).
100
One reason colonists came to America
▪ freedom
▪ political liberty
▪ religious freedom
▪ economic opportunity
▪ practice their religion
▪ escape persecution
100
Name one of the two longest rivers in the United States.
▪ Missouri (River)
▪ Mississippi (River)
200
What the Constitution does
▪ sets up the government
▪ defines the government
▪ protects basic rights of Americans
200
What stops one branch of government from becoming too powerful
▪ checks and balances
▪ separation of powers
▪ checks and balances
▪ separation of powers
200
One responsibility that is only for United States citizens
▪ serve on a jury
▪ vote in a federal election
200
The people who lived in America before the Europeans arrived
▪ American Indians
▪ Native Americans
200
The ocean that is on the West Coast of the United States
▪ Pacific (Ocean)
300
The first three words of the Constitution that reflect the idea of self government
We the people
300
The person who is in charge of the executive branch
▪ the President
300
Name one right only for United States citizens.
▪ vote in a federal election
▪ run for federal office
300
The group of people was taken to America and sold as slaves
▪ Africans
▪ people from Africa
300
The ocean that is on the East Coast of the United States
▪ Atlantic (Ocean)
400
The definition of amendment
▪ a change (to the Constitution)
▪ an addition (to the Constitution)
400
The part of government that makes federal laws?
▪ Congress
▪ Senate and House (of Representatives)
▪ (U.S. or national) legislature
400
Two rights of everyone living in the United States
▪ freedom of expression
▪ freedom of speech
▪ freedom of assembly
▪ freedom to petition the government
▪ freedom of worship
▪ the right to bear arms
400
Why the colonists fought the British
▪ because of high taxes (taxation without representation)
▪ because the British army stayed in their houses (boarding, quartering)
▪ because they didn’t have self-government
400
Name one U.S. territory.
▪ Puerto Rico
▪ U.S. Virgin Islands
▪ American Samoa
▪ Northern Mariana Islands
▪ Guam
500
What we call the first ten amendments to the Constitution
The Bill of Rights
500
The two parts of the U.S. Congress
▪ the Senate and House (of Representatives)
500
What we show loyalty to when we say the Pledge of Allegiance
▪ the United States
▪ the flag
500
The person who wrote the Declaration of Independence
▪ (Thomas) Jefferson
500
Name one state that borders Canada.
▪ Maine
▪ New Hampshire
▪ Vermont
▪ New York
▪ Pennsylvania
▪ Ohio
▪ Michigan
▪ Minnesota
▪ North Dakota
▪ Montana
▪ Idaho
▪ Washington
▪ Alaska