Founding Documents
Establishes the U.S. as an independent nation
What is the Declaration of Independence?
Conducts diplomacy and enforces laws
What is the Executive Branch?
The Gettysburg Address
Who was Abraham Lincoln?
Located in SF Bay, originally a maximum security prison
What is Alcatraz Island?
We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America
What is the preamble to the constitution?
The House of Representatives and the Senate
Given at the March on Washington For Jobs and Freedom; Called for civil and economic rights and an end to racism in the United States
Who was Martin Luther King Jr.?
A symbol of freedom and the American dream, a gift from the French government
What is the Stature of Liberty?
The First 10 Amendments to the Constiution
What is the Bill of Rights?
The number of justices on the supreme court
What is nine?
In this letter to “Friends and Citizens,” ________ warned that the forces of geographical sectionalism, political factionalism, and interference by foreign powers in the nation's domestic affairs threatened the stability of the republic
Who was George Washington?
What is Mount Rushmore?
E Pluribus Unum
What is the U.S. Motto?
Prevents any branch of government from becoming too powerful
What are checks and balances?
“I know not what course others may take; but as for me, give me liberty, or give me death!”
Who was Patrick Henry?
The first national park when Roosevelt began the National Park Service
The contains the Equal Protection Clause
What is the 14th Amendment?
Sam Liccardo or Ro Khanna
Who are the House Representatives for most of San Jose?
“General Secretary Gorbachev, if you seek peace, if you seek prosperity for the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe, if you seek liberalization: Come here to this gate! Mr. Gorbachev, open this gate! Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall!”
Who was Ronald Reagan?
An almost 500 foot long wall containing the names of over 58,000 men and women killed or missing in action
What is the Vietnam Veterans Memorial?