Wars
This war between the thirteen original colonies and Great Britain began in 1776
What is the American Revolution /
War for Independence?
These first 10 Amendments to the Constitution protect the basic rights of people living in the US
What is the Bill of Rights?
This is the term (“tenure”) that the US President is elected to serve
What is four years?
This branch of government is led by the President and enforces the laws
What is the executive branch?
Freedom to practice their own religion, freedom from persecution, and political liberty
Why did the original colonists come to America?
Abraham Lincoln was President during this war between the northern and southern states from 1861-1865.
What is the Civil War?
This number is the total number of amendments to the US Constitution
What is 27?
This is the term (“tenure”) that a US Senator is elected to serve
What is six years?
This branch of government writes laws, makes the federal budget, and declares war
What is Congress /
What is the legislative branch?
In 1776, the Declaration of Independence declared the American colonies’ independence from this nation
What is Great Britain?
The US entered into this war when Japan bombed Pearl Harbor in Hawaii in 1941
What is World War II?
This amendment states that powers not expressly given to the federal government belong to the states or to the people.
What is the 10th Amendment?
This is the term (“tenure”) of a US Representative
What is two years?
This branch of government reviews laws, resolves disputes, and determines if laws conflict with the Constitution
What is the judiciary?
In 1863, President Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation. What freedom did it grant?
What is freedom from slavery?
Throughout this decades-long struggle with the USSR, the US worked to stop the spread of communism
What is the Cold War?
This amendment grants citizenship to all people who are born in the US
What is the 14th Amendment?
This is the term (“tenure”) of a Supreme Court Justice
What is lifetime?
The Supreme Court is part of this branch of the government
What is the judiciary?
Susan B Anthony, Sojourner Truth, and Lucy Stoner all worked to obtain this right
What is women's right to vote /
What is women's suffrage?
Before he became President, Dwight Eisenhower served as a general in this war
What is World War II?
This is the reason that a US President is only allowed to serve 2 terms
What is the 22nd Amendment?
This is the maximum (most) number of terms a President is allowed to serve
What is two?
The Cabinet is part of this branch of the government
What is the executive branch?
Martin Luther King Jr worked to obtain these rights
What are civil rights /
What is freedom from racial inequality?