American Government
A change to the Constitution.
What is an amendment?
The President is in charge of this branch of government.
What is the Executive Branch?
The people that lived in North America before European explorers and colonists arrived.
Who/What are Native Americans (Indians)?
He was President of the United States during WWI.
Who is Woodrow Wilson?
The ocean on the East Coast of the United States.
What is the Atlantic Ocean?
The first 10 amendments to the Constitution.
What is the Bill of Rights?
The legislative chamber that is comprised of 435 members based off the populations in each state.
What is the House of Representatives?
The 19th century conflict that started over states' rights such as slavery and tariffs.
What is the Civil War?
The main concern of the U.S. during the Cold War.
What is Communism? or Socialism (Soviet Union, USSR, Russia)
They are represented by red and white stripes on the U.S. flag.
What are the 13 original colonies/states?
The document that announced to Britain that the American colonies were breaking away to form their own country (countries).
What is the Declaration of Independence?
The individuals that advise the President on things such as defense, the treasury, diplomacy, transportation, crime, etc.
What is the Presidential Cabinet?
The territory that was purchased from France in 1803 for $15 million.
What is the Louisiana Territory? (What is Louisiana?)
The largest terrorist attack against the United States.
What was or is 9/11/2001? (World Trade Center Attacks, WTC, etc.)
California, Texas, Arizona, and New Mexico
What are the states that border Mexico?
You may practice Christianity, Judaism, or neither, and the government cannot force you to do either.
What is the freedom of religion? (What is the first amendment?)
The current Chief Justice of the Supreme Court.
Who is John Roberts?
He is the author of the Declaration of Independence and third President of the United States.
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
The movement that tried ending racial discrimination.
What is Civil Rights Movement?
Thanksgiving, Memorial Day, Veterans Day, Christmas, Columbus Day, Martin Luther King, Kr. Day, Labor Day...
What are national holidays?
Free-market capitalism with minimal restrictions.
What is the economic system of the United States? (What is the U.S. economy based on?)
The 1971 change to the Constitution that allowed 18-year-olds to vote.
What is the 26th Amendment?
The man who invented the U.S. Postal Service, authored "Poor Richard's Almanac," and was the oldest member at the Constitutional Convention in 1787 when it was written.
Who is Benjamin Franklin?
He was the Supreme Allied Commander during WWII before becoming President of the U.S.
Who is Dwight D. Eisenhower?
Francis Scott Key
Who wrote the national anthem?
Who wrote "The Star-Spangled Banner"?