Principles & Documents
What is the supreme law of the land?
What is the U.S. Constitution?
What stops one branch of government from becoming too powerful?
What are checks and balances?
Who is considered the "Father of Our Country"?
Who is George Washington?
What was the name of the U.S. war between the North and the South?
What is the Civil War?
At what age do citizens gain the right to vote for President?
What is 18?
The idea of self-government is in the first three words of the Constitution. What are these words?
What is "We the People"?
Who is in charge of the executive branch?
Who is the President?
Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
What did the Emancipation Proclamation do?
What is freed the slaves in the Confederate states?
What is the capital of the United States?
What is Washington, D.C.?
What do we call the first ten amendments to the Constitution?
What is the Bill of Rights?
What are the two parts of the U.S. Congress?
What are the Senate and the House of Representatives?
Why does the American flag have 13 stripes?
What is because there were 13 original colonies?
What did Susan B. Anthony do?
What is fought for women's rights?
What ocean is on the West Coast of the United States?
What is the Pacific Ocean?
What did the Declaration of Independence do?
What is declared our independence/freedom from Great Britain?
Who makes federal laws?
What is Congress?
When was the U.S. Constitution written?
What is 1787?
Who was President during both the Great Depression and World War II?
Who is Franklin Roosevelt?
What is one responsibility that applies ONLY to United States citizens?
What is serve on a jury?
How many total amendments does the U.S. Constitution have?
What is 27?
What is the highest court in the United States?
What is the Supreme Court?
What territory did the United States buy from France in 1803?
What is Louisiana?
During the Cold War, what was the main concern of the United States?
What is communism?
What is the deadline for filing federal income tax forms each year?
What is Washington, D.C.?