Civics

American Government

100

The first ten amendments to the United States Constitution

What is the Bill of Rights?

200

• The system established by the Constitution that prevents any one branch of government from becoming too powerful.

What are Checks and Balances

300

The requirement for a person to be at least this old to serve as President of the United States.

What is 35

400

The number of voting members in the House of Representatives

What is 435

500

The landmark Supreme Court case that established the principle of judicial review.

What is Marbury v. Madison

U.S. History: Civil War & Reconstruction

100

The executive order issued by Abraham Lincoln that freed slaves in Confederate-held territory

What is the Emancipation Proclamation

200

• The amendment that officially abolished slavery throughout the United States.

What is the 13th Amendment

300

The name of the era following the Civil War focused on rebuilding the South and integrating formerly enslaved people into society

What is Reconstruction

400

The Supreme Court case that legalized segregation under the "separate but equal" doctrine

What is Plessy v. Ferguson

500

The informal agreement that settled the disputed 1876 presidential election and ended Reconstruction

What is the Compromise of 1877

Foundations of Democracy

100

• The governing document that was replaced by the U.S. Constitution because it created a weak central government.

What are the Articles of Confederation

200

The 1776 document written primarily by Thomas Jefferson that formally declared the colonies' separation from Britain

What is the Declaration of Independence

300

• The concept that government power comes from the consent of the people.

What is Popular Sovereignty

400

• The philosophical movement in the 1700s that emphasized reason, individualism, and skepticism of traditional authority, influencing American founding fathers.

What is the Enlightenment

500

• The 1215 English document that first established the principle that everyone, including the king, was subject to the law.

What is the Magna Carta

Global History Connections

100

The system of forced labor and unequal exchange established by European powers in the Americas

What is Colonialism

200

The 18th-century intellectual movement in Europe that championed liberty, equality, and fraternity

What is the French Revolution

300

The period of rapid industrial growth that began in Britain in the 18th century and spread globally

What is the Industrial Revolution

400

The term for the intense competition between European nations for territory and influence in Africa during the late 19th century

What is Imperialism (or the Scramble for Africa

500

The organization created after World War I to maintain world peace, which the United States famously refused to join

What is the League of Nations

Rights and Responsibilities

100

• The amendment that granted citizenship to all persons born or naturalized in the United States, including formerly enslaved people.

What is the 14th Amendment

200

The right guaranteed by the First Amendment that protects the right to gather in groups for peaceful protest

What is the right to assemble

300

• : The primary responsibility of a citizen to support the government financially.

What is paying taxes

400

The civic duty required of U.S. citizens to assist in the judicial process

What is jury duty

500

The process by which a foreign-born person becomes a U.S. citizen

What is naturalization