Democracy: Some Assembly Required
Two rights in the Declaration of Independence
▪ life
▪ liberty
▪ pursuit of happiness
This is what the Declaration of Independence did.
▪ announced our independence (from Great Britain)
▪ declared our independence (from Great Britain)
▪ said that the United States is free (from Great Britain)
This is one reason colonists originally came to America.
▪ freedom
▪ political liberty
▪ religious freedom
▪ economic opportunity
▪ practice their religion
▪ escape persecution
He wrote the Declaration of Independence.
Thomas Jefferson
This is the ocean on the west coast of the US
Pacific
This is the movement that tried to end racial discrimination in the US.
Civil Rights
This is one of the problems that lead to the Civil War.
▪ slavery
▪ economic reasons
▪ states’ rights
He is the Chief Justice on the Supreme Court.
John Roberts
This is the largest city in Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Philly
The City of Brotherly Love
This is the name of our National Anthem
The Star Spangled Banner
This is the branch of government in charge of interpreting the laws.
The Judicial Branch
This is the name for the first 10 amendments to the Constitution.
Bill of Rights
This is what the 13 stripes and 50 stars represent on our flag.
13 original colonies
50 states
He was our first president.
George Washington
These are two states that border Mexico
▪ California
▪ Arizona
▪ New Mexico
▪ Texas
This is what MLK fought for.
▪ fought for civil rights
▪ worked for equality for all Americans
This was the president during WW2 and the Great Depression.
FDR
This person will serve as president if the president and vice president can not. They also lead the house of representatives.
Speaker of the House
He is the governor of Pennsylvania
Josh Shapiro
This territory was purchased from France in 1803
The Louisiana Territory
This is the economic system in the United States.
▪ capitalist economy
▪ market economy
This is the definition of an amendment.
▪ a change (to the Constitution)
▪ an addition (to the Constitution)
This is the exact date that the Declaration of Independence was adopted.
July 4th, 1776
He is the father of our country.
George Washington
This is the name of one of the 2 longest rivers in the United States.
▪ Missouri (River)
▪ Mississippi (River)
This major event happened on 9/11/2001
The Twin Tower and Pentagon terror attack.
This was the president during the 1st World War
▪ (Woodrow) Wilson
Susan B Anthony fought for this.
▪ fought for women’s rights
▪ fought for civil rights
It is the capitol of our state.
Harrisburg
This is the number of members in the House of Representatives
435
There are four amendments to the Constitution about who can vote. Describe one of them.
▪ Citizens eighteen (18) and older (can vote).
▪ You don’t have to pay (a poll tax) to vote.
▪ Any citizen can vote. (Women and men can vote.)
▪ A male citizen of any race (can vote).
It starts with the phrase "We the People" and is the supreme law of the land. Written 1787
The Constitution
These are the names of 3 of the original 13 colonies.
▪ New Hampshire
▪ Massachusetts
▪ Rhode Island
▪ Connecticut
▪ New York
▪ New Jersey
▪ Pennsylvania
▪ Delaware
▪ Maryland
▪ Virginia
▪ North Carolina
▪ South Carolina
▪ Georgia
This is one of the things Ben Franklin was famous for aside from being an inventor
▪ U.S. diplomat
▪ oldest member of the Constitutional Convention
▪ first Postmaster General of the United States
▪ writer of “Poor Richard’s Almanac”
▪ started the first free libraries
This is the location of the Statue of Liberty
▪ New York (Harbor)
▪ Liberty Island
New Jersey
This is the name of 2 national holidays.
▪ New Year’s Day
▪ Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
▪ Presidents’ Day
▪ Memorial Day
▪ Independence Day
▪ Labor Day
▪ Columbus Day
▪ Veterans Day
▪ Thanksgiving
▪ Christmas
Juneteenth
During the cold war this was the main concern of the United States. (one word)
Communism
Before he was president he was a 4 star general in WW2.
Dwight Eisenhower
They are your current US senators
Dave McCormick
John Fetterman
This is the last day you can turn in your taxes
April 15
This is the length of a term for a senator DIVIDED by the term length for a Representative.
6/2=3
This is what the Emancipation Proclamation did.
Freed the slaves
This is one reason the Americans originally fought the British during the revolution.
▪ because of high taxes (taxation without representation)
▪ because the British army stayed in their houses (boarding, quartering)
▪ because they didn’t have self-government
The Federalist Papers helped support passage of the Constitution. This was one of the 3 authors.
▪ (James) Madison
▪ (Alexander) Hamilton
▪ (John) Jay
This is the name of 1 US territory.
▪ Puerto Rico
▪ U.S. Virgin Islands
▪ American Samoa
▪ Northern Mariana Islands
▪ Guam
This is one of the notable things that Abraham Lincoln did.
▪ freed the slaves (Emancipation Proclamation)
▪ saved (or preserved) the Union
▪ led the United States during the Civil War
What is one war aside from the Civil War that the US fought in the 1800s?
▪ War of 1812
▪ Mexican-American War
▪ Spanish-American War
He is the current Speaker of the House
Mike Johnson
She is your current personal representative in the House
Madeleine Dean
It is the number of amendments to the constitution.
27