Famous Activists
What Civil Rights Movement leader and Nobel Peace Prize Winner led the March on Washington protest in 1963, where he delivered his famous "I Have a Dream" speech?
Which amendment gave women the right to vote?
The 19th Amendment
Name Massachusetts' 2 senators
Elizabeth Warren & Ed Markey
Green Party: promotes green politics, specifically environmentalism, social justice, etc
Libertarian Party: promotes individual liberty, freedom of choice, and minimal government intervention
Working Families Party: promotes healthcare reform, raising the minimum wage, universal paid sick days
What were the people who fought for the government to end slavery called? (1700s - 1865)
Abolitionists
Who was the prominent African American activist, who was born as a slave in 1797, later earned her and her children's freedom, and advocated for the end of slavery as well as women's rights?
Sojourner Truth
What are the first 10 amendments of the Constitution called?
The Bill of Rights
Who is part of the judicial branch, and what is it's role?
The courts; interpret laws, resolve legal disputes, and ensure laws are applied fairly and consistently
What are the three requirements someone must meet in order to be eligible to run for president?
Be above the age of 35
Be a natural born US citizen
Have lived in the US for at least 14 years
What were literacy tests (1890 - 1960)? What were their purpose?
assessments of a person's reading and writing abilities, historically used to determine eligibility for voting; barred black Americans from voting
Who was the first African American child to integrate an all-white public elementary school in the South in 1960?
Ruby Bridges
Name 3 out of the 5 rights given by the 1st amendment
religion, speech, press, assembly, and the right to petition the government.
What level of government (local, state, or federal) has the responsibility of printing money?
The federal government
What is the difference between Republicans and Democrats in terms of what they believe the role of the government should be?
Republicans: "limited" government, believe the government should take a less active role in people’s lives
Democrats: believe the government should take a more active role in people’s lives
What are three ways someone can be considered a US citizen?
2. Be born to a US citizen
3. Become naturalized
Who is is the Swedish environmental activist who worked to address the problem of climate change by organizing a student-centered movement known as "Fridays for Future" in 2018, at the age of 15?
Greta Thunberg
What term refers to the power of the President to reject a bill passed by Congress, preventing it from becoming law?
How are the number of Senators chosen for each state? Representatives?
Senate: each state receives 2
House: based on state population, larger states have more representatives than smaller states
What is the name of the voting system of that we use in the US to determine the winner of the US Presidential election?
Hint: not the popular vote ...
Electoral college
What law was signed President Lyndon B. Johnson and prohibited racial discrimination in voting practices in order to protect voter access?
Hint: think 1960s
The Voting Rights Act of 1965
What Pakistani activist became the youngest Nobel laureate in history at 17 in 2014 for her fight for every child's right to education?
Malala Yousafzai
What did the 13th amendment do?
Abolished slavery, freeing millions of slaves
What is the term that refers to different branches of government having the power to limit or influence each other, preventing any one branch from having too much power?
OR
What is the term that refers to the government being divided into three branches—Legislative, Executive, and Judicial—so that no one branch can control everything
Checks and Balances
OR
Separation of Powers
What is the difference between a primary election and the general election?
Primary election: Candidates from the same party compete against each other to win their party's nomination
General election: Nominees from different partis compete to win the office
What were the name of the collection of legal policies that enforced racial segregation in schools, public transportation, restaurants, and other public spaces, primarily in Southern states? (1876 - 1965)
Jim Crow laws