Principles of American Democracy
System of Government
Rights and Responsibilities
Recent American History
Geography
100
The supreme law of the land
What is the Constitution?
100
All people of the state
What is who does a U.S. Senator represent?
100
Serve on a jury/ vote in a federal election
What is one responsibility that is only for a U.S. citizen?
100
World War I/ World War II/ Korean War/ Vietnam War/ (Persian) Gulf War
What is one war fought by the United States in the 1900s?
100
Missouri River/ Mississippi River
What is one of the two longest rivers in the United States?
200
Sets up the government/Defines the government/ protects basic rights of Americans.
What does the Constitution do?
200
Secretary of Agriculture/Secretary of Commerce/Secretary of Defense/Secretary of Education/Secretary of Energy/Secretary of Health and Human Services/ Secretary of Homeland Security/Secretary of Housing and Urban Development/Secretary of the Interior/ Secretary of Labor/ etc.
What is a Cabinet-Level position?
200
Freedom of expression/freedom of speech/freedom of assembly/freedom to petition the government/freedom of religion/the right to bear arms
What are two rights of everyone living in the United States?
200
Woodrow Wilson
Who was the President during World War I?
200
Puerto Rico/ U.S. Virgin Islands/ American Samoa/ Northern Mariana Islands/ Guam
What is one U.S. territory?
300
The idea of self-government in the first three words of the Constitution.
What is We the People?
300
John G. Roberts, Jr.
What is the Chief Justice of the United States now?
300
Give up loyalty to other countries/defend the Constitution and laws of the United States/obey the laws of the United States/ serve in the U.S. military (if needed)/ serve (do important work for) the nation (if needed)/be loyal to the U.S.
What is one promise you make when you become a United States citizen?
300
Franklin Roosevelt
Who was the President during the Great Depression and World War II?
300
Maine/ New Hampshire/ Vermont/ New York/Pennsylvania/ Ohio/ Michigan/ Minnesota/North Dakota/Montana/Idaho/Washington/Alaska
What is one state that borders Canada?
400
Speech/Religion/Assembly/Press/Petition the government
What is the first amendment?
400
Provide schooling and education/Provide protection (police)/Provide safety (fire departments)/Give a driver's license/Approve zoning and land use
What are powers that belong to the state?
400
vote/join a political party/help with a campaign/join a civic group/join a community group/give an elected official your opinion on an issue/call Senators and Representatives/ publicly support or oppose an issue or policy/run for office/ write to a newspaper
What are ways that Americans can participate in their democracy?
400
Japan, Germany, and Italy
Who did the United States fight in World War II?
400
California/ Arizona/ New Mexico/Texas
What is one state that borders Mexico?
500
Capitalist economy/Market economy
What is the economic system of the United States
500
Gary Herbert
What is the governor of the state of Utah?
500
April 15
What is the last day you can send in federal income tax forms?
500
World War II
What war did Eisenhower serve as a general in before he was president?
500
New York Harbor/ Liberty Island
Where is the Statue of Liberty?
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