Principles of American Democracy
System of Government
Rights & Responsibilities
American History - Colonial Period
American History - Recent
100

It is the Supreme Law of the Land.

What is the US Constitution?

100

Name 1 branch of the Federal Government

What is:

Legislative

Executive

Judicial

100

Name 1 Right for ONLY US Citizens

What are:

to vote in a Federal election

and

run for Federal office 

100

Name 2 reasons colonists came to America

What is:

Freedom

Political liberty

Religious freedom

Economic opportunity

Escape persecution

100
Name 1 war the US fought in during the 1900s

What is:

World War 1

World War 2

Korean War

Vietnam War

Persian Gulf War

War in Iraq

200

What does the Constitution do?

What is:

1. Sets up the government

2. Defines the government

3. Protects the basic rights of Americans

200

This stops one branch of government from becoming too powerful.

What is checks and balances?

200

Name 2 rights of everyone living in the USA

What are:

Freedom of Expression

Freedom of Speech

Freedom of Assembly

Freedom to Petition the Government

Freedom of Religion

The Right to Bear Arms

200
These people lived in America before the colonists arrived

Who are Native Americans?

200

He was President during the Great Depression and WW2

Who is Franklin D. Roosevelt?

300

It is a change to the Constitution

What is an Amendment

Bonus: How many Amendments are there? 

300

What branch of government makes Federal Laws?

What is the legislative branch (Congress)?

300

We show loyalty to these 2 things when we say the Pledge of Allegiance.

What are:

The United States

The Flag

300

The colonists fought the British because . . . 

What are:

high taxes (taxation w/o representation)

had to house British soldiers 

because the colonists did not have self-government

300
This movement aimed to end racial discrimination

What is the Civil Rights Movement?

400

Name 1 right or freedom guaranteed in the First Amendment.

What is:

Speech

Religion

Assembly

Press

Petition the Government

400

How many Senators are there?

What is 100?

400

These are some of the promises you make when you become a US citizen.

What are:

Give up loyalty to other countries

Defend the Constitution & laws of the USA

Obey the laws of the US

Serve in the US military if needed

be loyal to the USA

400

He wrote the Declaration of Independence.

Who is Thomas Jefferson? 

400

Name 1 US Territory

What is:

Puerto Rico

US Virgin Islands

American Samoa

Northern Mariana Islands

Guam

500

This document announced our independence from Great Britain

What is the Declaration of Independence?

500

He/She is the Commander in Chief of the US Military

Who is the President?

500
Citizens have to be this age in order to vote in an eletion.

What is 18?

500

Name 3 of the original Colonies

What are 

1. New Hampshire

2. Massachusetts 

3. Rhode Island

4. Connecticut

5. New York

6. New Jersey 

7. Pennsylvania

8. Delaware

9. Maryland

10. Virginia

11. North Carolina

12. South Carolina

13. Georgia

500

The US Flag's 13 stripes represent these.

What are the 13 original colonies?

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