HISTORY
When was the Declaration of Independence written?
July 4, 1776
The branch(es) of Government that can declare war
What is the Legislative Branch (Congress)?
The length of a full marching step
What is 30 inches?
What the 13 stripes on the American flag represent
What are the 13 original colonies?
The name of the first 10 Amendments to the Constitution
What is the Bill of Rights?
This Eastern Front battle was a major turning point during WWII.
What is the Battle of Stalingrad?
Number of members in Congress
What is 535?
(435 House, 100 Senate)
The command used to revoke a preparatory command
What is "AS YOU WERE" ?
The three types of flags flown.
What are Post, Garrison, and Storm?
These are the powers neither delegated to the federal government nor prohibited to the states
What are reserved powers?
One of the four hijacked planes on 9/11 that was the only one that did not reach its intended target, crashing instead in a field in Pennsylvania
What is United Airlines Flight 93?
The first chief executive under the Articles of Confederation.
What is no chief executive?
The distance from the Color a service member must render the hand salute when an uncased U.S. Color is being paraded or presented
What is when the flag is six paces away to when it is six paces past?
The part of the flag, by custom, that should be visible on the outside of the triangular fold when the flag is properly folded during a retirement ceremony
What is the union (blue field with stars)?
These Constitutional Amendments are known as the Reconstruction Amendments.
What are the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments?
This scientist wrote a letter to President Roosevelt in 1939, warning of Germany's potential to develop an atomic bomb and urging the U.S. to begin its own nuclear research program, leading to the Manhattan Project
Who was Albert Einstein?
The fundamental concept of the US judicial system that means "let the decision stand."
What is Stare Decisis?
The "position of honor" - how a senior rank walks in relation to a junior rank
What is to the right side?
On Memorial Day the specific time of day the US flag is raised to the top of the staff after being displayed at half-staff
What is noon, after being flown at half-staff from sunrise until that time?
This specific clause in the First Amendment prohibits the government from establishing an official religion, or unduly favoring one over others.
What is the Establishment Clause?
Native American servicemen who sent encrypted messages during WWII; their codes were never broken by the enemy
Who were the Navajo Code Talkers?
The name of the special, three-fifths majority vote in the Senate that is required to bring an end to a filibuster
What is Cloture?
When you are not required to salute a commissioned officer, even while in uniform
What is when you are carrying articles in both hands, or when saluting would interfere with your work (i.e. driving) ?
When the flag of the United States is displayed with the flags of two or more other nations, it should be flown this highin relation to them.
What is the same height?
This Amendment deals with compensation of members of Congress and took more than 200 years to ratify.
What is the 27th Amendment?