Foundations
On this day, the Continental Congress of the United States of America adopted its Declaration of Independence from the rule of Great Britain.
July 4, 1776
This is the name for the first ten Amendments to the United States Constitution.
Bill of Rights
This branch of government contains the United States Supreme Court.
Judicial
This political party currently holds the office of President.
Democratic
This Amendment protects the right of the people to keep and bear arms (own guns).
Second
This man served as the first Commander in Chief of the United States armed forces.
George Washington
This Article of the US Constitution lays out the structure and powers of the US Congress.
Article One
This is the title granted to the President of the United States as the leader of the armed forces.
Commander in Chief
This is the total number of votes by the electorate.
Popular Vote
This Amendment outlawed the manufacture, sale, and transportation of alcoholic beverages.
Eighteenth
This is a system of government in which state power is vested in the people or the general population of a state.
Democracy
Article Two of the US Constitution grants executive powers to this individual.
The President
The Department of Energy is in this branch of the US government.
Executive Branch
This is the body of people representing the states of the United States, who formally cast votes for the election of the president and vice president.
Electoral College
This Amendment granted women the right to vote (suffrage).
Nineteenth
The first shots of this war were fired at Lexington and Concord, Massachusetts on April 19, 1775.
American Revolution, Revolutionary War
The United States Constitution grants this branch the power to lay and collect taxes.
Legislative Branch
The United States Senate contains this many seats.
This is the number of Electoral Votes required to secure a majority in the Electoral College.
270
This Amendment protects citizens from testifying against (incriminating) themselves.
Fifth
Capitalism
The United States Constitution grants this individual the power to appoint federal judges.
The President
This man is the current Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court.
This event occurs on the first Tuesday after the first Monday of November every year.
Election Day
This Amendment abolished the practice of slavery in the United States.
Thirteenth