American Government
This is the supreme law of the land
What is the Constitution?
This is the name commonly referring to we the first ten amendments to the Constitution.
What is The Bill of Rights?
These are the names of the different American Indian tribes in the United States. (Name one)
What are: -Cherokee -Navajo -Sioux -Chippewa -Choctaw -Pueblo -Apache -Iroquois -Creek -Blackfeet -Seminole -Cheyenne -Arawak -Shawnee -Mohegan -Huron -Oneida -Lakota -Crow -Teton -Hopi -Inuit
He is generally known as the "Father of our Country"?
Who is (George) Washington?
These are the rights or freedom granted from the First Amendment (Name two)
What are Speech -Religion -Press -Assembly -Petition the government?
These are the 3 branches of the government.
-Executive -Judicial -Legislative -President -Congress -Courts
These are the 13 original states. Name three.
What are: -New Hampshire -Massachusetts -Rhode Island -Connecticut -New York -New Jersey -Pennsylvania -Delaware -Maryland -Virginia -North Carolina -South Carolina -Georgia
Dwight Eisenhower was a general in this War prior to his election as President.
What is World War II?
These is why the flag has 13 stripes
What is because there were 13 original colonies -Because the stripes represent the original colonies
This is the amount of amendments the US Constitution has?
What is Twenty-seven?
These are the three rights according in the Declaration of Independence.
What are Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of happiness?
The Federalist Papers supported the passage of the U.S. Constitution. Name ONE of the writers.
Who are: -(James) Madison -(Alexander) Hamilton -(John) Jay -Publius
He was President during World War I.
Who is (Woodrow) Wilson?
These are the states that border Canada. Name one.
What are: -Maine -New Hampshire -Vermont -New York -Pennsylvania -Ohio -Michigan -Minnesota -North Dakota -Montana -Idaho -Washington -Alaska
Who is ONE of your state's US Senators now?
Dianne Feinstein and Alex Padilla
This is the number of voting members in The House of Representatives
What is 435?
This is the date that the the Declaration of Independence adopted?
What is July 4, 1776?
These are the names of wars fought by the United States in the 1800s. Name one.
What are: -War of 1812 -Mexican-American War -Civil War -Spanish-American War
These are our national U.S. holidays. Name two.
-New Year's Day -Martin Luther King, Jr. Day -Presidents' Day -Memorial Day -Independence Day -Labor Day -Columbus Day -Veterans Day -Thanksgiving -Christmas
This is the Name of your current US Representative. (Name one)
This is typically the last day you can send in federal income tax forms
What is April 15?
This is did Susan B. Anthony is best known for.
What is she fought for women's rights?
These jobs are what Benjamin Franklin is famous for.
-U.S. diplomat -Oldest member of the Constitutional Convention -First Postmaster General of the United States -Writer of "Poor Richard's Almanac" -Started the first free libraries
These are the two longest rivers in the United States. (Name one)
What are the -Missouri (River) -Mississippi (River)