Holidays
These holidays are in a legal sense only for federal institutions and in the District of Columbia.
What are national holidays?
This honors the original states that were colonies of Great Britain before America's independence.How many stripes are on the U.S. flag?
What are the thirteen stripes?
Republic, Constitution-based federal republic and Representative democracy are all used to name what?
What is the form of government of the United States?
The basic rights of the people living in the United States are protected by?
What are the 'Bill of Rights'?
How many amendments are there to the U.S. Constitution?
What are twenty-seven amendments?
Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, Presidents Day, Memorial Day, Juneteenth, Independence Day, Veterans Day, and Labor Day.
What are 'National' Holidays?
The number of stars reached 50 in 1959, when this state joined the United States. What is the name of this state?
What is Hawaii?
In the USA the Constitution is known as the law of the land. What does this mean that no law is higher?
What is the supreme law?
Division of power between the federal and state government.
What is federalism?
How the first ten amendments to the U.S. Constitution are known?
What are the Bill of Rights?
This day is to mark the anniversary of the adoption of the Declaration of Independence.
What is the 4th of July?
On the night on September 13, 1814, British warships bombed Fort McHenry. An American watched the bombing and thought the fort would fall. The next morning he wrote a poem.What is the name of the National Anthem?
What is the "Star Spangled Banner?
Forms the government, defines the powers and parts of the government and protect basic rights of the people.
What are things the Constitution does?
Legislative, Executive and Judicial are known as what?
What are the three branches of the government?
This document says that America is free from British control and all people are created equally, identifies freedom and inherent rights is known as?
What is the Declaration of Independence?
Written by Thomas Jefferson this document explains why the colonists had decided to separate from Great Britain.
What is the Declaration of Independence?
A pledge is a what people make to America.
What is a promise?
Amendments or the amendment process.
How changes are made to the Constitution?
The President is in charge of this branch of the federal government.
What is Executive branch?
Equality, Liberty, Social Contract, Natural Rights, Limited government and Self-government are...
What are important ideas in the Declaration of Independence?
Since 1971, these holidays are observed on Mondays except for New Year's Day, Juneteenth, Independence Day, Veterans Day, Thanksgiving and Christmas.
What are federal (national) holidays?
The Pledge of Allegiance says that our Union is indivisible. What does this mean?
It means the union can't be separated?
Self-government, Consent of the governed, People should govern themselves and Social Contract are ideas in the Constitution. What are the first three words of the Constitution?
What is "We the People"?
This position is head of the state executive branch.
What is the Governor?
Separation of powers and Checks and balances are to keep one branch from becoming too powerful?
What is why we have three branches of government?