The Constitution
This is the supreme law of the land
What is The Constitution?
The United States has two long rivers that run through it. Name the one that empties into the Gulf of Mexico.
What is the Mississippi River?
These people lived in the Americas before the Europeans arrived.
Who are Native Americans?
This was the war that the colonies fought against the British.
Name the three branches of the federal government.
What are the executive, legislative and judicial?
The idea of self-government is in the first three words of the Constitution.
What are, We the people?
This ocean is west of the United States.
What is the Pacific Ocean?
The Declaration of Independence was adopted on this day.
What is July 4, 1776?
Name one war fought by the United States in the 1900s.
What is WWI/WWII/Korean War/Vietnam War/ Persian Gulf war?
The congress has two parts. Name them.
What are the House of Representatives and the Senate?
The first 10 amendments were added to the constitution at one time. They are called this:
What is The Bill of Rights?
Name one state that borders Mexico.
What is California/Arizona/New Mexico/Texas?
Name three of the original states.
What is New Hampshire/Massachusetts/Rhode Island/Connecticut/New York/New Jersey/Pennsylvania/Delaware/Maryland/Virginia/North Carolina/South Carolina/Georgia
What was the name of the US War between the North and the South?
What was the Civil War?
There are this many US Senators.
What is 100?
The constitution has this many amendments
What is 27?
The Statue of Liberty stands here.
Where is New York (harbor)?
The Constitution was written in this year.
What is 1787?
Name one war fought by the US in the 1800s.
What was the War of 1812/Mexican-American War/Civil War/Spanish-American war?
North Dakota has one representative in the House of Representatives. Name this person.
Who is Kelly Armstrong?
The first amendment contains five separate freedoms. Name these five freedoms.
What are freedom of speech, religion, assembly, press, and petition the government?
Name one US Territory.
What is Puerto Rico/US Virgin Islands/American Samoa/Northern Mariana Islands/Guam?
Name one of the writers of the Federalist Papers.
Who was James Madison/Alexander Hamilton/John Jay/Publius
This person was president during World War I.
Who was Woodrow Wilson?
If both the president and the vice president can no longer serve, this person becomes the president.
Who is the Speaker of the House?