Types of Government
What government lets people make decisions by voting on them?
What is a democracy?
What is the federal government?
The US constitution is...
What is a set of rules that a government agrees to follow?
The region Texas is in is...
What is the South?
The names given to the 2 areas in the US that were in conflict
The purpose of democracy
What is to protect people's rights?
What are the three branches of government?
What are the legislative, executive, and judicial?
The constitution was signed on...
What is September 17, 1787?
Name 3 states in the West
•Utah – Salt Lake City
•Wyoming – Cheyenne
•Colorado – Denver
•Arizona – Phoneix
•New Mexico – Santa Fe
•Alaska – Juenau
•Hawaii - Honolulu
•California – Sacramento
•Oregon – Salem
•Washington – Olympia
•Montana – Helena
•Idaho – Boise
•Nevada – Carson City
A series of pathways that led slaves to become free men in Canada and some northern states
What is the Underground Railroad?
How do they decide between two decisions?
What is majority rules?
The executive branch is made up of...
What is the president, vice president and cabinet?
The bill of rights were added to...
What is protect individual rights?
The capital of Maine
What is Augusta?
What the South was fighting for
What is slavery, state's rights, and freedom from the Union?
A republic is a type of government that...
What is voting on people to represent you?
The judicial branch is made up of...
What is the supreme court and supreme court justices?
What does it say in the constitution about all men in the US (including slaves and women)
What is all men are created equal?
•Wisconsin – Madison
•Illinois – Springfield
•Michigan – Lansing
•Indiana – Indianapolis
•Ohio - Columbus
•North Dakota – Bismarck
•South Dakota – Pierre
•Nebraska – Lincoln
•Kansas – Topeka
•Minnesota – St. Paul
•Iowa – Des Moine
•Missouri – Jefferson City
The battle that became the turning point of the war
What is the Battle of Gettysburg?
A direct democracy is a type of government...
What is voting on everything every day?
What is making laws?
Known as the father of the constitution
The capitals of Nebraska, Alaska, Missouri
What is Lincoln, Juneau, and Jefferson City?
Name the 2 leaders in the Union and the 2 leaders in the Confederacy