Principles of American Democracy
United States System of Government
Rights and Responsibilities
The Colonial Period and Independence
The 1800s
100
The constitution
What is the supreme law of the land?
100
The legislative branch, or Congress.
What is the branch who makes federal laws?
100
At age 18
When must all men register for the Selective Service?
100
Freedom
What is one reason colonists came to the United States?
100
The Louisiana Territory (present day Louisiana)
What is the territory that the United States bought from France in 1803?
200
A change or addition in the constitution
What is an amendment
200
The Senate and the House of Representatives.
What are the two parts of the United States Congress?
200
April 15th
When is the last day you can send in federal income tax forms?
200
Native Americans or American Indians
Who lived in America before the Europeans arrived?
200
Mexican-American War
What is one war fought by the United States in the 1800s.
300
The Bill of Rights
What are the first ten amendments of the constitution?
300
Barack Obama
What is the current president of the U.S
300
Age 18
How old do citizens have to be to vote for President?
300
Africans (people from Africa)
What group of people was taken to America and sold as slaves?
300
Civil War
What is the U.S. war between the North and South.
400
The right to practice any religion, or not practice a religion.
What is the freedom of religion?
400
Joseph Biden
What is the name of the current United States Vice President?
400
1. Vote 2. Join a political party
What are two ways that Americans can participate in their democracy?
400
Thomas Jefferson
Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?
400
Slavery
What is one problem that led to the Civil War.
500
Capitalism/Market economy
What is the economic system used in the United States?
500
The vice president
who is the one who becomes president if the president can no longer serve
500
To give up loyalty to other countries
What is one promise you make when you become a United States citizen?
500
July 4, 1776
When was the Declaration of Independence adopted?
500
It freed the slaves
What did the Emancipation Proclamation do?
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