Principals of Government
The document that is the supreme law of the land.
What is the US Constitution
_____ is in charge of the executive branch
Who is the president?
These are three rights (from the Bill of Rights) everyone living in the United States has
What is.....
• Freedom of expression
• Freedom of speech
• Freedom of assembly
• Freedom to petition the government
• Freedom of religion
• The right to bear arms
These people lived in America before the Europeans arrived.
Who are the American Indians or Native Americans
This is what the civil rights movement did
What is .....
• fighting to end racial discrimination
What the Bill of Rights protects
- what are the basic rights of Americans?
- what are the basic rights of people living in the United States?
This part of the US government writes laws
What is the.....
• (U.S.) Congress
• (U.S. or national) legislature
• Legislative branch
This is one way Americans can serve their country.
What is.......
• Voting
• Paying taxes
• Obeying the law
• Serving in the military
• Running for office
• Working for local, state, or federal government
• Jury Duty
This is why the colonists came to America.
What is........
• Freedom
• Political liberty
• Religious freedom
• Economic opportunity
• Escape persecution
This is the U.S. war that ended slavery
What is......
• The Civil War
The number of amendments in the US Constitution
What is 27
_____ voting members are in the House of Representatives
What is four hundred thirty-five (435)
This is three rules in the current U.S. Constitution about who can vote
What are.......
• Citizens eighteen (18) and older (can vote).
• You don’t have to pay (a poll tax) to vote.
• Any citizen can vote. (Women and men can vote.)
• A citizen of any race (can vote).
This is an important event of the American Revolution.
What is the.....
• (Battle of) Bunker Hill
• Declaration of Independence
• Washington Crossing the Delaware (Battle of Trenton)
• (Battle of) Saratoga
• Valley Forge (Encampment)
• (Battle of) Yorktown (British surrender at Yorktown)
This is what the Emancipation Proclamation did.
What was...
• Freed the slaves
• Freed slaves in the Confederacy
• Freed slaves in the Confederate states
• Freed slaves in most Southern states
“Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness” are in this founding document
What is the Declaration of Independence
The Electoral College's main job is ____
What is....
• It decides who is elected president.
• It provides a compromise between the popular election of the president and congressional selection
This is what we show loyalty to when we say the Pledge of Allegiance
What is....
• The United States
• The flag
The Federalist Papers were important because ____
What is....
• Them helping people understand the (U.S.) Constitution.
• Them supporting passing the (U.S.) Constitution.
This is one leader of the women’s rights movement in the 1800s
Who is.....
• Susan B. Anthony
• Elizabeth Cady Stanton
• Sojourner Truth
• Harriet Tubman
• Lucretia Mott
• Lucy Stone
The U.S. Constitution starts with the words “We the People.” We the People means that people should govern ______.
What is....
• Self-government
• Consent of the governed
• People should govern themselves
This is the purpose of the 10th amendment
What are the powers that are not given to the federal government belong to the states or to the people
These are two promises that new citizens make in the Oath of Allegiance
What is....
• Giving up loyalty to other countries
• Defending the (U.S.) Constitution
• Obeying the laws of the United States
• Serving in the military (if needed)
• Serving (help, do important work for) the nation (if needed)
• Being loyal to the United States
This is one thing Benjamin Franklin is famous for
What is....
• Founded the first free public libraries
• First Postmaster General of the United States
• Helped write the Declaration of Independence
• Inventor
• U.S. diplomat
This is one of the many things Dwight Eisenhower is famous for.
What is.....
• General during World War II
• President at the end of (during) the Korean War
• 34th president of the United States
• Signed the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1956 (Created the Interstate System)