Colonial US History
Considered the "Father of Our Country," became the first president, but also less famously gained his military experience in starting the Seven Years' War.
Who is George Washington?
Famous advocate for peace, civil rights, and equality; assassinated in 1968, the same year as Robert F. Kennedy.
Who is Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.?
The Commander-in-Chief of the military.
Who is the president?
The idea of self-government is established firmly in the Constitution's first three words.
What is "We the People"?
The flag has 13 stripes for this reason.
What are the original 13 Colonies?
The first constitution of the United States.
What are the Articles of Confederation?
The Soviet Union was viewed as a great threat to the United States and the world due to this economic & political ideology.
What is communism?
or
What is Marxism-Leninism?
The current United States Speaker of the House.
Who is Kevin McCarthy?
Celebrated by the states at its passage, this first addition to the Constitution in the first ten amendments is viewed as a victory by liberty activists.
What is the Bill of Rights?
America's national anthem, composed by Francis Scott Key.
What is the Star Spangled Banner?
Massachusetts lawyer, farmer, and well-renowned Founding Father. Helped write portions of the Declaration of Independence. Second President of the United States. Successfully defended soldiers involved in the Boston Massacre.
Who is John Adams?
Abraham Lincoln signed this important document; liberating all slaves in insurrectionist controlled states.
What is the Emancipation Proclamation?
Representative for the House in the 3rd District of Nebraska.
Who is Adrian Smith?
The Constitution serves a primary purpose.
What is setting up a system of government?
or
What is establishing rule of law?
The Statue of Liberty, or "Lady Liberty," as she has been nicknamed, was gifted by this fellow republic in 1885.
What is France?
The Constitution was adopted in this year, followed by the ratification of the Bill of Rights in this year.
What is 1789 & 1791?
President during the Great Depression & World War II elected to four terms; and his successor, who took over as the war ended, only world leader to ever order a nuclear weapon used in war.
Who is Franklin D. Roosevelt & Harry S. Truman?
This system protects one branch of the federal government becoming too powerful.
What is checks and balances?
The Constitution enumerates dozens of rights, but the First Amendment holds six in specific.
What is the:
Freedom of Expression/Speech
Freedom of Assembly
Freedom of Petition
Freedom of Press
Free Exercise Clause
Establishment Clause
This nation, once ruled by a king, became the 50th star on the flag on August 21, 1959.
What is Hawaii?
The Declaration of Independence was formerly adopted on July 4, but the signing wasn't until this date.
What is August 2, 1776?
This president was elected to his first term after beating out William Howard Taft & Theodore Roosevelt.
Who is Woodrow Wilson?
Governor of Nebraska.
Who is Jim Pillen?
The process by which a constitutional amendment is passed.
What is a proposal in Congress & ratification by the state legislatures?
What is a proposal in a national convention & ratification by state assemblies?
or variations of the previous
The national anthem contains more than what is traditionally heard at sporting events & in the movies. It actually contains this number of verses.
What is four?