Principles of American Democracy
This document is the supreme law of the land
What is the Constitution?
This person is in charge of the executive branch
Who is the the President?
Martin Luther King, Jr. Day and New Year's Day are examples of these
What are national holidays?
These are examples of the original US colonies (name 4)
What are: New Hampshire ▪ Massachusetts ▪ Rhode Island ▪ Connecticut ▪ New York ▪ New Jersey ▪ Pennsylvania ▪ Delaware ▪ Maryland ▪ Virginia ▪ North Carolina ▪ South Carolina ▪ Georgia
What are: Maine ▪ New Hampshire ▪ Vermont ▪ New York ▪ Pennsylvania ▪ Ohio ▪ Michigan ▪ Minnesota ▪ North Dakota ▪ Montana ▪ Idaho ▪ Washington ▪ Alaska
The first ten amendments to the Constitution are called
What is the Bill of Rights?
Checks and balances are put in place for this reason
What is to stop one branch of government from becoming too powerful?
This is the last day you can send in your Federal Income Tax forms
What is April 15?
The Declaration of Independence was written by this person
Thomas Jefferson
This is one of the two longest rivers in the US
What is the Missouri (River) or Mississippi (River)?
The idea of self-government is in the first three words of the Constitution., these words are...
We the People?
This position of Congress is elected for 6 years
What is a US Senator
The flag has 13 stripes for this reason
What is to represent that there were 13 original colonies?
Susan B. Anthony did what
What is fought for women’s rights/fought for civil rights?
Puerto Rico and Guam are examples of
What are US territories?
These are three rights guaranteed in the Declaration of Independence
What is life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness?
Secretary of Agriculture, Secretary of Commerce, and Secretary of Defense are all examples of
Freedom of speech and freedom of assembly are two rights given to this group of people
Who is everyone living in the United States?
The US Constitution was written in this year
When is 1787?
This person was the president during World War 1
Who was Woodrow Wilson?
The number of amendments to the US constitution
What is 27?
The House of Representatives has this many voting members
What is four hundred thirty-five (435)?
These are two ways that Americans can participate in their democracy
What are: vote, join a political party, help with a campaign, join a civic group, join a community group , give an elected official your opinion on an issue, call Senators and Representatives, publicly support or oppose an issue or policy, run for office, write to a newspaper
The Federalist Papers supported the passage of the U.S. Constitution and were written by James Madison, Alexander Hamilton, and John Jay under this pseudonym
What is Publius?
*This isn't an actual test question but we need to ask*
During the Cold War, this was the main concern of the United States
What is communism? (this is the only accepted answer) 😅