Branches and Structures
Name one branch of the US Government
What is the legislative branch? What is the executive branch? What is the executive branch?
What are the first three words of the Constitution that show the idea of self-government?
What is "We the People"?
Who is the Commander in Chief of the military?
Who is the president?
What is one right from the First Amendment?
What is freedom of speech; religion; assembly; press; petition the government?
What is the capital of the United States?
Where is Washington DC?
What is the supreme law of the land?
What is the Constitution?
What do we call the first ten amendments to the Constitution?
What is the Bill of Rights?
We elect a President for how many years?
What is four years?
How old must citizens be to vote for President?
What is 18?
Why does the flag have 50 stars?
What are the 50 states?
What are the two parts of the U.S Congress?
What is an amendment?
What is a change or addition to the Constitution?
Before he was President, Eisenhower was a general. What war was he in?
What is World War 2?
Name one responsibility that is only for United States citizens.
What is vote in a federal election; run for federal office?
Why does the flag have 13 stripes?
What are the 13 original colonies?
How many voting members are in the House of Representatives?
What is 435 members?
When was the Constitution written (year)? Name the event/location where it was signed.
What is 1787 — signed at the Constitutional Convention at Independence Hall, Philadelphia
Name one war fought by the United States in the 1900s.
What is World War 1, World War 2, Korean War, Vietnam War, Gulf War?
There are four amendments about who can vote. Describe one of these amendments (identify which amendment and its effect).
What is the 15th Amendment — right to vote regardless of race, color, or previous condition of servitude; 19th Amendment — granted women the right to vote; 24th Amendment — banned poll taxes in federal elections; 26th Amendment — lowered voting age to 1818.
What is the name of the national anthem?
What is the Star Spangled Banner?
Explain one check that the judicial branch has on the legislative or executive branch.
What is judicial review? What is interpret laws?
Name one writer of the U.S Constitution
Who is George Washington? James Madison, Benjamin Franklin, Alexander Hamilton.
Who was President during the Great Depression and World War II? Explain one important action that president took during that time.
Who is Franklin D. Roosevelt? — Led the U.S. through the Great Depression with New Deal programs and led the nation during World War II
What movement tried to end racial discrimination? Name a leader and one major achievement of that movement.
What is the Civil Rights Movement — Martin Luther King, Jr.; Civil Rights Act of 1964 or Voting Rights Act of 1965; led nonviolent protests to end legal segregation.
What major event happened on September 11, 2001? Describe its national impact.
What are the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001 — major impacts included large loss of life, heightened national security measures, initiation of the War on Terror, and creation of the Department of Homeland Security.