Principles of Democracy
What is the supreme law of the land?
Name one branch or part of the government.
Legislative
Executive
Judicial
There are four amendments to the Constitution about who can vote. Describe one of them.
What is one reason colonists came to America?
Economic Opportunity
Who was President during World War I?
Woodrow Wilson
What does the Constitution do?
Sets up the government
Defines the limits of government
Protects the basic rights of Americans
What stops one branch of government from becoming too powerful?
What is one responsibility that is only for United States citizens?
Serve on a jury
Who lived in America before the Europeans arrived?
American Indians
Name one state that borders Canada.
Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Michigan, Minnesota, North Dakota, Montana, Idaho, Washington and Alaska
The idea of self-government is in the first three words of the Constitution. What are these words?
Who is in charge of the executive branch?
Name one right that is only for United States citizens?
Why did the colonists fight the British?
Why does the flag have 13 stripes?
What is an amendment?
Who makes federal laws?
What are two rights of everyone living in the United States?
Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?
When do we celebrate Independence Day?
What do we call the first ten amendments to the Constitution?
What do we call the first ten amendments to the Constitution?
What are the two parts of the U.S. Congress?
What do we show loyalty to when we say the Pledge of Allegiance?
What territory did the United States buy from France in 1803?
What is the name of the national anthem?