Principles of American Democracy
The supreme law of the land
What is the constitution?
Name one branch or part of the government (Name ONE)
What is... congress, legislative, President, executive, the courts, judicial?
There are four amendments to the Constitution about voting. Describe one of them?
What is ...
Citizens 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 male citizen of any race can vote
Name one reason colonists came to America
What is...
Freedom, political liberty, religious freedom, economic opportunity, escape persecution
What is Louisiana (Territory)
A war fought by the US in the 1900s (Name ONE)
What is...
WWI
WWII
Korean War
Vietnam War
(Persian) Gulf War
This is what the Constitution does
What is... sets up government, defines government, protects basic rights of Americans
This stops one branch of government from becoming too powerful
What is checks and balances or separation of powers?
One responsibility that is only for US Citizens (Name ONE)
What is...
serve on jury duty
vote in a federal election
People that inhabited America before the Europeans arrived
What are Native Americans?
What is ...
War of 1812
Mexican-American War
Civil War
Spanish-American War
The President during World War I
Who is Woodrow Wilson?
The first three words of the Constitution
What is We the People?
This person is in charge of the Executive branch
Who is the President?
One right only for US citizens (Name ONE)
What is...
Vote in a federal election
Run for federal office
Reason why the colonists fought the British (Name ONE)
What is...
because of high taxes (taxation without representation)
because the British Army stayed in their houses (boarding, quartering)
because they didn't have self government
The US war between the North and the South
What is the Civil War or War between the States?
The President during the Great Depression and WWII
Who is Franklin Roosevelt?
Definition of an amendment
What is a change (to the Constitution) or an addition (to the Constitution)
The part of government makes federal laws
What is Congress, Senate and House, US Legislature?
Two rights of everyone living in the United States (Name TWO)
What are...
Freedom of expression
Freedom of speech
Freedom of assembly
Freedom to petition the government
Freedom of religion
The Right to bear arms
Writer of the Declaration of Independence
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
A problem that led to the Civil War (Name ONE)
What is slavery, economic reasons, states' rights?
The countries that the US fought against in WWII? (Name ONE)
The first ten amendments to the Constitution
The two parts of the U.S. Congress (Name BOTH)
What is the Senate and the House of Representatives?
We show loyalty to this when we say the Pledge of Allegiance
Date that the Declaration of Independence was adopted
What is July 4, 1776
An important thing that Abraham Lincoln did during his presidency (Name ONE)
What is...
Freed the slaves
Preserved the Union
led the US during the Civil War
Before he was President, Eisenhower was a general. He served in this war
What is WWII?