Early America
What year did Christopher Colombus voyage to the Americas?
1492
Who makes federal laws?
Congress
How long is a presidential term?
4 years
This amendment gives citizens the right to bear arms.
second amendment
A tax on imported goods.
What is a tariff?
Which document was made to cut ties between the 13 colonies and Great Britain?
The Declaration of Independence
What is the highest court in the US?
The Supreme Court
Who served as the first president of the United States?
George Washington
Which amendment states that citizens do not have to house soldiers in wartime or peacetime?
third amendment
What is inflation?
the increase of prices
The first permanent British colony in North America
What is Jamestown?
What is the supreme law of the land?
The Constitution
In what year was President John F. Kennedy assassinated?
1963
Which amendment abolished slavery?
Thirteenth Amendment
What is impeachment?
a process to charge a federal official with misconduct which typically leads to the person stepping down from their current position
George Washington was general in this war.
What is the Revolutionary War?
What is the one responsibility that is only for US citizens?
serving on a jury
What scandal forced President Richard M. Nixon to resign in 1974?
Watergate
Which amendment guarantees freedom of speech?
First Amendment
What is an amendment?
a change to the constitution
The coming of Columbus and other Europeans to the Americas brought many changes to the Americas, some of them positive and others negative. What affected the native population of North America most severely?
-trade
-enslavement
-aggression
-disease
Disease
Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?
Thomas Jefferson
Which president lasted the longest in office?
Franklin D Roosevelt (4 terms-12years served)
Which amendment protects citizens from unreasonable searches and seizures?
fourth amendment
What is an executive order?
an order issued by the president that has the effect on laws