Gov. and Presidents
Early Years of the US
Random Review
Government pt. 2
100
The name of this building.
What is the White House?
100
The first president of the US.
Who was George Washington?
100
Where the US Capitol is located.
What is Washington, DC?
100
The number of main parts, called branches, of the US government.
What is three?
200
The names of the two major political parties in the US Government today.
What are the Democratic and Republican Parties?
200
Before the American Revolution, the US was a group of colonies that were run by what country.
What is England?
200
The branch, of the Executive, Legislative, and Judicial, that writes laws.
What is the Legislative Branch?
200
The first 10 Amendments to the Constitution as a group are called this.
What is the Bill of Rights?
300
The length of Presidential term.
What is four years?
300
The Declaration of Independence was signed in this year.
What is 1776?
300
The main document that outlines how the US government is run and started listing the main laws.
What is the US Constitution?
300
The number of judges, called Justices, that sit on a fully filled Supreme Court.
What is nine?
400
The minimum age someone needs to be in order to eligible to be President of the US.
What is thirty-five?
400
This battle was the last major battle of the American Revolutionary War and is considered the one that meant the war was over.
What is the Battle of Yorktown?
400
The number of senators there are in the government.
What is one hundred?
400
True or False: The US has had the same two main political parties (the Democratic Party and the Republican Party) since the very start of the government.
What is false?
500
The main part, called a branch, of the US government that includes the President.
What is the Executive Branch?
500
In the War of 1812, the new American government fought against an invasion from this country.
What was England?
500
The title of the person who is elected to be the "Chief Executive Officer" (like the person who manages things) in each US state or territory.
What is a Governor?
500
The two groups of people (who are elected to their job) make up the Legislative Branch.
What are Congress and the Senate?