Westward Expansion

Canada

100

Canada's House of Commons an the United States House of Representatives are similar in that members are ....

Elected by the citizens

200

The Head od the Executive Branch in Canada is the...

Prime Minister

United States

300

The first ten amendments to the United States Constitution are called  the . . .

Bill of Rights

400

Students in a fifth-grade class put democracy into action when they . . .

obey the teacher's classroom rules.

Expansion

100

True or False:

The United States expanded to the west BEFORE Canada.

TRUE

200

Which event in the United States history helped the United States DOUBLE in Size without a war?

 The Louisiana Purchase of 1803

300

How did the United States Gain the land in the West and Southwest that is California, Arizona, and Nevada today?

Mexican Cession

Branches of Federal Government

100

How Many Branches of Government does the  U.S. Constitution set up?

THREE

200

What can the legislative branch do to check the judicial branch?

The Legislative branch proposes amendments to overrule judicial decisions.

300

True or False:

The Executive branch passes laws  

TURE

400

True or False: 

The leader of the EXECUTIVE branch is the commander in chief and controls the army, navy, and air force (Military).

TRUE

500

Why does the author of the constitution include a system of checks and balances?

to guarantee that no one branch of government becomes more powerful than the other two.

Native Americans and First Nations People

200

Why did the United States and Canada close  most residential school for Native Americans in the 1970's?

The Government began to believe that parents and tribes shouldcchoose an education for their children. 

300

What did the residential schools MOST want to change about the Native Americans and First Nations Children?

Their Whole Culture

400

What is it called when you change and adjust how you live ( what you wear, eat, etc.) to fit in with a different group of people?

Assimilation