What is the Bill of Rights?
The First 10 amendments in the constitutions that labels the rights of US citizens.
What was the famous last stand during the Revolution that happened in San Antonio?
The Battle of the Alamo
What was the spark of the Mexican War of Independence
The Grito de Dolores, given by Father Hidalgo.
What day does the United States celebrate its independence?
July 4th
What type of government is the United States?
A Democratic Republic
What is the 5th Amendment?
The right to due process, to not self-incriminate, trial by jury, and double jeopardy.
What is the Capital of Texas?
Austin
What ethnic groups make up the DNA of Mexicans?
Native Americans, Africans, and Europeans(most notably the Spanish)
What was the First successful colony in the Americas?
Jamestown
What are the branches of government and what do they do?
Executive enforces the law, Legislative makes the laws, and the Judicial checks the law to ensure that its constitutional.
What was the 2nd Amendment established for?
To protect against a tyrannical government.
What was the Cause of the Texas Revolution?
Cultural and political differences, slavery, immigration and settlement disputes, and the centralization of Mexican Authority.
Who was the Conquistador that defeated the Aztec and brought the present day Mexican territory under Spanish rule?
Hernan Cortes
What war was caused by the Annexation of Texas?
Hint: This war popularized the term Gringo
The Mexican American War
What is a Republic?
A state where the power is held by the people to elect officials, and representatives.
What is the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendment?
Freed the slaves, made African Americans citizens, and gave African Americans the right to vote.
Who were the key significant Heros of the Alamo?
James Brown, Davy Crockett, William B. Travis, and Almaron Dickinson.
The Mexican Revolution
What does the National Anthem about?
Hint: if you can successfully sing the national anthem then you can get the point
It is about American pride, resilience and our undying love of freedom?
What is Eminent Domain?
The Government's right to take private property for the benefit of the people but have to provide just compensation.
What was the Document for the US Government before the Constitution?
The Articles of Confederation
What types of troops were Texas mostly recruited for?
Ranger companies, and Cavalry.
What was the War that was fought to limit the Catholic Churches' influence on Mexico?
Hint: this war had made a catholic martyr who became Saint Joselito
The Cristero War
What was the event that the US purchased 30,000 square miles of modern day southwestern New Mexico, and Southern Arizona, for 10 million dollars?
The Gadsen Purchase.
This Service is automatically applied to men who acquire their drivers license. What is it?
Selective Service