U.S History
The first President of the United States
Who is George Washington
A system of government where the people choose their leaders by voting
What is Democracy
The number of years that a president can serve in one term
What is 4 years?
The minimum age to vote in a U.S. federal election?
What is 18 years old?
The minimum age to be elected President of the United States?
What is 35 years old
50 stars on the American flag represent what for the United States
What is the 50 States
A secret sheet or digital screen used to cast a vote in an election
What is a Ballot
The term that describes the president disapproving a bill passed by both houses of Congress
What is a Veto
This is the process of gathering signatures to put an issue directly on the ballot.
What is a Petition
The term for a candidate who runs without belonging to a major party.
What is an independent?
The name of the first ten amendments added to the U.S. Constitution?
What is the Bill of Rights
The person who currently holds a political office and is often running to keep it.
What is a Incumbent
The branch of the government that has the power to declare war
What is the Legislative Branch
This is the term for a local law that governs land use and what can be built where.
What is Zoning?
This is the number of US senators elected from each state.
What is 2
The first woman to serve on the U.S. Supreme Court?
Who is Sandra Day O'Connor
The process of removing an elected official from office by public vote
What is the recall election
A government power that has the ability to confirm presidential nominations for federal judges, cabinet members, and ambassadors
What is the Senate
The term for a law passed by a local government rather than a state or federal one.
What is an ordinance?
This was the first country in the world to grant women the right to vote, in 1893.
What is New Zealand?
The 1803 land purchase from France that doubled the size of the young United States
What is The Louisiana Purchase
The term for voting directly on a proposed law or measure?
What is referendum
The total number of members in the U.S. Congress?
What is 535
This is the formal process of applying to serve on a city or county board.
What is an appointment application?
This is the practice of one party drawing district lines to favor itself.
What is Gerrymandering