Amendments
This Amendment says that you can petition the government to make changes.
What is the First Amendment
This document includes "We the People"
What is the Constitution
Finish the lyric
Over the river and through the woods...
What is "to Grandmother's house we go"
The name for the area where most passengers stayed on steamships.
What is steerage.
The number of electoral votes needed to win the Electoral College
What is 270.
This Amendment says that you have the right to remain silent and can't testify against yourself.
What is the Fifth Amendment
This is the name for the list of complaints in the Declaration of Independence.
What are grievances.
This popular fruit used in pies at Thanksgiving is not native to the US.
What are apples.
The eye disease that doctors searched for with a device known as the "button hook"
What is trachoma
This southern state voted for Biden -- a democrat -- changing a long pattern of voting for Republican candidates.
What is Georgia.
This is the Amendment that says you can't be sent to jail for three years for chewing gum in school.
What is the Eighth Amendment.
The supreme law of the land
What is the Constitution
According to polls, this is the favorite Thanksgiving side dish of most Americans.
What is stuffing
This is the name of the area of NYC where many immigrants (including the Confinos) lived.
What is the Lower East Side
This state has the most electoral votes.
What is California
This is the current number of Amendments in the Constitution.
What is 27.
This document says that the purpose of government is to protect unalienable rights.
What is the Declaration of Independence.
Who is Sarah Josepha Hale
This is the percentage of Americans who have ancestors who came through Ellis Island.
What is 40%
This country singer donated 1 million dollars to help fund a Coronavirus vaccine.
Who is Dolly Parton
According to this amendment, Det. Munson can't search your backpack looking for contraband items (unless the pose an immediate danger).
What is the Fourth Amendment
Power is shared between state and federal government.
What is the Federalism
This is the name of the Native People who were present at what is popularly known as the "First Thanksgiving"
Who were the Wampanoag
This is the name for the government organized persecution of Russian Jews.
What is a "pogram."
Kim Ng became the first woman to do this
What is manage a major league baseball team