Principles of American Government
This is the supreme law of the Land.
What is the Constitution?
This was the war between the North and the South.
This ocean is on the West Coast of the US.
What is the Pacific Ocean?
This person isin charge of the Executive Branch.
Who is the President?
This is one of the wars fought by the United States in the 1800's.
What is War of 1812? (Mexican-American War, Civil War, Spanish-American War).
These are how changes are made to the US Constitution.
What are Amendments?
He was president during the Great Depression and Wolrd War II.
Who was Franklin D. Roosevelt?
The 13 stripes on the US Flag represent these.
What are the 13 original colonies?
This is the number of US Senators.
What is 100?
Economic reasons, states rights and slavery were all problems that lead to this war.
What is the Civil War?
This document said that the American colonies were free from Britain.
What is the Declaration of Independence?
This founding document was written in 1787.
What is the U.S. Constitution?
Northern Mariana Islands and Puerto Rico are these.
What are US Territories?
This stops one branch from becoming too powerful.
What is Seperation of Powers (or Checks and Balances).
Susan B. Anthony fought for these kind of rights.
What are women and civil rights?
This is how long a term is for a U.S. Senator.
What is 6 years?
This was the year all men got the right to vote.
What was 1870?
What are California, Arizona, New Mexico and Texas?
This person is the Commander in Chief of the Military.
Who is the President?
The United States bought the Louisiana Territory from France in this year.
What is 1803?
This is the total number of voting members in the House of Representatives.
What is 435?
Madison, Hamilton, Jay and Publius were all writers of this document that supported the passage of the U.S. Constitution.
What are the Federalists Papers?
These are the two longest rivers in the US.
What are the Missouri and Mississippi River?
Secretery of Health and Human Services is considered this level.
What is Cabinet-Level Position?
Name three of the 13 originial Colonies.
New Hampshire ▪ Massachusetts ▪ Rhode Island ▪ Connecticut ▪ New York ▪ New Jersey ▪ Pennsylvania ▪ Delaware ▪ Maryland ▪ Virginia ▪ North Carolina ▪ South Carolina ▪ Georgia