The Constitution
This city hosted the Constitutional Convention?
What is Philadelphia?
The amendment that protects freedom of speech, religion, press, assembly, and petition.
What is the 1st Amendment?
This is the date the Declaration of Independence was adopted.
He was the first President of the United States.
Who is George Washington?
He is known as the “Father of the Constitution.”
Who is James Madison?
This long word is the official name for the 250th anniversary of the United States.
What is the Semiquincentennial?
The year the Constitutional Convention met in Philadelphia.
When is 1787?
The amendment that abolished slavery.
What is the 13th Amendment?
He was the primary author of the Declaration.
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
The 45th President of the United States, elected in 2016.
Who is Donald Trump?
He was the principal author of the Declaration of Independence and the third U.S. president.
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
In 1776 the United States had 13 states. By the 250th anniversary in 2026, it has this many.
What is 50?
The name for the introduction to the Constitution and begins with "We the People...".
What is the Preamble?
The amendment that protects the right to keep and bear arms.
What is the Second Amendment?
The famous phrase beginning “We hold these truths…” lists three unalienable rights: life, liberty, and this.
What is the pursuit of happiness?
He wrote the Emancipation Proclamation and led the nation through the Civil War.
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
He was the oldest delegate at the Constitutional Convention and a famous inventor, writer, and diplomat. Also known for flying a kite in a thunderstorm.
Who is Benjamin Franklin?
The United States will celebrate 250 years of independence on this exact date in 2026.
What is July 4, 2026?
The official names for the 2 parts of Congress.
What are the House of Representatives and the Senate?
The amendment that gave women the right to vote.
What is the 19th Amendment?
This committee of how many men were assigned to draft the Declaration.
Who are the Committee of Five? (Or what is 5?)
The only U.S. president elected to four terms.
Who is Franklin D. Roosevelt?
He was the second President of the United States.
Who is John Adams?
This city, home to Independence Hall and the Liberty Bell, is the official host of America’s 250th anniversary celebration events in 2026.
What is Philadelphia?
The Constitution divides power among these three branches of government.
What are the Legislative, Executive, and Judicial branches?
The number of amendments to the US Constitution.
What is 27 Amendments?
The final signer of the Declaration of Independence, who added his name on November 4, 1776—months after the others
Who is Matthew Thornton?
The Supreme Allied Commander in Europe during World War II who later became president.
Who is Dwight D. Eisenhower?
The number of Founding Fathers that later became President of the United States.
What is 4?
An emblem of this nation that flies high and proud, most often found on a pole of some sort.
What is the flag?