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George Washington
Who became the first president of the US?
100
From the people who elect them.
Where does the US get its power from?
100
Before this year, the US had no capital.
What is "before 1800"?
100
This was added in 1791 to the Constitution.
What is the Bill of Rights?
100
This must pass by a 2/3's vote
How does an amendment become part of the Constitution?
200
The heads of the departments who advise the President.
What is the Cabinet?
200
Public agenda
What do most people want from the government?
200
A place near the Potomac River called Washington, DC
Where did they decide to build a new, permanent capital?
200
ended slarvary in the US.
What is the Thirteenth Amendment?
200
Adams was the first president to live here.
What is the White House?
300
A group that tries to elect officials who support its beliefs and policies.
What is a political party?
300
this occurs when people chose the leaders who will represent their party.
What is a primary election?
300
Pays money to people who are disabled or retired.
What is the Social Security Administration?
300
Says that all citizens born or naturalized in the US are citizens.
What is the Fourteenth Amendment?
300
An organized group of people living and working under a set of rules and traditions.
What is a society?
400
Alexander Hamilton and Thomas Jefferson
Who argued about what was best for the United States?
400
when only voters who are part of a political party can vote for their party and no one else
What are closed elections?
400
Guards the nation against terrorist attack.
What is the Department of Homeland Security?
400
Says that no citizen can be denied the right to vote due to race.
What is the Fifteenth Amendment?
400
The only way to change the Constitution.
What is adding an amendment?
500
Democratic and Republican
What are the two major parties of the United States?
500
when anyone can vote for leaders from any party.
What are open elections?
500
2 million people.
How many people work for the US govt. today?
500
Gave the US government the right to tax citizen's incomes?
What is the Fifteenth Amendment?
500
The name of the river near George Washington's home where the capital was built.
What is the Potomac River?