principles of American democracy
What is the supreme law of the land?
the Constitution
Name one branch or part of the government.*
Congress
What is one reason colonists came to America?
freedom
What territory did the United States buy from France in 1803?
the Louisiana Territory
Name one war fought by the United States in the 1900s.*
World War I
What does the Constitution do?
sets up the government
What stops one branch of government from becoming too powerful?
checks and balances
Who lived in America before the Europeans arrived?
American Indians
Name one war fought by the United States in the 1800s.
War of 1812
Who was President during World War I?
Who was President during World War I?
The idea of self-government is in the first three words of the Constitution. What are these words?
We the People
Who is in charge of the executive branch?
the President
What group of people was taken to America and sold as slaves?
Africans
Name the U.S. war between the North and the South.
the Civil War
Who was President during the Great Depression and World War II?
(Franklin) Roosevelt
What is an amendment?
a change (to the Constitution)
Who makes federal laws?
Congress
Why did the colonists fight the British?
because of high taxes (taxation without representation)
Name one problem that led to the Civil War.
slavery
Who did the United States fight in World War II?
Japan, Germany, and Italy
What do we call the first ten amendments to the Constitution?
the Bill of Rights
What are the two parts of the U.S. Congress?*
the Senate and House (of Representatives)
Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?
(Thomas) Jefferson
What was one important thing that Abraham Lincoln did?*
freed the slaves (Emancipation Proclamation)
Before he was President, Eisenhower was a general. What war was he in?
World War II