Advocacy/Politics
Advocacy/Politics
Advocacy/Politics
Advocacy/Politics
Advocacy/Politics
100

Which American civil rights activist delivered the "I Have a Dream" speech during the 1963 March on Washington?

Martin Luther King Jr. 

100

What is the capital of New York?

Albany

100

The president serves for how many years?

4 years 

100

What are the major political parties in America?

  1. Democratic & Republican 

100

What are the three branches of government?

  1. Executive, Legislative, Judicial 

200
  1.  If the President vetoes a bill approved by the House of Representatives and the Senate, what happens next?

  1. The bill is returned to the Congress.

200

Name 3 former vice presidents

  1. Aaron Burr, Thomas Jefferson, Mike Pence, Joe Biden  

200

In the United States, what process must begin with the lower house of a legislature bringing charges against a civil officer of government, and is an analogous process to a grand jury bringing an indictment?

Impeachment

200

Name two presidents who got assassinated.

  1. Abraham Lincoln, James Garfield, Willam McKinley, John F. Kennedy 

200

The Stonewall Riots, which marked a turning point in the LGBTQ+ rights movement, took place in which city in 1969?

New York City

300

Which President served the longest amount of years (12 years)?

Franklin D. Roosevelt 

300

Which US representative has recently been ousted from speakership?

Kevin McCarthy

300
  1. In 1917, Woodrow Wilson famously declared that "the world must be made safe for" what form of political system?    

Democracy

300
  1. Who is the majority leader of the Senate?

Chuck Schumer

300

Name 3 swing states (in terms of the 2016 presidential election)

  1. Colorado, Florida, Iowa, Michigan, Nevada, New Hampshire, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Virginia, or Wisconsin

400

Name 2 former political parties.

Whigs, Free Soil Party, democratic-republicans

400

The Fifth Party System in the United States, which hosted relative Democratic dominance with their New Deal Coalition, began with which president's 1932 election?

Franklin D. Roosevelt 

400

Name 2 major Supreme Court decisions.

  1. Brown v. Board of Education, Roe v. Wade, Marbury vs. Madison, 

400

What famous document begins: "When in the course of human events it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands"?

  1. The Declaration of Independence

400
  1. In 2001, the terrorist group –––-- hijacked multiple American planes, planning to crash into the ------, the -----, and the -----



  1. In 2001, the terrorist group al-Qaeda hijacked multiple American planes, planning to crash into the White House, the Pentagon, and the Twin Towers.