The Declaration of Independence
The main author of the Declaration of Independence
The term length of a president
What is four years?
The first president was
Who is George Washington?
This colonial power was the ruler of the Thirteen American Colonies
What is Great Britain?
The first ten amendments, added as a group, are called
What is the Bill of Rights?
The date of the adoption of the Declaration of Independence by the Second Continental Congress
What is July 4th, 1776
The chambers of Congress are
What are the Senate and the House of Representatives?
The first president who was not a founding father was…
Who is John Quincy Adams?
The Revolutionary War was started in which year?
What is 1775?
The number of amendments is
What is 27?
The first and largest signature on the Declaration belongs to
Who is John Hancock?
The correct number of justices on the Supreme Court specified by the Constitution
What is no specified size?
The first president to have held office for who non-consecutive terms was
Who is Grover Cleveland?
What are the Battles of Lexington and Concord?
The three “Reconstruction Amendments” are
What are the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments?
The date of the first signature on the Declaration of Independence
What is August 2nd, 1776?
The clause which establishes the Congress’s “implied powers”
What is the Necessary and Proper Clause?
The four presidents who have been assassinated are…
Who are Abraham Lincoln, James Garfield, William McKinley, and John F. Kennedy?
This American officer famously betrayed the American armies to the British, with his name later becoming shorthand for “traitor”
Who is Benedict Arnold?
The Prohibition Amendment and the amendment that repealed it were
What are the 18th and 21st Amendments?
The first ten words of the Declaration of Independence
What is “When in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary”?
This clause, originally interpreted to be limited in scope, has been expanded to allow for the mass regulation of economic activity.
What is the Commerce Clause?
BThis president had a son who swore to never be nearby another president due to having been either witness to or nearby during three different presidential assassinations
Who is Abraham Lincoln, father of Robert Todd Lincoln?
This battle was the bloodiest battle of the American Revolution, with an estimated total casualties of 1780
What is the Battle of Camden?
The rights granted by the amendments originally only applied to the federal government. The amendment that has extended those rights to the states is…
What is the 14th Amendment?