The constitution
This document gives the basic rules for governing the USA.
What is the Constitution?
This is the name of the first ten amendments.
What is the Bill of Rights?
This party is represented by the colour blue.
What is the Democratic Party?
He was the first African-American president.
Who is Barack Obama?
The Constitution was written in this year.
What is 1787?
This freedom lets you express your opinions.
What is freedom of speech?
This animal represents the Republican Party.
What is an elephant?
He fought for equal rights and gave the “I Have a Dream” speech.
Who is Martin Luther King Jr.?
These leaders helped create the USA and its Constitution.
Who are the Founding Fathers?
This amendment ended slavery in the USA.
What is the 13th Amendment?
Of the two main parties, this party is generally more conservative.
What is the Republican Party?
This Republican president led the USA during the Civil War.
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
This word means an official change or addition to the Constitution.
What is an amendment?
This system kept Black and white people apart in schools and other places.
What is racial segregation?
In this type of state, either main party has a good chance of winning.
What is a swing state?
This Democratic president introduced the New Deal during the Great Depression.
Who is Franklin D. Roosevelt?
In this system, power is shared between the national government and the states.
What is federalism?
This law from 1965 helped protect equal voting rights.
What is the Voting Rights Act?
This term means that one party includes people with different political views.
What is big tent politics?
This president supported the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act of 1965.
Who is Lyndon B. Johnson?