Government
What does the judicial branch do?
• Reviews laws • Explains laws • Resolves disputes (disagreements) about the law • Decides if a law goes against the (U.S.) Constitution
Name two promises that new citizens make in the Oath of Allegiance.
• Give up loyalty to other countries • Defend the (U.S.) Constitution • Obey the laws of the United States • Serve in the military (if needed) • Serve (help, do important work for) the nation (if needed) • Be loyal to the United States
Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?
(Thomas) Jefferson
What U.S. war ended slavery?
• The Civil War
When did all women get the right to vote?
• (With the) 19th Amendment
• 1920
• After World War I
Why is the Electoral College important?
• It decides who is elected president. • It provides a compromise between the popular election of the president and congressional selection
How can people become United States citizens?
• Naturalize • Derive citizenship • Be born in the United States
What group of people was taken and sold as slaves?
• Africans • People from Africa
What did the Emancipation Proclamation do?
• Freed the slaves • Freed slaves in the Confederacy • Freed slaves in the Confederate states • Freed slaves in most Southern states
What was the Great Depression?
• Longest economic recession in modern history
What is one part of the judicial branch?
• Supreme Court • Federal Courts
What are two examples of civic participation in the United States?
• Vote • Run for office • Join a political party • Help with a campaign • Join a civic group • Join a community group • Give an elected official your opinion (on an issue) • Contact elected officials • Support or oppose an issue or policy • Write to a newspaper
There were 13 original states. Name five.
• New Hampshire • Massachusetts • Rhode Island • Connecticut • New York • New Jersey • Pennsylvania • Delaware • Maryland • Virginia • North Carolina • South Carolina • Georgia
What amendment gives citizenship to all persons born in the United States?
• 14th Amendment
When did the Great Depression start?
• The Great Crash (1929)
• Stock market crash of 1929
What does the President’s Cabinet do?
Advises the President (of the United States)
It is important for all men age 18 through 25 to register for the Selective Service. Name one reason why.
• Required by law • Civic duty • Makes the draft fair, if needed
What founding document was written in 1787?
• (U.S.) Constitution
When did all men get the right to vote?
(With the) 15th Amendment
1870
After the Civil War
Who was president during the Great Depression and World War II?
• (Franklin) Roosevelt
Who appoints federal judges?
• The President (of the United States)
What is one way Americans can serve their country?
• Vote • Pay taxes • Obey the law • Serve in the military • Run for office • Work for local, state, or federal government
The Federalist Papers supported the passage of the U.S. Constitution. Name one of the writers.
• (James) Madison • (Alexander) Hamilton • (John) Jay • Publius
Name one leader of the women’s rights movement in the 1800s.
• Susan B. Anthony
• Harriet Tubman
• Lucy Stone
Dwight Eisenhower is famous for many things. Name one.
• General during World War II • President at the end of (during) the Korean War • 34th president of the United States • Signed the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1956 (Created the Interstate System)