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What does the Judicial branch do?
-Review laws, explains laws, resolve disputes, and decides if a law goes against the Constitution. 
100

What is the political party of the President now?

Republican Party 

100

What do we call the leader of the House of Representatives?

Speaker of the House (Mike Johnson)

100

According to the First Amendment, What are 3 rights of everyone living in the United States?

Freedom of:

speech, press, religion, petition, assembly

100

Who was the second president?

John Adams

200

How many stripes on the U.S. flag?

13

200

What do we show loyalty to when we say the Pledge of Allegiance? 

The United States, the flag. 
200
When must all men register for the Selective Service? 
At age 18 
200
Who lived in America before the Europeans arrived?
Native Americans. 
200
Why did the colonists fight the British? 
Because of high taxes (taxation without representation), because the British army stayed in their houses, because they didn't have self-government.  
300

What is the capital of your state? 

Providence

300
Who wrote the Declaration of Independence? 
Thomas Jefferson. 
300

What are the first 3 words of the Constitution?

We the people

300
There were 13 original states. Name three 
New Hampshire. Massachusetts. Rhode Island. Connecticut. New York. New Jersey. Pennsylvania. Delaware. Maryland. Virginia. North Carolina. South Carolina. South Carolina. Georgia.   
300

How many amendments does the Constitution have?

27

400

What is one obligation or duty of a U.S. citizen?

Serve on a jury 

defend the nation

pay taxes

obey the law

400
When was the Constitution written? 
1787
400

What are two rights in the Declaration of Independence? 

Life liberty and the pursuit of happiness

400
Who is the "Father of Our Country"?
George Washington
400
Name one war fought by the United States in the 1800s? 
War of 1812. Mexican-American War. Civil War. Spanish-American War. 
500

What year was the declaration of independence written?

1776

500
Name the U.S. war between the North and the South.  
The Civil War
500
Name one problem that led to the Civil War. 
Slavery. 
500

What did the Emancipation Proclamation do? 

Freed the slaves. Freed the slaves in the Confederate States. 

500
Name one U.S. Territory 
Puerto Rico. U.S. Virgin Islands. American Samoa. Northern Mariana Islands. Guam. 
600

What is one reason colonists came to America? 

Freedom, political liberty, religious freedom, economic opportunity, practice their religion, escape persecution. 

600

Who was president during the Civil War?

Lincoln

600
What ocean is on the East Coast of the United States? 
Atlantic Ocean. 
600

Name one of the two longest rivers in the United States. 

Missouri and Mississippi rivers
600
What movement tried to end racial discrimination?
Civil Rights movement. 
700

Who is the Governor of your state now?

Daniel McKee

700
Name one right only for United States citizens.
Vote in a federal election; run for federal office. 
700
What is one promise you make when you become a United States citizen? 
Give up loyalty to other countries. Be loyal to the United States. 
700
What territory did the United States buy from France in 1803? 
The Louisiana Territory
700

In what month do we vote for President?

November

800

Under our Constitution, some powers belong to the states. What do we call these powers? 

Reserved Powers                   


800

What amendment allowed women to vote in the U.S.?

19

800

The Federalist Papers supported the passage of the U.S Constitution. Name one of the writers. 

James Madison, Alexander Hamilton, John Jay. 

800

During the Cold War, what was the main concern of the United States? 

Communism. 

800

Before he was President, Eisenhower was a general. What war was he in? 

WW2