Principles of Democracy
The supreme law of the land?
What is the Constitution?
The month that we vote for President:
What is November?
You have to this old to vote for President:
What is 18?
One war fought by the United States in the 1900s.
What is:
World War I?
World War II?
Korean War?
Vietnam War?
(Persian) Gulf War?
The ocean on the West Coast of the United States:
What is the Pacific Ocean?
One right or freedom from the First Amendment:
What is:
Speech?
Religion?
Assembly?
Press?
Petition the government?
This stops one branch of government from becoming too powerful:
What is:
checks and balances?
separation of powers?
What we show loyalty to when we say the Pledge of Allegiance:
What is:
the United States?
the flag?
These people lived in America before the Europeans arrived.
Who are the Native Americans?
What is Washington, D.C.?
Economic system in the United States:
What is:
capitalist economy?
market economy?
If both the President and the Vice President can no longer serve, this person becomes President:
Who is the Speaker of the House?
One right only for United States citizens:
What is:
Voting in a federal election?
Running for federal office?
Susan B. Anthony fought for:
What are:
women's rights?
civil rights?
Location of the Statue of Liberty:
What is New York Harbor?
What is Liberty Island?
The first three words of the Constitution (the idea of self-government):
What is We the People?
One power of the federal government:
What is:
printing money?
declaring war?
creating an army?
making treaties?
The last day you can send in federal income tax forms:
What is April 15th?
One of the writers of the Federalist Papers (which supported the passage of the U.S. Constitution).
Who is:
James Madison?
Alexander Hamilton?
John Jay?
Name one U.S. territory:
What is:
Puerto Rico?
U.S. Virgin Islands?
American Samoa?
Northern Mariana Islands?
Guam?
The number of amendments to the Constitution:
What is 27?
One of the current Senators of Virginia:
Who is:
Tim Kaine?
Mark Warner?
Two ways that Americans can participate in their democracy:
What is:
voting?
joining a political group?
helping with a campaign?
joining a civic or community group?
publicly supporting/opposing an issue/policy?
running for office?
writing to a newspaper?
Name three of the 13 original states.
Who is:
New Hampshire?
Massachusetts?
Rhode Island?
Connecticut?
New York?
New Jersey?
Pennsylvania?
Delaware?
Maryland?
Virginia?
North Carolina?
South Carolina?
Georgia?
Name one of the two longest rivers in the United States.
What is:
Missouri River?
Mississippi River?