U.S. Constitution and Amendments
This document is called the supreme law of the land in the United States.
What is the U.S. Constitution?
This Supreme Court case established the power of judicial review.
What is Marbury v. Madison?
This branch of government passes laws.
What is the Legislative Branch (Congress)?
This man is known as the primary author of the Declaration of Independence.
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
The capital of the United States is this city (not in any state).
What is Washington, D.C?
The first 10 amendments to the Constitution are collectively called this.
What is the Bill of Rights?
This Supreme Court case declared racial segregation in public schools unconstitutional.
What is Brown v. Board of Education?
This branch enforces the laws; the President leads it.
What is the Executive Branch (the President)?
This is the year the Declaration of Independence was written.
What is 1776?
The American flag has this many stripes to represent the original colonies.
What are thirteen stripes?
Name the five freedoms guaranteed by the First Amendment.
What are the freedoms of religion, freedom of speech, freedom of the press, freedom to petition the government, and the right to peaceably assemble?
This amendment abolished slavery in the United States.
What is the 13th Amendment?
This branch interprets the laws and includes the Supreme Court.
What is the Judicial Branch?
This President is known as “The Father of our Country” and was the first President.
Who is George Washington?
The American flag has this many stars to represent the states.
What are fifty stars?
This amendment reserves powers not specifically given to the federal government to the states.
What is the Tenth Amendment?
This Supreme Court case established that police must inform arrested persons of their rights.
What is Miranda v. Arizona?
This principle prevents any one branch from becoming too powerful by allowing each branch some control over the others.
What are checks and balances?
These laws, after the Civil War, segregated people by race in the South.
What are Jim Crow Laws?
This ocean borders the United States on the West Coast.
What is the Pacific Ocean?
This amendment sets rules for indictment by grand jury, eminent domain, due process, protection against self-incrimination, and prohibits double jeopardy.
What is the Fifth Amendment?
This Supreme Court case dealt with political spending as a form of free speech under the First Amendment.
What is Citizens United v. FEC?
How many Senators are in the United States Senate?
What are 100 Senators?
This 20th-century President led the United States during the Great Depression and most of World War II.
Who is Franklin Roosevelt?
Name three states that border Canada. (Any three correct states earn full credit.)
What are New York, Michigan, Minnesota (any three from: Alaska, Washington, Idaho, Montana, North Dakota, Minnesota, Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania, New York, Vermont, New Hampshire, Maine)?