U.S. Presidents
What is the name of our current President?
(2025-2029)
Donald Trump
Why does the flag have 13 stripes?
• because there were 13 original colonies
• because the stripes represent the original colonies
Name one U.S. territory.
• Puerto Rico;
• U.S. Virgin Islands;
• American Samoa;
• Northern Mariana Islands;
• Guam.
What is the supreme law of the land?
The Constitution.
What stops one branch of government from becoming too powerful?
▪ checks and balances
▪ separation of powers
What did the Declaration of Independence do?
▪ announced our independence (from Great Britain)
▪ declared our independence (from Great Britain)
▪ said that the United States is free (from Great Britain)
He was President during the Civil War!
Abraham Lincoln
What are the two major political parties in the United States?
Democratic and Republican
There were 13 original states. Name three.
• New Hampshire • Delaware • Massachusetts • Maryland • Rhode Island • Virginia • Connecticut • North Carolina • New York • South Carolina • New Jersey • Georgia • Pennsylvania
Name one of the two longest rivers in the United States.
• Missouri (River);
• Mississippi (River).
What is an amendment?
A change (to the Constitution);
An addition (to the Constitution).
Who makes federal laws?
▪ Congress
▪ Senate and House (of Representatives)
▪ (U.S. or national) legislature
What are two rights in the Declaration of Independence?
▪ life
▪ liberty
▪ pursuit of happiness
Before he was President, Eisenhower was a general. What war was he in?
World War II
How old do citizens have to be to vote for President?
eighteen (18) and older
Name one American Indian tribe in the United States.
• Cherokee • Cheyenne • Navajo • Arawak • Sioux • Shawnee • Chippewa • Mohegan • Choctaw • Huron • Pueblo • Oneida • Apache • Lakota • Iroquois • Crow • Creek • Teton • Blackfeet • Hopi • Seminole • Inuit
Name one state that borders Canada.
• Maine • Minnesota • New Hampshire • North Dakota • Vermont • Montana • New York • Idaho • Pennsylvania • Washington • Ohio • Alaska • Michigan.
What is one right or freedom from the First Amendment?
Name one branch or part of the government.
▪ Congress
▪ legislative
▪ President
▪ executive
▪ the courts
▪ judicial
Why did the colonists fight the British?
▪ because of high taxes (taxation without representation)
▪ because the British army stayed in their houses (boarding, quartering)
▪ because they didn't have self-government
This person was President during World War I
Woodrow Wilson
What does the President’s Cabinet do?
advises the President
What is one reason colonists came to America?
• freedom
• political liberty
• religious freedom
• economic opportunity
• practice their religion
• escape persecution
Name one state that borders Mexico.
• California • Arizona • New Mexico • Texas
What do we call the first ten amendments to the Constitution?
The Bill of Rights.
The Federalist Papers supported the passage of the U.S. Constitution. Name one of the writers.
▪ (James) Madison
▪ (Alexander) Hamilton
▪ (John) Jay
▪ Publius
Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?
▪ (Thomas) Jefferson
Who was President during the Great Depression and World War II?
What are two Cabinet level positions?
▪ Secretary of Agriculture
▪ Secretary of Commerce
▪ Secretary of Defense
▪ Secretary of Education
▪ Secretary of Energy
▪ Secretary of Health and Human Services
▪ Secretary of Homeland Security
▪ Secretary of Housing and Urban Development
▪ Secretary of the Interior
▪ Secretary of Labor
▪ Secretary of State
▪ Secretary of Transportation
▪ Secretary of the Treasury
▪ Secretary of Veterans Affairs
▪ Attorney General
▪ Vice President
Who lived in America before the Europeans arrived?
• American Indians
• Native Americans
What ocean is on the West Coast of the United States?
The Pacific Ocean?
The idea of self-government is in the first three words of the Constitution. What are these words?
We the People.
Who is one of your state’s U.S. Senators now?
Alex Padilla
Adam Schiff
68: What is one thing Benjamin Franklin is famous for?
▪ U.S. diplomat
▪ oldest member of the Constitutional Convention
▪ first Postmaster General of the United States
▪ writer of "Poor Richard's Almanac"
▪ started the first free libraries
What are the two major political parties in the United States?