Voting Basics
This is the minimum age to vote in U.S. elections.
What is 18?
Name the three branches of government
legislative, executive, and judicial?
This is the capital of Tennessee.
People born in the U.S. are automatically this.
What are citizens?
This document created the U.S. government.
What is the Constitution?
This is when citizens choose leaders by casting ballots.
What is voting?
This system in the United States Government makes each branch able to hold the others accountable and prevent one from becoming too powerful.
What is Checks and Balances?
This person is the leader of Tennessee’s executive branch.
What is the Governor? Gov. Bill Lee?
Citizens have the right to do this in elections.
What is Vote?
The first ten amendments are called this.
What is the Bill of Rights?
This is held every four years to elect the president.
What is a presidential election?
There are this many U.S. Senators total.
What is 100?
Tennessee has this many U.S. Senators.
What is 2?
Citizens may be called for this legal duty.
What is Jury Duty?
Declared independence from Britain in 1776.
What is the Declaration of Independence?
This document proves you are registered to vote.
What is a voter registration card?
The United States Constitution currently has this many amendments added since it was ratified.
What is 27?
These two chambers make up the Tennessee General Assembly.
What is the House of Representatives and the Senate?
This process allows immigrants to become citizens.
What is naturalization?
This amendment gave women the right to vote.
What is the 19th Amendment?
This amendment lowered the voting age from 21 to 18.
What is the 26th Amendment?
There are this many U.S Representatives.
What is 435?
Tennessee has this many members in the United States House of Representatives based on its current congressional districts.
What is 9?
This promise new citizens make to the U.S. is called the Oath of _____.
What is Allegiance?
This speech began “Four score and seven years ago…” by Abraham Lincoln.
What is the Gettysburg Address?