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Principles of American Democracy
System of Government
Rights and Responsibilities
Colonial Period and Independence
1880s
100

We the People

What is the idea of self-government is in the first three words of the constitution?
100

The Senate


The House of Representatives

What are the two parts of the U.S. Congress?

100
American Flag

What do we show loyalty to when we say the pledge of allegiance?

100

Indigenous people (Indians)

Who lived in America before the Europeans arrived?

100

Louisiana Territory (The Louisiana Purchase)

What territory did the United States buy from France in 1803?

200

The Bill of Rights

What do we call the first ten amendments to the constitution?

200

The Senate 

The House of Representatives (The Lawmaking Body)

Who Makes Federal Laws?

200

Federal voting, running for office

What is one right only for United States citizens.

200
Gain their freedom and independence from Great Britain

Why did the colonists fight the British?

200

Civil War

What is U.S. war fought between the North and the South?

300

Capitalism

What is the economic system in the united states?
300

100 - Each state has 2

How many U.S. Senators are there?

300

18

How old do citizens have to be to vote for the president?

300
New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia

What was one of the 13 original states?

300

States rights to own slaves

What is one problem that lead to the Civil War?
400

Announced all 13 American colonies were free and independent states, severing all political ties with Great Britain.

What Did the Declaration of Independence Do?

400

6

We elect a U.S. Senator for how many years?
400

Voting, joining a political party

What are two ways that Americans can participate in their democracy?

400

Religious freedom

What is one reason the colonists came to America?

400

Declared that all persons held as slaves within the rebellious states are and henceforward shall be free

What did the Emancipation Proclamation do?

500

27

How many amendments does the Constitution have?

500

Mark Kelly and Ruben Gallego

Who is one of your U.S. Senators now?

500

15, 19, 24, 26

There are four amendments to the Constitution about who can vote. Describe one of them.

500

Africans

What group of people were taken to America and sold as slaves?

500

Led the fight for womens rights to vote

What did Susan B. Anthony do?