The Constitution
What is the Supreme law of the land?
The Constitution
Who was the first President of the US?
George Washington
(+100 points if you can name the other question, that has the same answer?)
What did the Declaration of Independence do?
announced /declared our independence from Great Britain
What is the capital of the United States?
Washington D.C.
What happened on September 11th, 2001
How many amendments does the constitution have?
27
What is one important thing Abraham Lincoln did?
• saved the Union
•led the US during the civil war
Name as many wars fought by the US in the 1900s as you can (+50 pts for every war you can name)
WWI
WWII
Korean War
Vietnam War
(Persian) 1st Gulf War
Name 1 State that borders Canada (+10 for every extra)
Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Michigan,
Minnesota, North Dakota, Montana, Idaho, Washington, Alaska (13)
In what month do we vote for President?
November
What are 2 cabinet level positions? +10 for each you can name.
Agriculture, Commerce, Defense, Education, Energy, HHS, Homeland Security, HUD, Interior
Labor, State, Transportation, Treasury, Veteran affairs, VP, AG. (16)
What did Martin Luther King Jr. do?
Fought for civil rights
Worked for equality for all Americans.
Who was president during WWI
Woodrow Wilson
Name one of the two longest rivers in the US (+25 for both)
Missouri (river)
Mississippi (river)
When was the Constitution written?
1787
Name the three branches of Government, +100 for each correct branch. +50 for saying what each one does.
Legislative (Make laws)
Executive (Signs bills, vetoes bills)
Judicial (reviews laws, explains laws, resolves disputes, decides if a law goes against the constitution)
What is one thing Benjamin Franklin is famous for?
US diplomat, oldest member of the constitutional convention, first postmaster general of US,
writer of "poor Richard's almanac," started the first free libraries.
Before he was president, Eisenhower was a general. What war was he in? Who did we fight in this war
WWII; Japan, Germany, Italy
Name 1 US territory (+25 for every extra)
Puerto Rico
US Virgin Islands
American Samoa
Northern Mariana Islands
Guam
Name as many national US holidays as you can (+40 for each)
New Years Day, MLK Jr. Day, President's Day, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Columbus Day, Veterans Day, Thanksgiving, Christmas (10)
Under our constitution, some powers belong to the states, name as many as you can
(+100 for each correct answer)
Provide schooling / education; provide protection (police); provide safety (fire department)
give a DL; approve zoning and land use.
Name 1 of the writers of the Federalist Papers (+25 for every extra)
James (Madison), Alexander (Hamilton), (John) Jay, Publius
Name as many wars as you can fought by the US in the 1800s (+125 for each correct)
War of 1812
Mexican-American war
Civil War
Spanish-American War
Name three US colonies (+100 each) (+25 every extra)
NH, MA, RI, CT, NY, NJ, PA, DE, ML, MD, VA, NC, SC, GA (13)
Name the length of the terms for each of these:
president, governor, senator, representative (+125 each)
4, 4, 6, 2