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U.S. Government
Its Your Right! (Bill of Rights)
Government Documents
Presidents
Colonial America
English Policies
100
This branch of government enforces the laws of the land.
What is the Executive Branch?
100
This amendment gives us the freedom of speech, press, religion, petition, and assembly.
What is the First Amendment?
100
This document was the first to limit the king's power in England.
What is the Magna Carta?
100
The first president of the United States.
Who is George Washington?
100

Why did the British Tax the colonist?

What is to pay for the French and Indian war?

200
This person serves as the commander and chief of the Armed Forces, and is the Head of the Executive Branch.
Who is the President of the United States?
200
This amendment gives us the right to bear arms.
What is the second amendment?
200
This document was the first constitution of the U.S. This document was done away with because it did not give enough power to the central Government.
What is the Articles of Confederation?
200

Current president of the United States/

Who is Donald Trump?

200

What act in 1765 imposed a tax on every legal document, newspaper, pamphlet, and deck of cards coming into the colonies?

What is the Stamp Act?

300
The action of the President when he rejects a bill from congress.
What is veto?
300
This amendment protects us from unreasonable searches and seizures.
What is the fourth amendment?
300
This document was signed declaring our independence from England in 1776.
What is the Declaration of Independence?
300
President who served three full terms in office.
Who is Franklin D. Roosevelt?
300

What Act forced the colonists to house British soldiers?

What is the Quartering Act?

400
The name given to two house legislative body.
What is bicameral?
400
This amendment gives us the right to a trial by jury.
What is the sixth amendment?
400
This document lists the major rights and freedoms of American citizens.
What is the Bill of Rights?
400

President on the five-dollar bill who also signed the Emancipation Proclamation while in office that declared all enslaved African Americans are now free.

Who is Abraham Lincoln?

400

What was the most significant grievance against the British? (The main reason the colonists sought independence)

What is taxation without representation?

500
The rule book for our nation's government.
What is the Constitution of the United States?
500
This amendment protects us from cruel and unusual punishment
What is the eighth amendment?
500
This document was formed by the pilgrims as they landed in the new world.
What is the Mayflower Compact?
500
President during the U.S. attacks on September 11, 2001.
Who is George W. Bush?
500

What were some of the colonists reactions to the taxes imposed on them by the British?

What is boycotted goods, Boston Tea Party, formed a Continental Congress, and sought independence?