American Democracy
This document is the supreme law of the land.
What is The Constitution?
This is a part of the government, such as the Legislative, Executive, or Judicial one.
What is a branch?
This is the minimum age citizens must be to vote.
What is 18 (eighteen)?
He is known as the "Father of Our Country" and was the first President of the United States.
Who is George Washington?
The U.S. purchased this vast territory from France in 1803, doubling the size of the country.
What is the Louisiana Purchase?
This is the movement that tried to end racial discrimination.
What is the Civil Rights Movement?
This ocean resides on the east coast of the United States. [DOUBLE POINTS]
What is the Atlantic Ocean?
The idea of self-government is in these first three words of the Constitution.
What is "We the People"?
This system prevents any one branch of the government from becoming too powerful.
What are Checks and Balances?
This is one responsibility that is required of all U.S. citizens.
What is serving on a jury?
This man was the main writer of the Declaration of Independence.
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
This was the U.S. war between the North and the South.
What is The Civil War (or The War Between the States)?
A prominent leader of the Civil Rights Movement who worked for equality and gave the "I Have a Dream" speech.
Who is Martin Luther King, Jr.?
This is one of the states that borders Canada to the north.
What is Alaska, Washington, Idaho, Montana, North Dakota, Minnesota, Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania, New York, New Hampshire, Vermont, or Maine?
This is the collective name for the first ten amendments to the Constitution. [DOUBLE POINTS]
What is The Bill of Rights?
These are the two parts of the U.S. Congress.
What are the Senate and the House of Representatives?
This right is covered under the Fourth Amendment of the Constitution.
What is the protection against unreasonable searches and seizures?
This major event led to the writing of the Constitution in 1787.
What was the Constitutional Convention?
This document, issued by Abraham Lincoln, freed the slaves in the Confederate states. [DOUBLE POINTS]
What is The Emancipation Proclamation?
The U.S. fought this group of countries, primarily Germany, Japan, and Italy, in World War II.
What are the Axis Powers (or Germany, Japan, and Italy)?
This is one U.S. state that borders Mexico to the south.
What is California, Arizona, New Mexico, or Texas?
This document announced that the United States was independent from Great Britain.
What is The Declaration of Independence?
This person is the leader of the executive branch and the Commander in Chief of the military.
Who is the President?
This is the last day you can typically send in federal income tax forms.
What is April 15th?
One thing this famous statesman, inventor, and printer is known for is starting the first free libraries.
Who is Benjamin Franklin?
She was a pioneering activist known for her pivotal role in the women's suffrage movement.
Who is Susan B. Anthony?
The main concern of the United States during the Cold War was the global spread of this political system.
What is Communism?
This is the symbolism associated with the 13 stripes on the American flag.
What are the original 13 colonies?
This principle means that everyone, including government leaders, must obey the law.
What is the "rule of law"?
This is the highest court in the United States.
What is the Supreme Court?
This is the age range when all men must register for the Selective Service.
What are ages 18 through 26?
What are the Intolerable Acts?
This problem, relating to the ownership of people, was one of the main causes of the Civil War. [DOUBLE POINTS]
What is slavery?
This is the major event that happened on September 11, 2001, in the United States.
What is Terrorists attacked the United States (or Terrorists attacked the World Trade Center/Pentagon)?
This is a U.S. National Holiday
What is New Year's Day, Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, President's Day, Memorial Day, Juneteenth, Independence Day, Labor Day, Columbus/Indigenous Peoples' Day, Veterans Day, Thanksgiving or Christmas Day?