Principles of American Democracy
What is the rule of law?
Everyone must follow the law
Leaders must obey the law
Government must obey the law
No one is above the law
What stops one branch of government from becoming too powerful?
Checks and Balances
Separation of Powers
Under our Constitution some powers belong to the states. What is one power of the states?
Provide Protection
Provide Safety
Issue licenses
Approve zoning and land use
When was the Declaration of Independence adopted?
July 4, 1776
Name one state that borders Mexico
California
Arizona
New Mexico
Texas
What do we call the first ten amendments to the Constitution?
The Bill of Rights
Who makes federal laws?
Congress
Senate and House
US Legislature
What are the two major political parties in the United States?
Democratic
Republican
What territory did the United States buy from France in 1803?
Louisiana
Where is the Statue of Liberty?
New York
Liberty Island
New Jersey
Near New York City
On the Hudson River
The idea of self-government is in the first three words of the Constitution. What are these words?
We the People
We elect a US Senator for how many years?
What is the name of the Speaker of the House of Representatives?
Nancy Pelosi
What is one thing Benjamin Franklins is famous for?
US Diplomat
Oldest member of the Constitutional Convention
First Postmaster General of the United States
Writer of "Poor Richards Almanac"
Started the first free libraries
Name one US territory.
Puerto Rico
US Virgin Islands
American Samoa
Northern Mariana Islands
Guam
What is the economic system of the United States?
Capitalism
Who is one of your US Senators now?
Mark Kelly
Kyrsten Sinema
Who is the Governor of your state now?
Doug Ducey
What group of people as taken to America and sold as slaves?
Africans
What ocean is on the East Coast of the United States?
Atlantic
What is one rights from the First Amendment?
Speech
Religion
Assembly
Press
Petition
How many justices are on the supreme court?
9
What does the judicial branch do?
Reviews Laws
Explains Laws
Resolves Disputes
Decides if a law goes against the Constitution
Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?
Thomas Jefferson
Who was President during World War II?
Franklin Delano Roosevelt