Our Leaders
Which Branch?
Our Amendments
American Symbols
Our Documents
100
The vice president of the United States...
Who is Joe Biden?
100
The president is the leader of this branch.
What is the Executive Branch?
100
This amendment guarantees Americans the right to say whatever they want to say.
What is the first amendment?
100
This bird symbolizes American freedom.
What is the bald eagle?
100
This is the first paragraph of a document that states the purpose of that document.
What is a preamble?
200
The governor of New York State.
Who is Andrew Cuomo?
200
The president can do this in order to prevent a bill approved by congress from becoming a law.
What is veto.
200
This amendment makes it illegal to search someone's property without a search warrant.
What is the 4th amendment?
200
This number is repeated over and over again on American images and symbols.
What is the number 13?
200
This document was written in order to explain how the U.S. government would be set up.
What is the Constitution?
300
This man represents the Borough of Brooklyn...
Who is Marty Markowitz?
300
This branch of government is divided into the senate and the house of representatives.
What is the legislative branch.
300
This amendment protects Americans from cruel and unusual punishments.
What is the 8th amendment?
300
This virtue is often portrayed by a woman and is closely associated with New York State.
Who is Lady Liberty?
300
This document was added to the Constitution in order to help convince the Anti-Federalists that Americans would not be denied their rights under the Federalist system.
What is the Bill of Rights?
400
This woman represents Red Hook (and other nearby areas) in the House of Representative...
Who is Nydia Velazquez?
400
This branch of government determines if laws are constitutional or unconstitutional
What is the judicial branch?
400
These amendments guarantee Americans the right to a trial by jury.
What is the 6th and 7th amendment?
400
This virtue is often portrayed by a blindfolded woman holding a balance in one hand and a sword in the other.
What is justice.
400
This is the name of the event where the Declaration of Independence was written.
What is the Second Continental Congress?
500
This woman was held Kirsten Gillibrand's senate seat before she became Secretary of State.
Who is Hilary Clinton?
500
This branch of government has been getting a lot of attention in the news this week because of some decisions that they have made that impact our nation's laws.
What is the judicial branch?
500
This amendment grants rights not specifically mentioned in the Constitution and Bill of Rights to the states.
What is the 10th Amendment?
500
This phrase is featured on the Great Seal of the United States of America and the dollar bill. It means "out of one, many."
What is e pluribus unum?
500
This is the year in which the Constitution was signed.
What is 1787?