Quarter 1
This is the process of becoming a citizen.
Paul Revere created this piece of art to publicize the conflict between the colonists and the English soldiers.
What is "The Bloody Massacre"?
This is the title for the chief executive of a state.
What is a governor?
This is the highest appellate court in the U.S.
What is the Supreme Court of the United States?
This is the title given to the first ten amendments to the U.S. Constitution.
What is the Bill of Rights?
This is the title of a person who runs for political office.
What is a candidate?
This document created the first government of the new United States.
What is the Articles of Confederation?
This is the executive branch department that represents the U.S. abroad and carries out foreign policy.
What is the Department of State?
This is the group that decides the verdict in a trial.
What is a jury?
These powers are shared by multiple levels of government.
What are concurrent powers?
This is the form of government we have in the U.S.
What is a representative democracy, or republic?
The U.S. Constitution can be changed through this process.
What is the amendment process?
These are the "Five freedoms" guaranteed by the Bill of Rights.
What is assembly, petition, press, religion, and speech?
This is the title of the person who takes a defendant to court in a CIVIL trial.
What is a plaintiff?
This city is considered the birthplace of democracy, a place where citizens directly participated in creating and carrying out laws.
What is Athens, Greece?
This is heavily biased information intended to persuade its viewers.
What is propaganda?
Enlightenment thinkers described a limited form of government that had branches to perform specific jobs, an idea called this.
What is separation of powers?
This court case restricted the rights of Japanese-Americans in the interest of public safety during wartime.
What is Korematsu v. U.S.?
The opinion issued regarding this court case affirmed the rights of juveniles accused of crimes.
What is In re Gault?
The U.S. and its allies fought several wars to stop or contain the spread of this political ideology.
What is communism?
These are the three qualifications required of candidates who run for president.
What are 35 years old, 14 years residency, and natural-born citizenship?
Thomas Payne wrote his pamphlet, "Common Sense", to argue against the English and this form of government.
What is monarchy?
This treaty negotiated between the U.S. and its neighbors removed most tariffs to make trade among the countries cheaper and easier.
What is NAFTA?
These are the two levels of criminal law violations.
What are felonies and misdemeanors?
These four branches of the armed forces are a part of the Department of Defense.
What are the Air Force, Army, Marine Corps, and Navy?