Numbers Game
How many senators from each state?
2
First state to secede?
South Carolina
Who is the final interpreter of the Constitution?
The supreme court
Which senator was known as the "Great compromiser"?
Henry Clay
What was the purpose of anti-trust laws?
To prevent monopolies
Number of Amendments to the Bill of Rights?
10
First man on the moon?
Neil Armstrong
What did the 19th amendment do?
Gave women the right to vote
In what did the pioneers going west travel in?
Handcarts or covered wagons
The union practice of negotiating contracts is known as what?
collective bargaining
Number of justices on the supreme court?
9
First president to be assassinated?
Abraham Lincoln
What did the 18th do and 21st Amendment undo?
It began and ended prohibition
Those who opposed slavery were known as what?
Abolitionists
When machines replaced manual jobs this was known as what?
Number of electoral votes needed to become president
270
First governing document for the colonies?
The Articles of Confederation
Which Amendment(s) is(are) commonly accepted as the one(s) protecting due process?
5th or 14th
Name the three families which had more than one member serve as President?
Bush, Adams, and Roosevelt
Name one of the first mail order catalogs?
Sears and Roebuck or Montgomery Ward
How many times was FDR elected?
4
First commonly accepted capital of the United States?
New York
Name one freedom the first amendment guarantees?
Religion, Assembly, petition, press or speech
Which US senator from South Carolina orated for nullification?
John C Calhoun
Construction of this New York waterway opened up shipments of goods to the west?
Erie Canal