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This man is the current president of the United States and is in charge of the executive branch of government
Who is Barack Obama
100
Name three important branches of the government
▪ Congress ▪ Legislative ▪ President ▪ Executive ▪ Judicial
100
What did the Emancipation Proclamation do?
▪ freed the slaves ▪ freed slaves in the Confederacy ▪ freed slaves in the Confederate states ▪ freed slaves in most Southern states
100
Name two rights of everyone living in the United States
What is... ▪ freedom of expression ▪ freedom of speech ▪ freedom of assembly ▪ freedom to petition the government ▪ freedom of worship ▪ the right to bear arms
100
One reason colonists came to America
What is.. ▪ freedom ▪ political liberty ▪ religious freedom ▪ economic opportunity ▪ practice their religion ▪ escape persecution
200
This man is one of your state’s U.S. Senators now
Who is Chris Murphy?
200
Name two Cabinet-level positions
What is... ▪ Secretary of Agriculture ▪ Secretary of Commerce ▪ Secretary of Defense ▪ Secretary of Education ▪ Secretary of Energy ▪ Secretary of Health and Human Services ▪ Secretary of Homeland Security ▪ Secretary of Housing and Urban Development ▪ Secretary of the Interior ▪ Secretary of Labor ▪ Secretary of State ▪ Secretary of Transportation ▪ Secretary of the Treasury ▪ Secretary of Veterans Affairs ▪ Attorney General ▪ Vice President
200
Name one war fought by the United States in the 1900s
▪ World War I ▪ World War II ▪ Korean War ▪ Vietnam War ▪ (Persian) Gulf War
200
Two ways that Americans can participate in their democracy
▪ vote ▪ join a political party ▪ help with a campaign ▪ join a civic group ▪ join a community group ▪ give an elected official your opinion on an issue ▪ call Senators and Representatives ▪ publicly support or oppose an issue or policy ▪ run for office ▪ write to a newspaper
200
Why did the colonists fight the British?
▪ because of high taxes (taxation without representation) ▪ because the British army stayed in their houses (boarding, quartering) ▪ because they didn’t have self-government
300
This man is currently your U.S representative
Who is Jim Himes/ John B. Larson?
300
What territory did the United States buy from France in 1803?
▪ the Louisiana Territory ▪ Louisiana
300
Who was President during World War I?
(Woodrow) Wilson
300
Name one problem that led to the Civil War
▪ slavery ▪ economic reasons ▪ states’ rights
300
Who wrote the Declaration of Independence? and when was it adopted?
Thomas Jefferson and July 4, 1776
400
Chief Justice of the United States now
Who is John Roberts (John G. Roberts, Jr.)
400
Name one war fought by the United States in the 1800s.
▪ War of 1812 ▪ Mexican-American War ▪ Civil War ▪ Spanish-American War
400
Name two national U.S. holidays
New Year’s Day ▪ Martin Luther King, Jr. Day ▪ Presidents’ Day ▪ Memorial Day ▪ Independence Day ▪ Labor Day ▪ Columbus Day ▪ Veterans Day ▪ Thanksgiving ▪ Christmas
400
Name one U.S. territory
▪ Puerto Rico ▪ U.S. Virgin Islands ▪ American Samoa ▪ Northern Mariana Islands ▪ Guam
400
Name one of the writers of the Federalist Papers which supported the passage of the U.S. Constitution.
Who is... ▪ (James) Madison ▪ (Alexander) Hamilton ▪ (John) Jay ▪ Publius
500
Speaker of the House of Representatives now
Who is (John) Boehner?
500
Who was President during the Great Depression and World War II?
(Franklin) Roosevelt
500
Who did the United States fight in World War II?
▪ Japan, Germany, and Italy
500
During the Cold War, what was the main concern of the United States?
Communism
500
Eisenhower was a general in what war?
World War II