Geography
What ocean is on the West Coast of the United States?
Name on branch of the US government
Who is in charge of the Executive Branch?
The President
When do we celebrate Independence Day?
July 4th
What is the Supreme law of the land?
The Constitution
What is one state that borders Canada?
Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Michigan, Minnesota, North Dakota, Montana, Idaho, Washington, Alaska.
What stops one branch of government from becoming too powerful?
Who makes federal laws?
Congress, The Legislative Branch, Senate and House
Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?
Thomas Jefferson
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What is one of the two longest rivers in the United States?
Missouri (river) or Mississippi (river)
Name Two Cabinet-level positions.
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 labor, Secretary of state, Secretary of Treasury, Attorney General, Vice President.
How many justices are on the Supreme Court? AND who is the chief Justice of the United States?
What is one reason colonists came to America?
What is freedom of religion?
You can practice any religion, or not practice a religion.
Name one US territory.
Puerto Rico, U.S. Virgin Islands, American Samoa, Northern Mariana Islands, Guam.
How many U.S. Senators are there? How long does a Senator serve for? Who is one of you state's U.S. Senators now?
100, 6 years, Alex Padilla
What are the two major political parties in the United States? AND what is the political part of the President now?
Democrat and Republican, Joe Biden is a Democrat
Who was the First President and the "Father of Our Country"?
George Washington
What do we call the first ten amendments to the Constitution? AND one is one right or freedom from the first Amendment?
The Bill of Rights
Speech, religion, assembly, press, petition the government.
Where is the Statue of Liberty?
New York (Harbor)
If the President can no longer serve, who serves? If that person can not serve, who is third in line for the presidency? Bonus: name the people in those positions right now.
Vice president (Kamala Harris), Speaker of the House (Mike Johnson)
Under our Constitution, some powers belong to the federal government and some powers belong to the state government. What is one power of the federal government? What is one power of the state government?
Federal: print money, declare war, create an army, make treaties
State: provide schooling and education, provide protection (police), provide safety (fire departments), give drivers license, approve zoning and land use.
There were 13 original states. Name three.
New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia.
life, liberty, pursuit of happiness