United States Government
Pot Pourri
Presidents
Legislators
Interesting Facts
100

This branch of government interprets whether federal, state or local laws conform to the Constitution.

Judicial Branch

100

The letters D and C after our nation's capital's name stands for this.

District of Columbia

100

This President ended effectively ended slavery in 1863 with the Emancipation Proclamation.

Who is Abraham Lincoln?

100

This long serving senator from Kentucky faced a difficult election cycle in 2022 years when opponents used the slogan "Ditch Mitch".

Who is Mitch McConnel?

100

In this state they say "what happens here, stays here."

What is Nevada?

200

These two major political parties do not share similar beliefs.

Democratic Party & Republican Party

200

Located in Philadelphia, this national symbol is inscribed with words from the Bible: "Proclaim Liberty Throughout All the Land Unto All the Inhabitants thereof." 

What is the Liberty Bell?

200

He's the only president to have never lived in the White House.

What is George Washington?

200

This senator from Ohio is now running for vice president.

Who is J.D. Vance?

200

Despite it's look the Capital building's dome in Washington, D.C. is not made with stone.  It uses this ferrous material instead.

What is iron?

300

From his or her chair, the President has this power to reject a bill from becoming a law.

Veto

300

A hefty tax on this product caused early Americans, to abandon this product for coffee.  

What is Tea?

300

Citizens shed a tear when this President was assassinated in 1963.

Who was John F. Kennedy?

300

This representative from the majority party in the House of Representatives is given this title.

What is the Speaker of the House?

300

This state, the largest in the union, was once owned by Russia.

What is Alaska?

400

This amendment gave women the right to vote.

19th Amendment

400

Mount Rushmore consists of four heads carved into the rock: Washington, Jefferson, Abraham Lincoln and this president.

Who is Teddy Roosevelt?

400

There is still arguments on whether this president helped to end the Great Depression.

Who is Franklin Delano Roosevelt?

400

The Speaker of the House is in this place in the line of succession should the President and Vice President both die.

What is third?

400

This lake is the largest freshwater lake in the world.

What is Lake Superior?

500

The Supreme Court case that ended segregation in schools is known by this name.

Brown v. Board of Education

500

This important founding father is the only non-president to appear on paper U.S. currency.

Who is Ben Franklin?

500

Washington is rumored to have wooden teeth, but in reality his teeth came from this source.  (This is both sad and painful.)

What are slaves?

500

The state of California has the most representatives (52) in the house.  North Dakota, South Dakota, Wyoming, Alaska and this state only have one.  (Hint: President Biden is from this state.)

What is Delaware?

500

This national symbol is now on its 27th version.

What is the flag?