American Democracy
The supreme law of the United States
What is the U.S. Constitution?
Under the U.S. Constitution, one power given to the federal government
What is to print money, declare war, create an army or make treaties?
the two parts of the U.S. Congress
What are the House of Representatives and the Senate?
these people lived in America before the Europeans arrived
What are Native Americans or American Indians?
the ocean on the west Coast of the United States
What is the Pacific Ocean?
A change or addition to the U.S. Constitution
What is an amendment?
Under the U.S. Constitution, one power given to state government
What is to provide education (schools), protection (police), safety (fire departments), drivers' licenses, or approve zoning or land use
the number of U.S. Senators
What is 100 (2 from each state)?
this group of people was taken to America and sold as slaves
What is Africans?
One of the two longest rivers in the United States
What is the Missouri River or the Mississippi River?
The first ten amendments to the Constitution
What is the Bill of Rights?
the number of justices in the U.S. Supreme Court
What is 9?
Name 2 of the original 13 colonies
What are New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina and Georgia?
The capital of the United States
What is Washington, D.C.?
A right or freedom listed in the First Amendment
What is freedom of speech or religion or assembly or the press or petition of the government?
the Commander in Chief of the U.S. military
Who is the President?
A U.S. Representative is elected for this number of years
What is 2 years?
the U.S. President during World War I
Who is Woodrow Wilson?
Name one state that borders Mexico
What is California, Arizona, New Mexico or Texas?
The number of amendments to the U.S. Constitution
What is 27?
a U.S. Senator is elected for this number of years
What is 6 years?
the House of Representatives has this total number of members
What is 435?
the United States fought one of these countries during World War II
What is Japan, Germany and Italy?
Name one U.S. territory.
What is Puerto Rico, U.S. Virgin Islands, American Samoa, Northern Mariana Islands or Guam?