American Government
System of Government
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American History
Recent American History
100
What is the supreme law of the land?
What is the Constitution? What is the Supreme Court?
100
What stops one branch of government from becoming too powerful?
What is checks and balances? What is separation of powers?
100
Name one of the two longest rivers in the United States.
What is Missouri (River)? What is Mississippi (River)?
100
Who lived in America before the Europeans arrived?
What is American Indians? What is Native Americans
100
Who was President during World War I?
Who is (Woodrow) Wilson? Who is Thomas Jefferson?
200
What is an amendment?
What is a change (to the Constitution)? What is an addition (to the Constitution)?
200
Who is in charge of the executive branch?
Who is the President? Who is the Vice President?
200
What ocean is on the West Coast of the United States?
What is the Atlantic ocean? What is the Pacific ocean?
200
What group of people was taken to America and sold as slaves?
What is Africans? What is people from Africa?
200
During the Cold War, what was the main concern of the United States?
What is socialism? What is communism?
300
What do we call the first ten amendments to the Constitution?
What is the Bill of Rights? What is the Code of Conduct?
300
How many U.S. Senators are there?
What is 100? What is 75?
300
Name one U.S. territory.
What is Puerto Rico? What is Alaska?
300
Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?
Who is Thomas Jefferson? Who is Abraham Lincoln?
300
What did Martin Luther King, Jr. do?*
What is fought for civil rights? What is worked for equality for all Americans?
400
How many amendments does the Constitution have?
What is twenty-seven (27)? What is thirty-six (36)?
400
We elect a U.S. Representative for how many years?
What is 2 years? What is 4 years?
400
What is the capital of the United States?*
What is Washington D.C.? What is Washington state?
400
When was the Declaration of Independence adopted?
When is July 4, 1776? When is July 4, 1677?
400
What major event happened on September 11, 2001, in the United States?
What is terrorists attacked the United States? What is the war in Afghanistan?
500
The economic system in the United States is made up of what?
What is a capitalist economy? What is a market economy?
500
We elect a President for how many years?
What is 4 years? What is 8 years?
500
Why does the flag have 13 stripes?
What is because there were 13 original colonies? What is because the stripes represent the original colonies?
500
When was the Constitution written?
When is 1787? When is 1877?