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Principles of American Democracy
System of Government
Rights & Responsibilities
Colonial Period & Independence
1800s
100
We the people
What is the first three words of the Constitution?
100
Everyone must follow the law. No one is above the the law
What is the "rule of law"?
100
Run for federal office
What is one right only for United States Citizens?
100
economic opportunity
What is one reason colonists came to America?
100
Louisiana
What is the territory the United States bought from France in 1803?
200
The Constitution
What is the supreme law of the land?
200
Congress
What is one branch of the government?
200
Serve on a jury
What is one responsibility that is only for United States citizens?
200
Africans
What is the group of people taken to America and sold as slaves?
200
War of 1812 Civil War
What are wars fought by the United States in the 1800s?
300
A change or addition to the Constitution
What is an amendment?
300
The President
What is who is in charge of the executive branch?
300
John Boehner
What is the name of the Speaker of the House of Representatives?
300
Because the British army stayed in their houses (boarding, quartering)
What is one reason the colonists fight the British?
300
The Civil War
What is the U. S. war between the North and the South?
400
Freedom of speech
What is one right/freedom from the First Amendment?
400
Checks and balances
What is what stops one branch of government from becoming too powerful?
400
Give up loyalty to other countries
What is one promise you make when you become a United States citizen?
400
Thomas Jefferson
What is who wrote the Declaration of Independence?
400
slavery, states right, economic reasons
What are problems that led to the Civil War?
500
twenty-seven
What is the amount of amendments the Constitution has?
500
The Senate and House of Representatives
What are the two parts of the U.S. Congress?
500
the flag
What is what we show loyalty to when we say the Pledge of Allegiance?
500
New Hampshire Virginia Maryland
What is three of the 13 original states?
500
Freed the slaves
What did the Emancipation Proclamation do?