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Principles of American Democracy
System of Government
Rights and Responsibilities
History of Government
Branches of Government
100
The supreme law of the land
What is the Constitution
100
Stops one branch of government from becoming too powerful
What is Checks and Balances
100
Age to vote for the President
What is 18 years of age
100
Father of Our Country
Who is George Washington
100
In charge of Executive Branch
Who is the President
200
The idea of self-government is in the first the words of the Constitution. What are these words?
What is We the People
200
Senators term
What is 6 years
200
Age that all men must register for the selective service
What is 18
200
Capital of the United States
What is Washington D.C.
200
Number of U.S. Senators
What is 100
300
What is one right or freedom from the First Amendment?
What is speech, religion, assembly, press and the petition the government
300
Commander in Chief of the military
What is President
300
One of the four amendments in the Constitution about who can vote
What is Citizens 18 and older can vote, you don't have to pay a poll tax to vote, any citizen can vote, a male citizen of any race can vote
300
Events at the Constitutional Convention
What is the Constitution was written, The Founding Fathers wrote the Constitution
300
Number of Justices in the Supreme Court
What is 9
400
The first ten amendments to the Constitution
What is the Bill of Rights
400
Makes federal laws
What is Congress or Senate and House of Represenatives
400
What do we show loyalty to when we say the Pledge of Allegiance?
What is The United States, the Flag
400
Date when Declaration of Independence was adopted
When is July 4, 1776
400
Two Cabinet-Level Positions
What is 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 Housing and Urban Development, Secretary of Interior, Secretary of Labor, Secretary of State, Secretary of Transportation, Secretary of the Treasury, Secretary of Veterans Affairs, Attorney General, Vice President
500
What is an amendment
What is a change, or an addition to the Constitution
500
Judicial Branch duties
What is reviews laws, explains laws, resolves disputes, decides if a law goes against the Constitution
500
Two rights of everyone living in the United States
What is freedom of expression, freedom of speech, freedom of assembly, freedom to petition the government, freedom of religion, right to bear arms
500
The writer of the Declaration of Independence
Who is Thomas Jefferson
500
Number of voting members in The House of Represenatives
What is 435