President Knowledge
We elect a President for how many years?
4 (Four)
What is the "rule of law"?
Everyone must follow the law.
Leaders must obey the law.
Government must obey the law.
No one is above the law.
What is one right or freedom from the First Amendment?
Speech.
Religion.
Assembly.
Press.
Petition the government.
There were thirteen original states. Name three.
1 New Hampshire.
2 Massachusetts.
3 Rhode Island.
4 Connecticut.
5 New York.
6 New Jersey.
7 Pennsylvania.
8 Delaware.
9 Maryland.
10 Virginia.
11 North Carolina.
12 South Carolina.
13 Georgia.
Who is the President?
Joe Biden
In what month do we vote for a President?
November
What group of people were taken to America and sold as slaves?
1.) Africans
2.) People of Africa
3.) People of France
Name one branch or part of the government.
Congress.
Legislative.
President.
Executive.
The courts.
Judicial.
Name one war fought by the united states in the 1900s?
World war 1.
World war 2.
Korean war.
Gulf war (Persian war).
Who is the Governor of your state now?
Janet Mills
If the president can no longer serve who becomes the President?
The Vice President
What is one promise you make when you become a United States citizen?
1.) Give up loyalty to other countries
2.) Defend the Constitution and laws of the U.S.
3.) obey the laws of the U.S.
4.) Serve In the U.S. military (if needed)
5.) Serve (do important work for ) the nation(if needed)
What does the judicial branch do?
Reviews laws.
Explains laws.
Resolves disputes.
Decides if a law goes against the Constitution.
What did the Emancipation Proclamation do?
Freed the slaves.
Freed slaves in the Confederacy.
Freed slaves in the Confederate states.
Freed slaves in the most Southern states.
What is the Capital of your State?
1.) Augusta
What does the Presidents Cabinet do?
1.) advises the president
Who lived in America before the Europeans arrived?
1.) American Indians
2.)Native Americans
What are the two parts of U.S. Congress?
The Senate and the House.
What did Susan B. Anthony do?
Fought for women's rights.
Fought for civil rights.
What are the two major political parties in the U.S.?
1.) Democratic and Republican
What are two Cabinet-level positions?
1.) Secretary of Agriculture
2. Secretary of Commerce,
Secretary of Defence,
Secretary of Education,
Secretary of Energy,
Secretary of Health and Human Services,
Secretary of Homeland Security,
Secretary of Housing and Urban Development,
Secretary of the interior,
Secretary of labor,
Secretary of State,
Secretary of Transportation,
Secretary of the Treasury,
Secretary of Veterans Affairs.
3.) Attorney General
4.) Vice president
Who Makes federal laws?
1.) Congress
2.) Senate and house of representatives
3.) Legislature
Name one right only for the U.S. citizens.
1.) Vote
2.) run for federal office
What happened at the Constitutional Convention?
The founding fathers wrote the Constitution.
What is the economic system in the U.S.?
Capitalist economy.