American Government
The supreme law of the land
What is the Constitution?
Legislative, Executive and Judicial
What are the branches of the U.S. Government?
Freedom of speech, freedom of religion and freedom of assembly
What are rights of everyone living in the United States?
Religious Freedom and economic opportunity
What are two reasons that colonists came to America?
Mississippi
One of the longest rivers in the United States
A change to the Constitution
What is an amendment?
Checks and Balances
What stops one branch of government from becoming too powerful.
Give up loyalty to other countries
What is a promise you make when you become a United States citizen?
Native Americans
Who lived in America before the Europeans arrived?
What is the ocean on the west coast of the United States?
The first 10 amendments
What is the Bill of Rights?
The House and the Senate
What are the two parts of the U.S. Congress?
April 15
What is the last day you can send in federal income tax forms?
People from Africa
What group of people were taken to America and sold as slaves?
Puerto Rico
What is one of the U.S. Territories
We the People
What are the first three words of the Constitution?
Kamala Harris
Who is the Vice President of the United States?
Age 18
What age to all men have to register for the Selective Service?
High taxes
Why did the colonists fight the British?
Washington, D.C.
What is the capital of the United States?
Life, liberty and pursuit of happiness
What are the rights in the Declaration of Independence?
Secretary of Agriculture and Secretary of State
What are two Cabinet Level Positions?
Serve on a jury
What is a responsibility only for a United States citizen?
Thomas Jefferson
Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?
13 stripes
What are the number of stripes on the American Flag?