RIGHT AND RESPONSIBILITIES
13. What is the rule of law?
65. What are three rights of everyone living in the U.S.?
13. Everyone must follow the law.
65. Freedom of Speech
Freedom of Religion
Freedom of Assembly
92. Name the U.S. war between the North and the South.
92. The Civil War
Name the U.S. five territories.
Virgin Island
Guam
Puerto Rico
Northern Mariana Island
American Samoa
A person who lives in, or helps establish (found), a colony—a new territory or settlement controlled by a foreign power.
Supported
Being held up physically, corroborated by evidence, or maintained financially/emotionally.
63. There are four amendments to the U.S. Constitution about who can vote. Describe one of them.
64. Who can vote in federal elections, run for federal office, and serve on a jury in the United States?
63. Citizens 18 years old and older can vote.
64. U.S. Citizens.
93. The Civil War had many important events. Name one.
93. Emancipation proclamation.
Name the borders of the U.S.
North?
South?
North - Canada
South - Mexico
Slaves
Is a person legally owned by another, forced into service, and stripped of freedom, often treated as property.
Fought
is the past tense and past participle of the verb "fight". It describes the action of engaging in physical conflict, battling, or struggling to overcome someone or something.
66. What do we show loyalty to when we say the Pledge of Allegiance?
67. Name two promises that new citizens make in the Oath of Allegiance.
66. To the United States.
To the Flag.
67. Loyalty to the United States.
Obey the laws of the United States.
94. Abraham Lincoln is famous for many things. Name one.
95. What did the Emancipation Proclamation do?
94. 16th President of the United States.
Freed the slaves.
95. Freed the slaves.
Name the Oceans border U.S.
East
West
East - Atlantic Ocean
West - Pacific Ocean
Founding
Refers to the act of establishing, creating, or initiating an organization, institution, city, or state.
Tribe
Is a social group, often comprising multiple families or clans, sharing a common language, culture, ancestry, and territory.
69. What are two examples of civic participation in the United States?
70 What is one-way Americans can serve their country?
69. Vote
Run for office
70. Vote - Pay Taxes - Obey the law
96. What U.S. war ended slavery?
96. The Civil War
Name one of the states that border Canada.
New Hampshire - Maine - Vermont - New York - Pennsylvania - Ohio - Michigan - Minnesota - North Dakota - Montana - Idaho - Washington - Alaska.
Declared
Describes something publicly announced, openly avowed, or officially stated.
Government
Refers to the body of people, institutions, and systems authorized to manage, control, and rule a state, nation, or organization.
Why is important:
71. Pay federal taxes?
72. All men age 18 - 25 register for Selective Service?
102. When did all women get the right to vote?
71. and 72. Required by law.
102. 1920
After WWI
99. Name one leader of the women's right movement in the 1800s.
99. Susan B. Anthony
The two longest rivers in the U.S. are...
Mississippi River
Missouri River
Adopted
Refers to something or someone taken voluntarily as one's own, legally, or chosen, accepted, and followed (as a policy, manner, or strategy).
Jurisdiction
Legal authority, power, or right of a court, government, or official organization to interpret, apply, and enforce laws over a specific territory, subject matter, or person(s).