Vocabulary Letter E & F
Vocabulary Letter M
Rights and Responsibilities
American History
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100

Exemption

  • Special permission to do or not to do something
100

Mental Institution

A hospital for people who are mentally ill or emotionally unstable; insane

100

 There are four amendments to the Constitution about who can vote. Describe one of them.

  • Citizens 18 and older can vote.
100

What is one reason colonists came to America?

Economic Opportunity

100

Who was President during World War I?

Woodrow Wilson

200

File a tax return

Doing your taxes on time

200

Marital Status

  • Married, divorce, single or widowed
200

What is one responsibility that is only for United States citizens?

Serve on a jury

200

Who lived in America before the Europeans arrived?

American Indians

200

 Name one state that borders Canada.

Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Michigan, Minnesota, North Dakota, Montana, Idaho, Washington and Alaska

300

Forcing sexual contact or relations

Touching the male or female parts of someone's body without permission

300

Militarty Unit

  • A group of people that work for a government to fight in a war
300

Name one right that is only for United States citizens?

  • Voting in a federal election
300

Why did the colonists fight the British?

  • They didn’t have self-government.
300

Why does the flag have 13 stripes?

  • There were 13 original colonies
400

Fraudelent

  • To make people believe a lie
400

Militia

  • An Army that does not work for the government
400

 What are two rights of everyone living in the United States?

  • Freedom of speech and freedom of assembly
400

Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?

  • Thomas Jefferson
400

When do we celebrate Independence Day?

  • July 4th
500

Excluded

deny or keep out


500

Misleading

  • To lie about who you are or something you did to get what you want
500

What do we show loyalty to when we say the Pledge of Allegiance?

  • The United States of America
500

 What territory did the United States buy from France in 1803?

  • Louisiana
500

During the Cold War, What Was the main concern of the United States ? 

Communism