US Democracy & Territories
Named two U.S. territory?
- Guam
- Puerto Rico
- U.S. Virgen Islands
- American Samoa
- Northern Mariana Islands
What movement tried to end racial discrimination?
- Civil Rights
Two rights from the first Amendment
Speech, Religion, Assembly, Press or Petition the government.
What did Susan B Anthony do?
- Fought for women's right
- Fought for civil rights
Who did the United States fight in World War II?
- Japan
- Italy and Germany.
What does the Judicial branch do?
- Reviews laws or Explains Laws
- Resolve disputes
- Decides if a law goes against the constitution.
Name the two longest river in the United States?
- Missouri
- Mississippi
What did the declaration of independence do?
announced our independence from Great Britain, declare our independence from Great Britain. or
said that the United States is free from Great Britain.
What does the constitution do?
- Sets up the government
- Defines the government
- Protects basics rights of Americans
Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?
- Thomas Jefferson
Who is the Chief Justice of the United States?
John G. Roberts Jr.
Name two branches or part of the government?
- Executive - President
- Legislature - Congress
- Judiciary - Courts
What is the Supreme Law of the Land?
The Constitution
What is an amendment ?
- a change (to the constitution)
- an addition (to the constitution)
What are two things that Benjamin Franklyn is famous for?
- U.S. Diplomat.
- Oldest member of the Constitutional Convention.
- First Postmaster General of the United States.
- Started the first free libraries.
What are two ways that Americans can participate in their democracy?
- Vote - Join a political party
- Run for office - Help with a campaign.
- Join a community group - Call Senators or Representative.
What did the Emancipation Proclamation do?
- Free the slave
- Free the slave in the confederacy.
- Free the slave in most Southern states.
- Free the slave in the confederate states.
What stops on branch of government from becoming too powerful.
Checks and Balances
Separation of Powers.
What are two rights in the Declaration of Independence?
- Life
- Liberty
- Pursuit of happiness
Name two problems that led to the Civil War?
- Slavery
- Economic Reasons
- States' Rights
What group of people was taken to America and sold as slaves?
- Africans or People from Africa.
Name three American Indian Tribe in the United States?
- Cherokee - Apache - Arawak - Crow
- Navajo - Pueblo - Cheyene - Seminole
Who makes federal law?
- Congress
- Senate and the Housed of Representative.
- National Legislature
What do we call the first amendment to the constitution?
- the Bill of Rights
Who was President during the Great Depression and World War II?
- Franklin Roosevelt.