What does the Constitution do?

What is an Amendment?

Name all 5 rights or freedoms from the first amendment.

How many amendments does the constitution have?

What did the U.S Constitution and the Declaration of Independence do?

What are the two rights in the Declaration of Independence?

What is the economic system in the United States?

What are the three branches or parts of the government?

What stops one branch of government from becoming too powerful?

Who is in charge of the executive branch?

Who makes Federal Laws?

What are the two parts of the U.S. Congress?

How many U.S. Senators are there in the U.S. Senate?

Voters elect a U.S. Senator for how many years?

Who are California's current Senators?

The House of representatives has how many voting members?

Voters elect a U.S. Representative for how many years?

Name your U.S. Representative

Who does a U.S. Senator represent?

Why do some states have more representatives than others.

How old does a candidate have to be to run for U.S. Senate and how many years of citizenship do they need?

How old does a candidate have to be to run for the U.S. House of Representatives and how many years of citizenship to they need?

How old does a candidate have to be to run for U.S. President and how many years of citizenship do they need?

If the President can no longer serve, who becomes President?

If both the President and the Vice President can no longer serve, then who becomes President?

Who is the current Vice President of the U.S.

Who is the Commander in Chief of the military?

Who signs bills to become laws?

Who vetoes bills?

What does the President's Cabinet do?

What are these?

What does the judicial branch do?

What is the highest court of the United States now?

How many justices are on the Supreme Court?

Who is Chief Justice of the United States now?

Who is the governor of California now?

What is the capital of California?

What are the two major political parties in the United States?

What are some of the powers of the federal government?

What is the political party of the President now?

Who is the current speaker of the House of Representatives?

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

Which one of these are a right that only U.S. citizens have?

Which amendment grants freedom of speech, press, assembly, religion, and the right to petition the government?

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

What is one promise you make when you become a United States citizen?

How old do you have to be to vote for the President?

What are the two ways tat Americans can participate in their democracy?

When is the last day you can send in federal income tax forms?

When must all men register for the Selective Service?

What are the reasons colonists came to America?

Who lived in America before the Europeans arrived?

What group of people was taken to America and sold as slaves?

Why did the colonists fight the British?

Who wrote the declaration of Independence?

When was the Declaration of Independence adopted?

What is the significance of these 13 states?

What happened at the Constitutional Convention?

When was the Constitution created?

Who were the 3 people who wrote the Federalist Papers? (The Federalist Papers supported the creation of the U.S. Constitution)

What amendment gives us the right to bear arms?

Which Amendment prevents the government from quartering troops in private homes?

Which amendment prohibits unreasonable search and seizure?

Which Amendment is the following?:

"...the right to a jury trial when you're charged with a crime, protection against double jeopardy, protection against self-incrimination, the right to a fair trial, and protection against the taking of property by the government without compensation."

Which Amendment is the following?:

"...the rights of criminal defendants, including the right to a public trial without unnecessary delay, the right to a lawyer, the right to an impartial jury, and the right to know who your accusers are and the nature of the charges and evidence against you."

Which Amendment is the following?:

"...civil cases, or lawsuits based on disagreements between people or businesses, have a right to be decided by a jury in federal court."

Which Amendment is the following?:

“Excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted.”

Which Amendment is the following?:

"...all the rights not listed in the Constitution belong to the people, not the government. In other words, the rights of the people are not limited to just the rights listed in the Constitution."

Which Amendment is the following?

"...the Federal Government only has those powers delegated in the Constitution."

Which Amendment is the following?:

"...prohibits the federal courts from hearing certain lawsuits against states."

Which Amendment is the following?:

"...each elector must cast distinct votes for president and vice president, instead of two votes for president."

Which Amendment is the following?:

This Amendment "abolished slavery as an institution in all U.S. states and territories. In addition to banning slavery, the amendment outlawed the practice of involuntary servitude and peonage."

Which Amendment is the following?:

"...anyone born in the United States is a citizen and has the rights of a citizen."

Which Amendment is the following?:

"...The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude.”

Which Amendment is the following?:

"...grants Congress the power to collect income taxes on individuals and corporations."

Which Amendment is the following?:

"...gave people the right to vote for their senators instead of the state legislature; this is called direct election, where the people choose who is in office."

Which Amendment is the following?:

"...prohibited 'the manufacture, sale, or transportation of intoxicating liquors' but not the consumption, private possession, or production for one's own consumption."

Which Amendment is the following?:

"granted women the right to vote."

Which Amendment is the following?:

"It changed the original calendar dates for the president and vice president's terms from March 4 to January 20."

Which Amendment is the following?:

"The transportation or importation into any State, Territory, or possession of the United States for delivery or use therein of intoxicating liquors, in violation of the laws thereof, is hereby prohibited."

Which Amendment is the following?:

"No person shall be elected to the office of the President more than twice, and no person who has held the office of President, or acted as President, for more than two years of a term to which some other person was elected President shall be elected to the office of the President more than once."

Which Amendment is the following?:

"The Amendment allows American citizens residing in the District of Columbia to vote for presidential electors, who in turn vote in the Electoral College for President and Vice President."

Which Amendment is the following?:

"...prohibited the federal and state governments from imposing poll taxes before a citizen could participate in a federal election."

Which Amendment is the following?:

"It clarifies that the vice president becomes president if the president dies, resigns, or is removed from office through impeachment, and establishes how a vacancy in the office of the vice president can be filled."

This Amendment lowered the voting age of U.S. citizens from 21 to 18 years old.

Which Amendment is the following?:

"...prevents members of Congress from granting themselves pay raises during the current session."

What territory did the U.S. buy from France in 1803?

What were the 4 wars fought by the U.S in the 1800s?

Name the U.S. war between the North and South.

Which 3 of these problems led to the Civil War?

What was the one major thing that Abraham Lincoln did?

What did the Emancipation Proclamation do?

What did Susan B. Anthony do?

What wars were fought by the U.S. in the 1900s? (4 out of 5 options are correct)

Who was the President during WW1?

Who was the President during WW2 and the Great Depression?

Who were the 3 countries that the United States fought in WW2?

Before he was President, Eisenhower was a general. What war was he in?

During the Cold War, what was the main concern of the United States?

What movement tried to end racial discrimination?

What did MLK do?

What are the two longest rivers in the United States?

Is the Atlantic Ocean on the West Coast or East Coast of the U.S.?

Is the Pacific Ocean on the West Coast or East Coast of the U.S.?

What country do the following states border?:

Minnesota, Montana, North Dakota, New York, Alaska

What country do the following states border?:

California, Arizona, New Mexico, Texas

Where is the Statue of Liberty?

What part of the flag represents the 13 original colonies?

What is the name of the national anthem?

When is independence day and why do we celebrate it?

What is the significance of these names?:

Cherokee, Chickasaw, Choctaw, Creek, and Seminole.