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System of Government
  • the Constitution

Principles of American Democracy

What is the supreme law of the land?
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  • sets up the government
  • defines the government
  • protects basic rights of Americans

Principles of American Democracy

What does the Constitution do?
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  • We the People

Principles of American Democracy

The idea of self-government is in the first three words of the Constitution. What are these words?
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  • a change (to the Constitution)
  • an addition (to the Constitution)

Principles of American Democracy

What is an amendment?
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  • the Bill of Rights

Principles of American Democracy

What do we call the first ten amendments to the Constitution?
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  • speech
  • religion
  • assembly
  • press
  • petition the government

Principles of American Democracy

What is one right or freedom from the First Amendment?*
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  • twenty-seven (27)

Principles of American Democracy

How many amendments does the Constitution have?
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  • announced our independence (from Great Britain)
  • declared our independence (from Great Britain)
  • said that the United States is free (from Great Britain)

Principles of American Democracy

What did the Declaration of Independence do?
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  • life
  • liberty
  • pursuit of happiness

Principles of American Democracy

What are two rights in the Declaration of Independence?
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  • You can practice any religion, or not practice a religion.

Principles of American Democracy

What is freedom of religion?
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  • capitalist economy
  • market economy

Principles of American Democracy

What is the economic system in the United States?*
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  • Everyone must follow the law.
  • Leaders must obey the law.
  • Government must obey the law.
  • No one is above the law.

System of Government

What is the "rule of law"?
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  • Congress
  • legislative
  • President
  • executive
  • the courts
  • judicial

System of Government

Name one branch or part of the government.*
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  • checks and balances
  • separation of powers

System of Government

What stops one branch of government from becoming too powerful?
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  • the President

System of Government

Who is in charge of the executive branch?
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  • Congress
  • Senate and House (of Representatives)
  • (U.S. or national) legislature

System of Government

Who makes federal laws?
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  • the Senate and House (of Representatives)

System of Government

What are the two parts of the U.S. Congress?*
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  • one hundred (100)

System of Government

How many U.S. Senators are there?
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  • six (6)

System of Government

We elect a U.S. Senator for how many years?
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  • *IL* Richard J. Durbin
  • *IL* Tammy Duckworth
  • Answers will vary. [District of Columbia residents and residents of U.S. territories should answer that D.C. (or the territory where the applicant lives) has no U.S. Senators.]

System of Government

Who is one of your state's U.S. Senators now?*
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  • four hundred thirty-five (435)

System of Government

The House of Representatives has how many voting members?
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  • two (2)

System of Government

We elect a U.S. Representative for how many years?
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  • *IL* Bill Foster
  • *IL* Janice D. Schakowsky
  • *IL* Mike Quigley
  • *IL* Danny K. Davis
  • Answers will vary. [Residents of territories with nonvoting Delegates or Resident Commissioners may provide the name of that Delegate or Commissioner. Also acceptable is any statement that the territory has no (voting) Representatives in Congress.]

System of Government

Name your U.S. Representative.
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  • all people of the state

System of Government

Who does a U.S. Senator represent?
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  • (because of) the state's population
  • (because) they have more people
  • (because) some states have more people

System of Government

Why do some states have more Representatives than other states?
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  • four (4)

System of Government

We elect a President for how many years?
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  • November

System of Government

In what month do we vote for President?*
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  • Joseph R. Biden, Jr.
  • Joe Biden
  • Biden

System of Government

What is the name of the President of the United States now?*
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  • Kamala D. Harris
  • Kamala Harris
  • Harris

System of Government

What is the name of the Vice President of the United States now?
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  • the Vice President

System of Government

If the President can no longer serve, who becomes President?
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  • the Speaker of the House

System of Government

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

System of Government

Who is the Commander in Chief of the military?
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  • the President

System of Government

Who signs bills to become laws?
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  • the President

System of Government

Who vetoes bills?
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  • advises the President

System of Government

What does the President's Cabinet do?
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  • Secretary of Agriculture
  • Secretary of Commerce
  • Secretary of Defense
  • Secretary of Education
  • Secretary of Energy
  • Secretary of Health and Human Services
  • Secretary of Homeland Security
  • Secretary of Housing and Urban Development
  • Secretary of the Interior
  • Secretary of Labor
  • Secretary of State
  • Secretary of Transportation
  • Secretary of the Treasury
  • Secretary of Veterans Affairs
  • Attorney General
  • Vice President

System of Government

What are two Cabinet-level positions?
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  • reviews laws
  • explains laws
  • resolves disputes (disagreements)
  • decides if a law goes against the Constitution

System of Government

What does the judicial branch do?
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  • the Supreme Court

System of Government

What is the highest court in the United States?
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  • nine (9)

System of Government

How many justices are on the Supreme Court
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  • John Roberts
  • John G. Roberts, Jr.

System of Government

Who is the Chief Justice of the United States now?
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  • to print money
  • to declare war
  • to create an army
  • to make treaties

System of Government

Under our Constitution, some powers belong to the federal government. What is one power of the federal government?
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  • provide schooling and education
  • provide protection (police)
  • provide safety (fire departments)
  • give a driver's license
  • approve zoning and land use

System of Government

Under our Constitution, some powers belong to the states. What is one power of the states?
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  • *IL* J.B. Pritzker
  • Answers will vary. [District of Columbia residents should answer that D.C. does not have a Governor.]

System of Government

Who is the Governor of your state now?
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  • *IL* Springfield
  • Answers will vary. [District of Columbia residents should answer that D.C. is not a state and does not have a capital. Residents of U.S. territories should name the capital of the territory.]

System of Government

What is the capital of your state?*
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  • Democratic and Republican

System of Government

What are the two major political parties in the United States?*
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  • Democratic (Party)

System of Government

What is the political party of the President now?
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  • Mike Johnson
  • Johnson
  • James Michael Johnson (birth name)

Rights and Responsibilities

What is the name of the Speaker of the House of Representatives now?
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  • Citizens eighteen (18) and older (can vote).
  • You don't have to pay (a poll tax) to vote.
  • Any citizen can vote. (Women and men can vote.)
  • A male citizen of any race (can vote).

Rights and Responsibilities

There are four amendments to the Constitution about who can vote. Describe one of them.
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  • serve on a jury
  • vote in a federal election

Rights and Responsibilities

What is one responsibility that is only for United States citizens?*
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  • vote in a federal election
  • run for federal office

Rights and Responsibilities

Name one right only for United States citizens.
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  • freedom of expression
  • freedom of speech
  • freedom of assembly
  • freedom to petition the government
  • freedom of religion
  • the right to bear arms

Rights and Responsibilities

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

Rights and Responsibilities

What do we show loyalty to when we say the Pledge of Allegiance?
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  • give up loyalty to other countries
  • defend the Constitution and laws of the United States
  • obey the laws of the United States
  • serve in the U.S. military (if needed)
  • serve (do important work for) the nation (if needed)
  • be loyal to the United States

Rights and Responsibilities

What is one promise you make when you become a United States citizen?
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  • eighteen (18) and older

Rights and Responsibilities

How old do citizens have to be to vote for President?*
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  • vote
  • join a political party
  • help with a campaign
  • join a civic group
  • join a community group
  • give an elected official your opinion on an issue
  • call Senators and Representatives
  • publicly support or oppose an issue or policy
  • run for office
  • write to a newspaper

Rights and Responsibilities

What are two ways that Americans can participate in their democracy?
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  • April 15

Rights and Responsibilities

When is the last day you can send in federal income tax forms?*
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  • at age eighteen (18)
  • between eighteen (18) and twenty-six (26)

Colonial Period and Independence

When must all men register for the Selective Service?
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  • freedom
  • political liberty
  • religious freedom
  • economic opportunity
  • practice their religion
  • escape persecution

Colonial Period and Independence

What is one reason colonists came to America?
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  • American Indians
  • Native Americans

Colonial Period and Independence

Who lived in America before the Europeans arrived?
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  • Africans
  • people from Africa

Colonial Period and Independence

What group of people was taken to America and sold as slaves?
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  • because of high taxes (taxation without representation)
  • because the British army stayed in their houses (boarding, quartering)
  • because they didn't have self-government

Colonial Period and Independence

Why did the colonists fight the British?
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  • (Thomas) Jefferson

Colonial Period and Independence

Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?
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  • July 4, 1776

Colonial Period and Independence

When was the Declaration of Independence adopted?
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  • New Hampshire
  • Massachusetts
  • Rhode Island
  • Connecticut
  • New York
  • New Jersey
  • Pennsylvania
  • Delaware
  • Maryland
  • Virginia
  • North Carolina
  • South Carolina
  • Georgia

Colonial Period and Independence

There were 13 original states. Name three.
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  • The Constitution was written.
  • The Founding Fathers wrote the Constitution.

Colonial Period and Independence

What happened at the Constitutional Convention?
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  • 1787

Colonial Period and Independence

When was the Constitution written?
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  • (James) Madison
  • (Alexander) Hamilton
  • (John) Jay
  • Publius

Colonial Period and Independence

The Federalist Papers supported the passage of the U.S. Constitution. Name one of the writers.
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  • U.S. diplomat
  • oldest member of the Constitutional Convention
  • first Postmaster General of the United States
  • writer of "Poor Richard's Almanac"
  • started the first free libraries

Colonial Period and Independence

What is one thing Benjamin Franklin is famous for?
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  • (George) Washington

Colonial Period and Independence

Who is the "Father of Our Country"?
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  • (George) Washington

1800s

Who was the first President?*
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  • the Louisiana Territory
  • Louisiana

1800s

What territory did the United States buy from France in 1803?
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  • War of 1812
  • Mexican-American War
  • Civil War
  • Spanish-American War

1800s

Name one war fought by the United States in the 1800s.
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  • the Civil War
  • the War between the States

1800s

Name the U.S. war between the North and the South.
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  • slavery
  • economic reasons
  • states' rights

1800s

Name one problem that led to the Civil War.
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  • freed the slaves (Emancipation Proclamation)
  • saved (or preserved) the Union
  • led the United States during the Civil War

1800s

What was one important thing that Abraham Lincoln did?*
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  • freed the slaves
  • freed slaves in the Confederacy
  • freed slaves in the Confederate states
  • freed slaves in most Southern states

1800s

What did the Emancipation Proclamation do?
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  • fought for women's rights
  • fought for civil rights

Recent American History

What did Susan B. Anthony do?
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  • World War I
  • World War II
  • Korean War
  • Vietnam War
  • (Persian) Gulf War

Recent American History

Name one war fought by the United States in the 1900s.*
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  • (Woodrow) Wilson

Recent American History

Who was President during World War I?
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  • (Franklin) Roosevelt

Recent American History

Who was President during the Great Depression and World War II?
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  • Japan, Germany, and Italy

Recent American History

Who did the United States fight in World War II?
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  • World War II

Recent American History

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

Recent American History

During the Cold War, what was the main concern of the United States?
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  • civil rights (movement)

Recent American History

What movement tried to end racial discrimination?
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  • fought for civil rights
  • worked for equality for all Americans

Recent American History

What did Martin Luther King, Jr. do?*
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  • Terrorists attacked the United States.

Recent American History

What major event happened on September 11, 2001, in the United States?
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  • Cherokee
  • Navajo
  • Sioux
  • Chippewa
  • Choctaw
  • Pueblo
  • Apache
  • Iroquois
  • Creek
  • Blackfeet
  • Seminole
  • Cheyenne
  • Arawak
  • Shawnee
  • Mohegan
  • Huron
  • Oneida
  • Lakota
  • Crow
  • Teton
  • Hopi
  • Inuit

Geography

Name one American Indian tribe in the United States.
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  • Missouri (River)
  • Mississippi (River)

Geography

Name one of the two longest rivers in the United States.
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  • Pacific (Ocean)

Geography

What ocean is on the West Coast of the United States?
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  • Atlantic (Ocean)

Geography

What ocean is on the East Coast of the United States?
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  • Puerto Rico
  • U.S. Virgin Islands
  • American Samoa
  • Northern Mariana Islands
  • Guam

Geography

Name one U.S. territory.
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  • Maine
  • New Hampshire
  • Vermont
  • New York
  • Pennsylvania
  • Ohio
  • Michigan
  • Minnesota
  • North Dakota
  • Montana
  • Idaho
  • Washington
  • Alaska

Geography

Name one state that borders Canada.
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  • California
  • Arizona
  • New Mexico
  • Texas

Geography

Name one state that borders Mexico.
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  • Washington, D.C.

Geography

What is the capital of the United States?*
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  • New York (Harbor)
  • Liberty Island

Symbols

Where is the Statue of Liberty?*
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  • because there were 13 original colonies
  • because the stripes represent the original colonies

Symbols

Why does the flag have 13 stripes?
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  • because there is one star for each state
  • because each star represents a state
  • because there are 50 states

Symbols

Why does the flag have 50 stars?*
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  • The Star-Spangled Banner

Holidays

What is the name of the national anthem?
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  • July 4

Holidays

When do we celebrate Independence Day?*
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  • New Year’s Day
  • Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
  • Presidents’ Day
  • Memorial Day
  • Juneteenth
  • Independence Day
  • Labor Day
  • Columbus Day
  • Veterans Day
  • Thanksgiving
  • Christmas

Holidays

Name two national U.S. holidays.
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