1: What is the supreme law of the land?
2: What does the Constitution do?
3: The idea of self-government is in the first three words of the Constitution, what are these words?
5: What do we call the first ten amendments to the Constitution?
6: What is one right or freedom from the First Amendment?
7: How many amendments does the Constitution have?
8: What did the Declaration of Independence do?
9: What are two rights in the Declaration of Independence?
10: What is freedom of religion?
11: What is the economic system in the United States?
12: What is the "rule of law"?
13: Name one branch or part of the government
14: What stops one branch of government from becoming too powerful?
15: Who is in charge of the executive branch?
16: Who makes federal laws?
17: What are the two parts of the U.S. Congress?
18: How many US Senators are there?
19: We elect a U.S. Senator for how many years?
20: Who is one of your state's U.S. Senators now?
21: House of Representatives has how many voting members?
22: We elect a U.S. Representative for how many years?
23: Name your U.S. Representative
24: Who does a U.S. Senator represent?
25: Why do some states have more Representatives than other states?
26: We elect a President for how many years?
27: In what month do we vote for President?
28: What is the name of the President of the United States now?
29: What is the name of the Vice President of the United States now?
30: If the President can no longer serve, who becomes President?
31: If both the President and the Vice President can no longer serve, who becomes President?
32: Who is the Commander in Chief of the military?
33: Who signs bills to become laws?
35: What does the President's Cabinet do?
36: What are two Cabinet-level positions?
37: What does the judicial branch do?
38: What is the highest court in the United States?
39: How many justices are on the Supreme Court?
40: Who is the Chief Justice of the United States now?
41: Under our Constitution, some powers belong to the federal government-what is one power of the federal government?
42: Under our Constitution, some powers belong to the states-what is one power of the states?
43: Who is the Governor of your state now?
44: What is the capital of your state?
45: What are the two major political parties in the United States?
46: What is the political party of the President now?
47: What is the name of the Speaker of the House of Representatives now?
48: There are four amendments to the Constitution about who can vote-describe one of them
49: What is one responsibility that is only for United States citizens?
50: Name one right only for United States citizens
51: What are two rights of everyone living in the United States
52: What do we show loyalty to when we say the Pledge of Allegiance?
53: What is one promise you make when you become a United States citizen?
54: How old do citizens have to be to vote for President?
55: What are two ways that Americans can participate in their democracy?
56: When is the last day you can send in federal income tax forms?
57: When must all men register for the selective service?
58: What is one reason colonists came to America?
59: Who lived in America before the Europeans arrived?
60: What group of people was taken to America and sold as slaves?
61: Why did the colonists fight the British?
62: Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?
63: When was the Declaration of Independence adopted?
64: There were 13 original states-name three.
65: What happened at the Constitutional Convention?
66: When was the Constitution written?
67: Federalist Papers supported the passage of the U.S. Constitution-name one of the writers
68: What is one thing Benjamin Franklin is famous for?
69: Who is the "Father of Our Country"?
70: Who was the first President?
71: What territory did the United States buy from France in 1803?
72: Name one war fought by the United States in the 1800s?
73: Name the US war between the North and the South
74: Name one problem that led to the Civil War
75: What was one important thing that Abraham Lincoln did?
76: What did the Emancipation Proclamation do?
77: What did Susan B Anthony do?
78: Name one war fought by the United States in the 1900s
79: Who was President during World War I?
80: Who was President during the Great Depression and World War II?
81: Who did the United States fight in World War II?
82: Before he was President, Eisenhower was a general-what war was he in?
83: During the Cold War, what was the main concern of the United States?
84: What movement tried to end racial discrimination?
85: What did Martin Luther King, Jr do?
86: What major event happened on September 11, 2001, in the United States?
87: Name one American Indian tribe in the Untied States
88: Name one of the two longest rivers in the United States
89: What ocean is on the West Coast of the United States?
90: What ocean is on the East Coast of the United States?
91: Name one US Territory
92: Name one state that borders Canada
93: Name one state that borders Mexico
94: What is the capital of the United States?
95: Where is the Statue of Liberty?
96: Why does the flag have 13 stripes?
97: Why does the flag have 50 stars?
98: What is the name of the national anthem?
99: When do we celebrate Independence Day?
100: Name two national US holidays.
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