2020 citizenship test Flashcards
Form of government in the US
republic
Supreme law
constitution
Constitution does
forms and defines US government
We the People means
self-government
number of constitutional amendments
27
importance of the declaration of independence
declares freedom from the Brits and says all people are equal
two important ideas from declaration of independence
equality and liberty
phrase “life, liberty, and pursuit of happiness” appears in
declaration of independence
documents influencing the constitution
declaration of independence and federalist papers
3 branches of the government
legislative, executive, judicial
number of senators
100
years for a senator’s term
6
VA senators
Kaine and Warner
number of house members
435
years of a house member’s term
2
number of senators per state
2 for equal representation
VA representative
Wexton
speaker of the house
Kevin McCarthy
one power of a president
sign bill into law
parts of the executive branch
president, cabinet, departments and agencies
2 cabinet positions
secretary of state and treasury
importance of the electoral college
compromise between the popular and congressional vote
1 part of the judicial branch
supreme court
what does a judicial branch do
reviews laws
number of seats on the supreme court
9
number of supreme court judges to decide a case
5
supreme justices serve for life
to preserve independence
chief justice
john roberts
one power of the federal government
set foreign policy
one power of the states
issue driver’s license
purpose of 10th amendment
powers not given to the federal government belong to the states
VA governon
glenn youngkin
4 constitutional amendments about voting rights
women and men can vote
3 rights of everyone living in the US
freedom of expression, speech, and religion
what do we show loyalty during pledge of allegiance
US
2 promises made during the oath of allegiance
be loyal to the us and give up loyalty to other countries
2 examples of civic participation
vote and run for office
colonists came to america for
freedom
what war americans fought become independent from britain
american revolution
1 reasons for american revolution
high taxes
who wrote declaration of independence
jefferson
when was the declaraton of independence written
july 4, 1776
an important event in american revolution
declaration of independence
3 out of 13 original states
NY, VA, MD, SC, NC
founding document written in 1787
constitution
authors of federalist papers
madison, hamilton, jay, publius
importance of federalist papers
supported passing of the consitution
franklin is famous for
us diplomat
madison is famous for
one of the authors of federalist papers
hamilton is famous for
one of the authors of federalist papers
territory us bought from france
louisiana
a war fought in 1800
civil war
civil war important event
battle of gettysburg
lincoln is famous for
delivering gettysburg address
emacipation proclamation
frees slaves
war that ended slavery
civil war
constitutional amendment that gives all people born in the us citizenship
14th
all men got right to vote in
1870
1 leader of womens rights
susan anthony and sojourner truth
war fought in 1900
korean war
why did us enter WW1
germany attacked us ships
all women got a right to vote in
1920
start of great depression
1929
president during great depression
roosevelt
why did us enter WW2
bombing of pearl harbor
eisenhower is famous for
ww2 general
us entered persian golf war to
force iraqi military from kuwait
1 native american tribe
pueblo
1 american innovation
light bulb
name of the national anthem
star spangled banned
e pluribus unum
out of many, one
