Civics Flashcards
Name of US Rep
Gwen Moore
How many justices in the supreme court?
9
Governor
Tony Evers
US Senator
Tammy Baldwin
Chief of Justice
John Roberts
House Speaker
Nancy Pelosi
Rights in the Dec. of Indep.
Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of happiness
Who’s in charge of the Executive branch?
The President
Who makes federal laws?
Congress, Senate and House, US or National legislature
How many senators are there?
100
We elect a US Senator for how many years?
6
We elect a US Rep for how many years?
2
Who’s the commander and chief of the military?
The President
What does the President’s Cabinet do?
Advises the president
What does the Judicial branch do?
Reviews laws, explains laws, resolves disputes, decides if a law goes against the Constitution
Under our Constitution, some powers belong to the federal government, What is one power of the federal government?
Print money, declare war, create an army, and make treaties.
What is one promise you make when you become a US citizen?
Give up loyalties to other countries, defend the Constitution, obey laws, serve the army, serve the nation, be loyal to the US.
Why did colonists fight the British?
High taxes, army stayed in their homes, no self government.
What happened at the constitutional Convention?
The constitution was written, the founding fathers wrote the constitution.
When was the constitution written?
1787
What was one thing Benjamin Franklin is famous for?
US diplomat, oldest member of the constitutional convention, first post master general of the US, writer of poor Richard’s almanac, started the first free libraries.
Whos was the president during WWII?
Woodrow Wilson
Before he was a president, Eisenhower was a general in what war?
WWII
What is the ocean on the West coast?
Pacific
What ocean is on the East coast of the US?
Atlantic
Name of one US territory
Puerto Rico, US Virgin Islands, American Samoa, Northern Marina Islands, Guam
Name one state that borders Mexico
California, Arizona, New Mexico, Texas
