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Civics Questions and Answers (2020 Version) Flashcards

1
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What is the form of government of the United States?

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  • Republic
  • Constitution-based federal republic
  • Representative democracy
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What is the supreme law of the land?

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U.S. Constitution

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Name one thing the U.S. Constitution does

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  • Forms the government
  • Defines powers of government
  • Defines the parts of government
  • Protects the rights of the people
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The U.S. Constitution starts with the words “We the People.” What does “We the People” mean?

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  • Self-government
  • Popular sovereignty
  • Consent of the governed
  • People should govern themselves
  • (Example of) social contract
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How are changes made to the U.S. Constitution?

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  • Amendments
  • The amendment process
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6
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What does the Bill of Rights protect?

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  • (The basic) rights of Americans
  • (The basic) rights of people living in the United States
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7
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How many amendments does the U.S. Constitution have?

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27

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8
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Why is the Declaration of Independence important?

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  • It says America is free from British control
  • It says all people are created equal
  • It identifies inherent rights
  • It identifies freedoms
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9
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What founding document said the American colonies were free from Britain?

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Declaration of Independence

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10
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Name two important ideas from the Declaration of Independence and the U.S. Constitution

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  • Equality
  • Liberty
  • Social construct
  • Natural rights
  • Limited government
  • Self-government
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11
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The words “Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness” are in what founding document?

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Declaration of Independence

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12
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What is the economic system of the United States?

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  • Capitalism
  • Free market economy
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13
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What is the rule of law?

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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
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14
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Many documents influenced the U.S. Constitution. Name one.

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  • Declaration of Independence
  • Articles of Confederation
  • Federalist Papers
  • Anti-federalist Papers
  • Virginia Declaration of Rights
  • Fundamental Orders of Connecticut
  • Mayflower Compact
  • Iroquois Great Law of Peace
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15
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There are 3 branches of government. Why?

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  • So one part foes not become to powerful
  • Checks and balances
  • Separation of powers
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16
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Name the 3 branches of government.

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  • Legislative, executive, and judicial
  • Congress, president, and the courts
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17
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The President of the United States is in charge of which branch of government?

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Executive branch

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18
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What part of the federal government writes laws?

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  • U.S. Congress
  • U.S. or national legislature
  • Legislative branch
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What are the two parts of the U.S. Congress?

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Senate and House of Representatives

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20
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Name one power of the U.S. Congress.

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  • Writes laws
  • Declares war
  • Makes the federal budget
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21
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How many U.S. senators are there?

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100

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22
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How long is a term for a U.S. Senator?

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6 years

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23
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Who is your state’s current senators? (FL)

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Marco Rubio + Rick Scott :(

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24
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Current governor?

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Ron DeSantis :(

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25
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Current mayor of Gainesville?

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Lauren Poe

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26
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How many voting members are in the House of Representatives?

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435

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27
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How long is a term for a member of the House of Representatives?

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2 years

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28
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Why do House Representatives serve shorter terms than U.S. senators?

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To more closely follow public opinion

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29
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How many senators does each state have?

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2

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30
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Why does each state have 2 senators?

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  • Equal representation for small states
  • The Great Compromise (Connecticut Compromise)
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31
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Name your U.S. Representative.

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Val Demings

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32
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Current Speaker of the House?

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Nancy Pelosi

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33
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Who does a U.S. senator represent?

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  • Citizens of their state
  • People of their state
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34
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Who elects U.S. senators?

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  • Citizens from their state
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35
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Who does a member of the House of Representatives represent?

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  • Citizens in their (congressional) district
  • Citizens in their district
  • People from their (congressional) district
  • People in their district
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36
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Who elects members of the House of Representatives?

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  • Citizens from their (congressional) district
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37
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Some states have more representatives than other states. Why?

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  • (Because of) the state’s population
  • (Because) they have more people
  • (Because) some states have more people
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38
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The President of the United States is elected for how many years?

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Four (4) years

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39
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The President of the United States can serve only two terms. Why?

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  • (Because of) the 22nd Amendment
  • To keep the president from becoming too powerful
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40
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What is the name of the President of the United States now?

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Joe Biden

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41
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What is the name of the Vice President of the United States now?

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Kamala Harris

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42
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If the president can no longer serve, who becomes president?

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The Vice President

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43
Q

Name one power of the president.

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  • Signs bills into law
  • Vetoes bills
  • Enforces laws
  • Commander in Chief (of the military)
  • Chief diplomat
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44
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Who is the commander in chief of the military?

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The President of the United States

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45
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Who signs bills to become law?

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The President of the United States

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46
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Who vetoes bills?

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The President of the United States

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47
Q

Who appoints federal judges?

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The President of the United States

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48
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The executive branch has many parts. Name one.

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  • President
  • Cabinet
  • Federal departments and agencies
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49
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What does the President’s cabinet do?

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Advises the President of the United States

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50
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What are two Cabinet-level positions?

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  • Attorney General
  • 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 Veteran Affairs
  • Vice President of the United States
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51
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Why is the Electoral College so important?

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  • It decides who is elected president
  • It provides a compromise between popular election of the president and congressional selection
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52
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What is one part of the judicial branch?

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  • Supreme Court
  • Federal Courts
53
Q

What does the judicial branch do?

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  • Reviews laws
  • Explains laws
  • Resolves disputes (disagreements) about the law
  • Decides if a law goes against the (U.S.) Constitution
54
Q

What is the highest court in the United States?

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Supreme Court

55
Q

How many seats are on the Supreme Court?

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9

56
Q

How many Supreme Court justices are usually needed to decide a case?

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5

57
Q

How long do Supreme Court justices serve?

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  • For life
  • Lifetime appointment
  • Until retirement
58
Q

Why do Supreme Court justices serve for life?

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  • To be independent (of politics)
  • To limit outside (political) influence
59
Q

Who is the Chief Justice of the United States now?

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John Roberts

60
Q

Name one power that is only for the federal government.

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  • Print paper money
  • Mint coins
  • Declare war
  • Create an army
  • Make treaties
  • Set foreign policy
61
Q

Name one power that is only for the states.

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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
62
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What is the purpose of the 10th Amendment?

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  • It states that the powers not given to the federal government belong to the states or to the people
63
Q

What is the capital of your state?

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Tallahassee

64
Q

There are 4 amendments to the U.S. Constitution about who can vote. Describe one of them.

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  • Citizens eighteen 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)
65
Q

Who can vote in federal elections, run for federal office, and serve on a jury in the United States?

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  • Citizens
  • Citizens of the United States
  • U.S. Citizens
66
Q

What are the 3 rights of everyone living in the United States?

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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
67
Q

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

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  • The United States
  • The flag
68
Q

Name two promises that new citizens make in the Oath of Allegiance.

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  • Give up loyalty to other countries
  • Defend the U.S. Constitution
  • Obey the laws of the United States
  • Serve in the military (if needed)
  • Serve (help, do important work
69
Q

What are 2 examples of civic participation in the United States?

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  • Vote
  • Run for office
  • 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)
  • Contact elected officials
  • Support or oppose an issue or policy
  • Write to a newspaper
70
Q

What is one way Americans can serve their country?

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  • Vote
  • Pay taxes
  • Obey the law
  • Serve in the military
  • Run for office
  • Work for local, state, or federal government
71
Q

Why is it important to pay federal taxes?

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  • Required by law
  • All people pay to fund the federal government
  • Required by the U.S. Constitution (16th Amendment)
  • Civic duty
72
Q

Is it important for all men age 18 through 25 to register for the Selective Service. Name one reason why.

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  • Required by law
  • Civic duty
  • Makes the draft fair, if needed
73
Q

The colonists came to America for many reasons. Name one.

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  • Freedom
  • Political liberty
  • Religious freedom
  • Economic opportunity
  • Escape persecution
74
Q

Who lived in America before the Europeans arrived?

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  • Native Americans
  • Indigenous People
75
Q

What group of people were taken and sold as slaves?

A

Africans

76
Q

What war did the Americans fight to win independence from Britain?

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American Revolution

77
Q

Name one reason why the Americans declared independence from Britain

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  • High taxes
  • Taxation without representation
  • British soldiers stayed in American’s houses (boarding, quartering)
  • They did not have self-government
  • Boston Massacre
  • Boston Tea Party
  • Stamp Act
  • Sugar Act
  • Townsend Act
  • Intolerable Acts
78
Q

Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?

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Thomas Jefferson

79
Q

When was the Declaration of Independence?

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July 4, 1776

80
Q

The American Revolution had many important events. Name one.

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  • Battle of Bunker Hill
  • Declaration of Independence
  • Washinton Crossing the Delaware (Battle of Trenton)
  • Battle of Saratoga
  • Valley Forge (Encampment)
  • Battle of Yorktown
81
Q

There were 13 original states. Name 5.

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  • Virginia
  • Massachusetts
  • New Hampshire
  • Rhode Island
  • Connecticut
  • New York
  • New Jersey
  • Pennslyvania
  • Delaware
  • Maryland
  • North Carolina
  • South Carolina
  • Georgia
82
Q

What founding document was written in 1787?

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U.S. Constitution

83
Q

The Federalist Papers supported the passage of the U.S. Constitution. Name one of the writers.

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  • James Madison
  • Alexander Hamilton
  • John Jay
  • Publius
84
Q

Why were the Federalist Papers important?

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  • They helped people understand the U.S. Constitution
  • They supported passing the U.S. Constitution
85
Q

Benjamin Franklin is famous for many things. Name one.

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  • Founded the first free public libraries
  • First Postmaster General of the United States
  • Helped write the Declaration of Independence
  • Inventor
  • U.S. diplomat
86
Q

George Washington is famous for many things. Name one.

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  • Father of Our Country
  • First president of the United States
  • General of the Continental Army
  • President of the Constitutional Convention
87
Q

Thomas Jefferson is famous for many things. Name one.

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  • Writer of the Declaration of Independence
  • 3rd president of the United States
  • Doubled the size of the United States (Louisiana Purchase)
  • First Secretary of State
  • Founded the University of Virginia
  • Writer of the Virginia Statute on Religious Freedom
88
Q

James Madison is famous for many things. Name one.

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  • Father of the Consitution
  • 4th President
  • President during the War of 1812
  • One of the writers of the Federalist Papers
89
Q

Alexander Hamilton is famous for many things. Name one.

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  • First Secretary of the Treasury
  • One the writers of the Federalist Papers
  • Helped establish the First Bank of the US
  • Aide to George Washington
  • Member of the Continental Congress
90
Q

What territory did the United States buy from France in 1803?

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  • Lousiana
91
Q

Name one way fought by the United States in the 1800s

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  • War of 1812
  • Mexican-American War
  • Civil War
  • Spanish-American War
92
Q

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

A

Civil War

93
Q

The Civil War had many important events. Name one.

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  • Battle of Fort Sumter
  • Emancipation Proclamation
  • Battle of Vicksburg
  • Battle of Gettysburg
  • Sherman’s March
  • Surrender at Appomattox
  • Battle of Antietam/Sharpsburg
  • Lincoln was assassinated.
94
Q

Abraham Lincoln is famous for many things. Name one.

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  • Freed the slaves (Emancipation Proclamation
  • Saved (or preserved) the Union
  • Led the United States during the Civil War
  • 16th president of the United States
  • Delivered the Gettysburg Address
95
Q

What did the Emancipation Proclamation do?

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  • Freed the slaves
  • Freed slaves in the Confederacy
  • Freed slaves in the Confederate States
  • Freed slaves in most Southern States
96
Q

What U.S. war ended slavery?

A

The Civil War

97
Q

What amendment gives citizenship to all persons born in the United States?

A

14th Amendent

98
Q

When did all men get the right to vote?

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  • After the Civil War
  • During Reconstruction
  • the 15th Amendment
  • 1870
99
Q

Name one leader of the women’s rights movement in the 1800’s

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  • Susan B Antony
  • Elizabeth Cady Stanton
  • Sojourner Truth
  • Harriet Tubman
  • Lucretia Mott
  • Lucy Stone
100
Q

Name one war fought by the United States in the 1900s

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  • World War 1
  • World War 2
  • Korean War
  • Vietnam War
  • Persian Gulf War
101
Q

Why did the United States enter World War 1?

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  • Because Germany attached U.S. civilian ships
  • To support Allied Powers (England, France, Italy, and Russia)
  • To oppose the Central Powers (Germany, Austria-Hungary, the Ottoman Empire, and Bulgaria)
102
Q

When did all women get the right to vote?

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  • 1920
  • After World War 1
  • (With the) 19th Amendment
103
Q

What was the Great Depression?

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  • Longest economic recession in modern history
104
Q

When did the Great Depression start?

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  • The Great Crash
  • Stock market crash of 1929
105
Q

Who was president during the Great Depression and World War 2?

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  • Franklin Roosevelt
106
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Why did the United States enter World War 2?

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  • Bombing of Pearl Harbor
  • Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor
  • To support the Allied Powers (England, France, and Russia)
  • To oppose the Axis Powers (Germany, Italy, Japan)
107
Q

Dwight Eisenhower is famous for many things. Name one.

A
  • General during World War 2
  • President at the end of the Korean War
  • 34th President of the United States
  • Signed the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1956 (created the Interstate System)
108
Q

Who was the United States’ main rival during the Cold War?

A

Russia

109
Q

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

A

Communism
Nuclear War

110
Q

Why did the United States enter the Korean War?

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  • To stop the spread of communism
111
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Why did the United States enter the Vietnam War?

A
  • To stop the spread of communism
112
Q

What did the civil rights movement do?

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  • Fought to end racial discrimination
113
Q

Martin Luther King, Jr. is famous for many things. Name one.

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  • Fought for civil rights.
  • Worked for equality for all Americans
  • Worked to ensure that people would “not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character”
114
Q

Why did the United States enter the Persian Gulf War?

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  • To force the Iraqi military from Kuwait
115
Q

What major event happened on September 11, 2001?

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  • Terrorists attacked the United States
  • They took over 2 planes and crashed them into the World Trade Center aka Twin Towers
  • Took over another place and crashed into the Pentagon
  • Took over a plane aimed at Washington, D.C. and crashed in a field in Pennslyvania
116
Q

Name one U.S. military conflict after 9/11

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  • War on Terror
  • War in Afghanistan
  • War in Iraq
117
Q

Name one American Indian tribe in the United States

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  • Apache
  • Blackfeet
  • Cayuga
  • Cherokee
  • Cheyenne
  • Chippewa
  • Choctaw
  • Creek
  • Crow
  • Hopi
  • Huron
  • Inupiat
  • Lakota
  • Mohawk
  • Mohegan
  • Navajo
  • Oneida
  • Onondaga
  • Pueblo
  • Seminole
  • Seneca
  • Shawnee
  • Sioux
  • Teton
  • Tuscarora
118
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Name one example of an American innovation

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  • Light Bulb
  • Automobile
  • Skyscrapers
  • Airplane
  • Assembly line
  • Landing on the moon
  • Integrated circuit (IC)
119
Q

What is the capital of the U.S.?

A

Washington, D.C.

120
Q

Where is the Statue of Liberty?

A

New York Harbor

121
Q

Why does the flag have 13 stripes

A

13 original colonies

122
Q

Why does the flag have 50 stars

A

50 states

123
Q

What is the national anthem?

A

The Star-Spangled Banner

124
Q

The Nation’s first motto was “E Pluribus Unum” translation:

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Out of many, one
We all become one

125
Q

What is Independence Day?

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A holiday to celebrate U.S. Independence

126
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Name 3 national U.S. Holidays

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New Year’s Day
Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
Presidents Day
Memorial Day
Independence Day
Labor Day
Columbus Day
Veteran’s Day
Thanksgiving Day
Christmas Day
Juneteenth

127
Q

What is Memorial Day?

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A holiday to honor soldiers who died in military service

128
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What is Veteran’s Day?

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A holiday to honor people in the U.S. military

129
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What is Juneteenth?

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The last group of slaves were informed of their freedom on June 19, 1865

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