History Final

Question 1

What were the dates of the american revolution

Answer 1

1775-1781

Question 2

What is the United States date of Independence

Answer 2

july 4th, 1776

Question 3

What were the dates of the civil war

Answer 3

1861-1865

Question 4

What were the dates of the Reconstruction

Answer 4

1865-1876

Question 5

What were the dates of The Great War

Answer 5

1914-1918

Question 6

What are the three branches of our government

Answer 6

Legislative, Judicial, and Executive

Question 7

Explain the Executive branch

Answer 7

The executive branch is the president. It is 4 year terms. You must be 35 and you have to have not commited any felonies. You have to be a native born. The main jobs are coach the country, run the military, and make federal appointments.

Question 8

Explain the Legislative Branch

Answer 8

The legislative branch is congress. It is made up of two parts, The Senate. The terms are 6 years and you have to be 30 years or older. And the house of representitaves. You have to be 25 or older and the terms are 2 years. The main jobas are make laws, approve appointments, and declare war.

Question 9

What does impeach mean

Answer 9

the process of bringing charges against a government official for wrongdoing. A trial may be held, and the official may be removed from office

Question 10

What does popular sovreignty mean

Answer 10

the idea that the power of a state and its government are created and sustained by the permission of its people.

Question 11

What does veto mean

Answer 11

a constitutional right to reject a decision or proposal made by a law-making body

Question 12

Who was George Washington

Answer 12

Our first president and a very great man.

Question 13

Who was Abraham Lincoln

Answer 13

Abraham Lincoln was an American lawyer, politician, and statesman, who served as the 16th president of the United States, from 1861 until his assassination in 1865

Question 14

Who was Teddy Roosevelt

Answer 14

He was an American politician, statesman, conservationist, naturalist, and writer who served as the 26th president of the United States from 1901 to 1909.

Question 15

What does ferderal mean

Answer 15

national

Question 16

What is the 25th amendment

Answer 16

if for some reason there was no vice president then the president could appoint a new vice president subject to congressional approval

Question 17

Who was George McGovern

Answer 17

he was a senator from South Dakota

Question 18

What was George McGovern known as in politics

Answer 18

A one trick pony

Question 19

What was the watergate scandal

Answer 19

There was a hotl in Washington called the Watergate. the democratic party at that time had their headquarters there. In june of 1972 somebody within the republican re-election committee decided that it would be a good idea to break into the Waergate headquarters of the Democrats to find out their plans and when they did, they got caught.

Question 20

What were the names of the two reporters from the washington post newspaper

Answer 20

Woodward and Bernstein

Question 21

When Nixon had to appoint a new vice president who did he choose

Answer 21

Gerald Ford

Question 22

What happened to Nixon in August of 1974

Answer 22

Nixon became the first and only president to ever resign from office, and ford rook his place.