History Final Flashcards

1
Q

American Revolution dates

A

1775-1781

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2
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Date of our independence

A

July 4th 1776

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3
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Civil war

A

1861-1865

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4
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Reconstruction

A

1865-1876

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5
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Great War

A

1914-1918

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6
Q

When did the U.S. enter the great war

A

1917`

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7
Q

Three branches of our government

A

Executive, Legislative, Judicial

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8
Q

Legislative has 2 parts

A

House of Representatives and Senate

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9
Q

Senate has ___ year terms

A

6 year terms

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10
Q

House of Representatives has ___ year terms

A

2 year terms

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11
Q

Executive is the ____

A

President

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12
Q

Executive has ______ year term

A

4 year terms

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13
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Senate must be at least ___ years old

A

30 years old

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14
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House of Representatives must be at least ___ years old

A

25 years old

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15
Q

Executive must be at least ___ years old

A

35 years old

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16
Q

President can’t commit any _____

A

Felonies

17
Q

Must be native born to be ____

A

The President

18
Q

Main Job of President is to ____

A

Coach the country, run the military, and make federal appointments

19
Q

Impeach

A

Impeach means to charge someone with doing something wrong, specifically a high government official

20
Q

Popular Sovereignty

A

Popular sovereignty is government based on consent of the people.

21
Q

Veto

A

Veto is to reject or refuse

22
Q

Federal

A

Federal means national

23
Q

Who was George Washington

A

The very first president of the U.S.

24
Q

Who was the 16th president

A

Abraham Lincoln

25
Q

Who was the 26th president

A

Teddy Roosevelt or Theodore Roosevelt

26
Q

What was the treaty that ended the war

A

Treaty of Versailles

27
Q

Who came up with the idea of the Panama Canal

A

Teddy Roosevelt

28
Q

What was the first National Park in the U.S.

A

Yellowstone park

29
Q

Who est. the national parks

A

Teddy Roosevelt

30
Q

he went from being assistant secretary of the Navy to a famous soldier to governor of NY to VP to pres. All in 39 months

A

Teddy Roosevelt

31
Q

We didn’t originally join WW1 because ____

A

our melting pot nation had people from the countries fighting and we didn’t want to take sides

32
Q

How many people are in the House of Representatives

A

435

33
Q

How many people are in the Senate

A

100 (2 for each state)