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Test 1 - Version 2020 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 US constiturioni 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
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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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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How many amendments does the US Constitution have?

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27

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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 individual freedoms.

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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 US consitution

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Equity
liberty
social contract
natural rights
limited government
self-government
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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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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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Many documents influenced the U.S. Constitution. Name One

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Declaration of the 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 three branches of Government. Why?

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So one part does not become too powerful
checks and balances
separation of power

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16
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Name the three 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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US Congress
US or National legislature
Legislative branch

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What are the two parts of the US Congress?

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Senate and House (of Representatives)

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20
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Name one power of the US Congress

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Writes Laws
Declares war
Makes the federal budget

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21
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How many US senators are there?

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100

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How long is a term for a US Senator?

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6 years

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23
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Who is one of your state’s US senators now?

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TBD

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24
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How many voting members are in the House of Representatives?

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435

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25
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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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26
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Why do US representatives serve shorter terms than US senators?

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To more closely follow public opinion.

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27
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How many senators does each state have?

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2

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28
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Why does each state have two senators?

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Equal representation (for small states)
The Great Compromise (Connecticut Compromise)
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29
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Name your US representative

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TBD

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30
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What is the name of the Speaker of the House of Representatives now?

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TBD

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31
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Who does a US senator represent?

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Citizens of their state

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32
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Who elects US Senators?

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Citizens from their state

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33
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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

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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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35
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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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36
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The President of the United States elected for how many years?

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4 years

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37
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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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38
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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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39
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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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40
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If the president can no longer serve, who becomes president?

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The vice president of the United States

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41
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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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42
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Who is Commander in Chief of the US Military?

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The President of the united States

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43
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Who signs bills to become laws?

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The President of the United States

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44
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Who vetoes bills?

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The President of the United States

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45
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Who appoints federal judges?

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The president of the United States

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46
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The executive branch has many parts. Name one

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President of the United States
Cabinet
Federal departments and agencies

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47
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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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48
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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 Veterans Affairs
  • Vice President of the United States
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49
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Why is the Electoral College important?

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It decides who is elected president

It provides a compromise between the popular election of the president and congressional selection.

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50
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What is one part of the judicial branch?

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Supreme court

Federal courts

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51
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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 US constitution

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52
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what is the highest court in the US?

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Supreme Court

53
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How many seats are on the Supreme Court?

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9

54
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How many Supreme Court justices are usually needed to decide a case?

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5

55
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How long do Supreme Court justices serve?

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  • For life
  • Lifetime appointment
  • Until retirement
56
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Supreme Court justices serve for life. WHy?

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  • To be independent of politics

- To limit outside political influence

57
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Who is Chief Justice of US now?

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TBD

58
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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
59
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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
60
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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.

61
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Who is the governor of your state now?

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TBD

62
Q

What is the capital of your state?

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Sacramento

63
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There are four amendments to the US Constitution about who can vote. Describe one of them.

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  • Citizens 18 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)
64
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Who can vote in federal elections, run for federal office, and serve on a jury in the US?

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  • Citizens
  • Citizens of the US
  • US Citizens
65
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What are three 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
66
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What do we show loyalty to when we say the Pledge of Allegiance?

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  • The US

- The flag

67
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Name two promises that new citizens make in the oath of allegiance

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Give up loyalty to other countries
defend the US constitution
obey the laws of the united states
Serve in the military if needed
Serve (help, do important work for) the nation (if needed)
Be loyal to the United states
68
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How can people become US citizens?

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  • Naturalize
  • Derive citizenship
  • Be born in the US
69
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What are two examples of civic participation in the US

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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
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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, of federal government
71
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Why is it important to pay deferal taxes?

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  • Required by law
  • All people pay to fund the federal government
  • Required by the US Constitution (16th amendment)
  • civic duty
72
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it is important for all men age 18 through 25 to register for the Selective Service. Name one reasons 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
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Who lived in America before the Europeans arrived?

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  • American Indians

- Native Americans

75
Q

What group of people was taken and sold as slaves?

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  • Africans

- People from Africa

76
Q

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

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  • American Revolution
  • The (American) Revolutionary war
  • War for (American) Independence
77
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Name one reason why the Americans declared independence from Britain?

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  • High taxes
  • taxation without representation
  • British soldiers stayed in Americans’ houses (boarding, quartering)
  • they did not have self-government
  • Boston massacre
  • Boston Tea Party (tea act)
  • Stamp Act
  • Sugar Act
  • Townshend Acts
  • Intolerable (Coercive) acts
78
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Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?

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Thomas Jefferson

79
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When was the Declaration of Independence adopted?

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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
  • Washington Crossing the Delaware (Battle of Trenton)
  • Battle of Saratoga
  • Valley Forge Encampment
  • Battle of Yorktown (British surrender at Yorktown)
81
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There were 13 original states. Name five.

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  • New Hampshire
  • Massachusetts
  • Rhode Island
  • Connecticut
  • NY
  • New Jersey
  • Pennsylvania
  • Delaware
  • Maryland
  • Virginia
  • North Carolina
  • South Carolina
  • Georgia
82
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What founding document was written in 1787?

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US Constitution

83
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The Federalist Papers supported the passage of the US Constitution. Name one fo the writers

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James Madison
Alexander Hamilton
John Jay
Publius

84
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Why were the Federalist Papers important?

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  • They helped people understand the US Constitution

- They supported passing the US Constitution

85
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Benjamin Franklin is famous for many things. Name one

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  • Founded the first free public libraries
  • First postmaster general of the US
  • Helped write the Declaration of Independence
  • Inventor
  • US diplomat
86
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George Washington is famous for many things. Name one.

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  • Father of our Country
  • First president of the US
  • General of the Continental Army
  • President of the Constitutional Convention
87
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Thomas Jefferson is famous for many things. Name one.

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  • Writer of the Declaration of Independence
  • Third president of the US
  • Doubled the size of the US (Louisiana Purchase)
  • First Secretary of State
  • Founded the University of Virginia
  • Writer of the Virginia Statute on Religious Freedom
88
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James Madison is famous for many things. Name one

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  • “Father of the Constitution”
  • Fourth president of the US
  • President during the War of 1812
  • One of the writers of the Federalist Papers
89
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Alexander Hamilton is famous for many things. Name One

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  • First Secretary of the Treasury
  • One of the writers of the Federalist Papers
  • Helped established the First Bank of the United States
  • Aide to General George Washington
  • Member of the Continental Congress
90
Q

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

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  • Louisiana Territory

- Louisiana

91
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Name one war fought by the US in the 1800s

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  • War of 1812
  • Mexican - American War
  • Civil War
  • Spanish-American War
92
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Name the U.S. war between the North and the South

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  • The Civil War
93
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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
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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 US
  • Delivered the Gettysburg Address
95
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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
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What US war ended slavery?

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The civil war

97
Q

What amendment gives citizenship to all persons born in the US?

A

14th Amendment

98
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When did all men get the right to vote?

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

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

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  • Susan B Anthony
  • Elizabeth Cady Stanton
  • Sojourner Truth
  • Harriet Tubman
  • Lucretia Mott
  • Lucy Stone
100
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Name one war fought by the US in the 1900s.

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  • WW I / WW II
  • Korean War
  • Vietnam War
  • Persian Gulf War
101
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Why did the US enter World War I?

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  • Because Germany attached US civilian ships
  • To support the Allied Powers ( England, France, Italy, and Russia)
  • To oppose the Central Powers (Germany, Austria-Hungary, the Ottoman Empire, and Bulgaria)
102
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When did all women get the right to vote?

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  • 1920
  • After WW I
  • With the 19th Amendment
103
Q

What was the Great Depression?

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  • Longest economic recession in modern history
104
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When did the Great Depression start?

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  • The Great Crash 1929

- Stock Market crash of 1929

105
Q

Who was president during the Great Depression and WWII?

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Franklin Roosevelt

106
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Why did the United States enTer WW II?

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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, and Japan)
107
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Dwight Eisenhower is famous for many things. Name one.

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  • General during WW II
  • President at the end of during the Korean War
  • 34th President of the US
  • Signed the Federal-Aid Highway act of 1956 (Created the Interstate system)
108
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Who was the US main rival during the Cold war?

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  • Soviet Union
  • USSR
  • RUssia
109
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During the Cold war, what was one main concern of the US.?

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  • Communism

- Nuclear War

110
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Why did the US enter the Vietnam War?

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To stop the spread of communism.

111
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Why did the United States enter the Korean War?

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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
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Why did the US enter the Persian Gulf War?

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To force the Iraqi military from Kuwait.

115
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What major event happened on September 11, 2001 in the US

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  • Terrorists attached the US
  • Terrorists took over two planes and chased them into the World trade center in NYC
  • Terrorists took over a plane and chased into the Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia
  • Terrorists took over a plane originally aimed at Washington, D.C. and crashed in a field in Pennsylvania
116
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Name one US military conflict after the September 11, 2001 attacks

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  • Global War on Terror
  • War in Afghanistan
  • War in Iraq
117
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Name one American Indian tribe in the United States

A
  • Creek
  • Crow
  • Navajo
  • Pueblo
118
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Name one example of an American Innovation

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  • Light Bulb
  • Automobile (cars, internal combustion engine)_
  • Skyscrapers
  • Airplane
  • Assembly line
  • Landing on the moon
  • Integrated circuit (IC)
119
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What is the Capital of the US?

A

Washington D.C.

120
Q

Where is the Statue of Liberty?

A

NY - Harbor

Liberty Island.

121
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Why does the flag have 13 stripes?

A

Because there were 13 original colonies

Represent the original colonies

122
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Why does the flag have 50 stars?

A

One star for each state

123
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What is the name of the national anthem?

A

The star-spangled Banner

124
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The nation’s first motto was “E Pluribus Unum.” what does that mean?

A

Out of many one.

We all become one

125
Q

What is Independence Day?

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A holiday to celebrate the US Independence from Britain

The country’s birthday

126
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Name three national US Holidays

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New year's day
MLK Jr. Day
Presidents day
Memorial day
independence day
labor day
Columbus day
veterans day
thanksgiving day
Christmas day
127
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What is memorial day

A

A holiday to honor soldiers who died in military service

128
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What is veterans day?

A

A holiday to honor people in the US military

A holiday to honor people who have served in the US military.

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