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US citi Flashcards

1
Q

What is the supreme law of the land

A

The constitution

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2
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What does the constitution do?

A

Set up the government

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3
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The idea of the self-government is the first three words

A

we the people

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4
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What is the amendant?

A

A change to the constitution

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5
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What do we call the first 10 amendments to the constitution?

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the bill of rights

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6
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What is one right or freedom from the First Amendment?

A

Speech

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7
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How many amendments does the constitution have

A

27

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8
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What did the Declaration of Independence do?

A

announced the independence from Great Britain

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9
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What are the two rights in the Declaration of Independence?

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Life - Liberty

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10
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What is freedom of religion?

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you can practice any religion or no religion at all

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11
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What is the economic system in the United States?*

A

market economy - capitalist

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12
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What is the “rule of law”?

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Everyone must obey the law

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13
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Name one branch or part of the government. *

A

President

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14
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What stops one branch of government from becoming too powerful?

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Check and balances

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15
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Who is in charge of the executive branch?

A

The president

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16
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Who makes federal laws?

A

Senate and House of representatives

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17
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What are the two parts of the U.S.
Congress? *

A

Senate and House of representatives

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18
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We elect a U.S. Senator for how many years?

A

6

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19
Q

Who is one of your state’s U.S. Senators now?*

A

Tammy Duckworth

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20
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The House of Representatives has how many voting members?

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435

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21
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How many us senators are there?

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100

22
Q

What does the Judicial branch do?

A

Review Laws

23
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How many justices are in the supreme court?

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9

24
Q

Chief justice

A

Maureen O’connor

25
Q

What is one power of the federal government?

A

Declare war

26
Q

What is one power of the state?

A

provide schooling and education

27
Q

Speaker of the house

A

Nancy pelosi

28
Q

one responsibility that is only for US citizenship

A

Serve on a jury

29
Q

Name one right only for u citizens

A

vote in a federal election

30
Q

What are two ways that Americans can participate in their democracy?

A

Join a civil group - vote

31
Q

What is one reason that colonist came to amerika?

A

Freedom

32
Q

Why did the colonist fight the British?

A

because of high taxes

33
Q

Who wrote the declaration of Independence?

A

Thomas Jefferson

34
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Independance?

A

July 4 1776

35
Q

What happened at the Constitutional Convention?

A

The constitution was written

36
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When was the Constitution written?

A

1787

37
Q

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

A

James Madison

38
Q

What is one thing Benjamin Franklin is famous for?

A

Diplomatic

39
Q

Name one war fought in the 1800s.

A

1812

40
Q

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

A

Civil war

41
Q

Name one problem that lead to civil war

A

Slavery

42
Q

What was one important thing that Abraham
Lincoln did? (Emancipation & proclamation)

A

Freed the slaves

43
Q

(Emancipation & proclamation)

A

Freed the slaves

44
Q

Name one war fought by USA in 1900s

A

World war one

45
Q

Who was President during World War I?

A

Woodrow Wilson

46
Q

Name one war fought by the USA in 1900s

A

World war one

47
Q

Who was President during World War II?

A

Rooselvet

48
Q

Who did the United States fight in
World War 1?

A

Italy, German, Japan

49
Q

Before he was President, Eisenhower was a general. What war was he in?

A

World war II

50
Q

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

A

Communism

51
Q

What movement tried to end racial discrimination?

A

Civil rights

52
Q

What did Martin Luther King, Jr. do?*

A

Fought for Civil rights

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