US citi Flashcards
What is the supreme law of the land
The constitution
What does the constitution do?
Set up the government
The idea of the self-government is the first three words
we the people
What is the amendant?
A change to the constitution
What do we call the first 10 amendments to the constitution?
the bill of rights
What is one right or freedom from the First Amendment?
Speech
How many amendments does the constitution have
27
What did the Declaration of Independence do?
announced the independence from Great Britain
What are the two rights in the Declaration of Independence?
Life - Liberty
What is freedom of religion?
you can practice any religion or no religion at all
What is the economic system in the United States?*
market economy - capitalist
What is the “rule of law”?
Everyone must obey the law
Name one branch or part of the government. *
President
What stops one branch of government from becoming too powerful?
Check and balances
Who is in charge of the executive branch?
The president
Who makes federal laws?
Senate and House of representatives
What are the two parts of the U.S.
Congress? *
Senate and House of representatives
We elect a U.S. Senator for how many years?
6
Who is one of your state’s U.S. Senators now?*
Tammy Duckworth
The House of Representatives has how many voting members?
435
How many us senators are there?
100
What does the Judicial branch do?
Review Laws
How many justices are in the supreme court?
9
Chief justice
Maureen O’connor
What is one power of the federal government?
Declare war
What is one power of the state?
provide schooling and education
Speaker of the house
Nancy pelosi
one responsibility that is only for US citizenship
Serve on a jury
Name one right only for u citizens
vote in a federal election
What are two ways that Americans can participate in their democracy?
Join a civil group - vote
What is one reason that colonist came to amerika?
Freedom
Why did the colonist fight the British?
because of high taxes
Who wrote the declaration of Independence?
Thomas Jefferson
Independance?
July 4 1776
What happened at the Constitutional Convention?
The constitution was written
When was the Constitution written?
1787
The Federalist Papers supported the passage of the U.S. Constitution. Name one of the writers.
James Madison
What is one thing Benjamin Franklin is famous for?
Diplomatic
Name one war fought in the 1800s.
1812
Name the U.S. war between the North and the South.
Civil war
Name one problem that lead to civil war
Slavery
What was one important thing that Abraham
Lincoln did? (Emancipation & proclamation)
Freed the slaves
(Emancipation & proclamation)
Freed the slaves
Name one war fought by USA in 1900s
World war one
Who was President during World War I?
Woodrow Wilson
Name one war fought by the USA in 1900s
World war one
Who was President during World War II?
Rooselvet
Who did the United States fight in
World War 1?
Italy, German, Japan
Before he was President, Eisenhower was a general. What war was he in?
World war II
During the Cold War, what was the n concern of the United States?
Communism
What movement tried to end racial discrimination?
Civil rights
What did Martin Luther King, Jr. do?*
Fought for Civil rights
