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101 Cards in this Set
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Name two Cabinet-level positions |
Secretary of: Commerce Energy Health Interior State Treasury Defense Homeland Security Economics Education Housing and Urban Development Labor Veteran Affairs Attorney General Vice President |
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What is the economic system in the United States? |
Capitalism Free Market |
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Name both of your state's current U.S. Senators. |
Jerry Moran Pat Roberts |
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Who is the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court? |
John Roberts |
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How many Senators are there? |
100 |
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We elect a U.S. Representative for how many years? |
2 years |
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We elect a U.S. Senator for how many years? |
6 years |
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What are two rights in the Declaration of Independence? |
Life Liberty Pursuit of Happiness |
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Name one of the writers of the Federalists papers. |
James Madison Alexander Hamilton John Jay Publius |
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Name one state that borders Canada |
Main New Hampshire Vermont New York Pennsylvania Ohio Michigan Minnesota N. Dakota Idaho Washington Alaska |
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Who was the President during World War II? |
Franklin Roosevelt |
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Who was the president during the Great Depression? |
Franklin Roosevelt |
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The House of Representatives has how many voting members? |
435 |
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What is the name of the Vice-President? |
Mike Pence |
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When was the Declaration of Independence adopted? |
July 4, 1776 |
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Why did the colonists fight the British? |
taxes
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Name three of the original colonies. |
New Hampshire New York New Jersey Rhode Island Connecticut Massachusetts Pennsylvania Delaware Maryland Virginia North and South Carolina Georgia |
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Who wrote the Declaration of Independence? |
Thomas Jefferson |
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Name one power that belongs only to the federal government. |
coin money declare war make treaties create an army |
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If the President can no longer serve, who becomes President? |
Vice-President |
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Name one power that belongs to the states. |
Provide schools Police, Fire protection zoning laws Drivers Licenses Marriage Licenses |
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What is the political party of the current President? |
Republican |
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Who is the commander in chief? |
The President |
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Name one right only for U.S. citizens. |
voting run for office |
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Who veto's bills? |
The President |
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What are the two major political parties? |
Democratic Republican |
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If both the Vice-President and the President can not longer serve, who becomes President? |
Speaker of the House |
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What is one responsibility that is only for U.S. citizens? |
Serve on a jury vote |
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Who signs bills into laws? |
The President |
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What does the President's cabinet do? |
Advise the President |
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Who does a U.S. Senator represent? |
The people of his state |
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What does the Judicial branch do? |
Interpret laws |
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Why do some states have more Representatives than others? |
Larger population |
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What is the highest court in the United States? |
The Supreme Court |
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We elect a President for how many years? |
4 years |
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How many justices are on the Supreme Court? |
9 |
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In what month do we vote for President? |
November |
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What is the name of our President? |
Donald J. Trump |
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What are the two parts of the U.S. Congress |
House of Representatives Senate |
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What did the declaration of Independence do? |
Declare our independence from England |
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Who makes federal laws? |
Legislative Branch Congress |
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How many amendments does the Constitution have? |
27 amendments |
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Who is in charge of the Executive Branch? |
The President |
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What is the freedom of Religion? |
The freedom to practice or not to practice a religion |
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What does the Constitution do? |
define a government |
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What is the rule of law? |
No one is above the law |
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What is an amendment? |
a change |
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What stops one branch of the government from becoming too powerful? |
checks and balances separation of powers |
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What is one right or freedom in the first amendment? |
freedom of: speech press religion to assemble to petition the government |
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What is the Supreme Law of the land? |
The Constitution |
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The idea of self-government is in the first three words of the Constitution. What are they? |
We the people |
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Name one branch of the government. |
Legislative Executive Judicial |
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What do we call the first 10 amendments? |
The Bill of Rights |
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Name two U.S. Holidays. |
New Years Day Martin Luther King Day Presidents Day Memorial Day Independence Day Labor Day Christmas Thanksgiving |
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What ocean is on the East coast of the U.S.? |
Atlantic Ocean |
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Name one U.S. Territory. |
Washington, D.C. Puerto Rico U.S. Virgin Islands Guam American Samoa Northern Marianna Islands |
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What is the capital of the United States? |
Washington, D.C. |
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Where is the Statue of Liberty? |
New York Harbour |
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What is the name of the nation anthem? |
The Star Spangled Banner |
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When do we celebrate Independence Day? |
July 4 |
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Name one of the two longest rivers in the U.S. |
Mississippi River Missouri River |
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What ocean is on the West coast of the U.S.? |
Pacific Ocean |
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What is one thing that Benjamin Franklin is famous for? |
U.S. Diplomat Oldest member of Congress first postmaster general started the first library |
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What territory did the U.S. buy from France in 1803? |
Louisiana |
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Name one state that borders Mexico? |
California Arizona New Mexico Texas |
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Name one war fought by the U.S. in the 1800s. |
War of 1812 Civil War Spanish-American War Mexican-American War |
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Why does the flag have 13 stripes? |
for the 13 original colonies |
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What is one thing that Abraham Lincoln did? |
Freed the slaves kept the union together |
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Why does the flag have 50 stars? |
one for the 50 states |
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What did the emancipation Proclamation do? |
freed the slaves |
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What did Susan B. Anthony do? |
fought for women's rights |
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Who did the U.S. fight against in World War II? |
Italy Japan Germany |
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Before he was President, Eisenhower was a general in what war? |
World War II |
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Name one war fought by the U.S. in the 1900s. |
World War I World War II Korean War Vietnam War Gulf War |
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During the cold war, what was the main concern of the United States? |
the spread of Communism |
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Who was President during World War I? |
Woodrow Wilson |
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What major event happened on September 11, 2001? |
Terrorist attack on U. S. soil |
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What movement tried to end racial discrimination? |
Civil Rights movement |
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Name on American Indian Tribe in the U.S. |
Cherokee, Apache, Kiowa, Sioux, Navajo, Choctaw, Pueblo, Creek, Kansa, Cheyenne, Crow, Hope, Lakota, Potawanamie, Osage, etc |
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What did Martin Luther King, Jr. do? |
led the civil right movement |
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What happened at the Constitutional Convention? |
The Constitution was written |
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Who is the Governor of your state? |
Sam Brownback |
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Who is the "Father" of our country? |
George Washington |
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What is the name of the Speaker of the House? |
Paul Ryan |
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Name the U.S. war between the North and South. |
Civil War |
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What are two rights for everyone in the United States? |
Freedom of speech, press, religion, assembly, petition, bear arms, attorney (any in the bill of rights) |
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When was the Constitution written? |
1787 |
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What is the capital of Kansas? |
Topeka |
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Who was the first President of the U.S.? |
George Washington |
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Describe one amendment that is about voting? |
18 years old no poll tax any citizen women any male |
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Name one problem that lead to the civil war. |
economic states rights slavery |
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What do we show loyalty to when we say the Pledge of Allegiance? |
Our country the flag |
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What are two ways Americans can participate in their democracy? |
vote join a political party help with a campaign run for office |
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What is one promise that you make when you become a citizen? |
to be loyal to the U.S. defend the Constitution follow our laws |
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When is the last day you can send in you tax returns? |
April 15 |
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How old do citizens have to be to vote? |
18 |
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Who lived in America before the Europeans arrived? |
Native Americans |
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When must all men register for the selective service? |
the age of 18 |
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What group of people were taken to American and sold as slaves? |
Africans |
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What is one reason colonists came to America? |
Economic flee from persecution freedom of religion |
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Name your U.S. representative |
Ron Estes |
