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43 Cards in this Set
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What are two rights of everyone living in the United States? |
Freedom of speech and worship |
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What is freedom of religion? |
Freedom of practice |
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Who is in charge of the executive branch |
President |
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What do we call the first ten amendments of the constitution? |
Bill of rights |
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What is one power of the states? |
Provide schooling and education |
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Who is the commander in chief of the military? |
President |
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If President and Vice President can longer serve, who becomes president? |
Speaker of the house |
Speaker of the house |
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Who vetoes bill |
President |
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What does the presidents cabinet do? |
Presidential advisors |
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We elect a U.S senator for how many years |
Six years |
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What stops one branch of government from becoming to powerful? |
Checks and balances |
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We elect president for how many years? |
4 years |
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What are the first the words of the constitution? |
We the people |
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Who makes federal laws? |
Congress |
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What is the highest court of the United States? |
Supreme Court |
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what is the " rule of law" |
Everyone has to follow the law |
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What does the constitution do? |
All of the above |
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How many justices are on the Supreme Court |
Nine people |
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When is the last day you can send in your federal income tax forms? |
April 15th |
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What are the two major political parties in the United States? |
Democratic and republican |
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What is one power of the federal government? |
To make treaties |
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What does the U.S senator represent? |
All the people of the state |
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What happened at the constitutional convention? |
They write the constitution |
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Which of these is a U.S tertiary? |
Porto Rico |
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What does the judicial branch do? |
All of the above |
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Name of Indian tribe in U.S |
Cherokee |
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What are ways that people can participate in their democracy? |
All of the above |
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Four amendments to the constitution are about who can vote. Which describes one of them? |
Citizens 18+ |
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The House of Representatives has how many voting members? |
435 |
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Why do some states have more representatives than other states? |
Population |
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What are two Cabinet-level positions? |
Secretary of defense and Secretary of State |
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What is the economic system in the U.S? |
Capitalism |
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Who is one of Utah's U.S senators? |
Warren Hatch |
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Who is the governor of Utah? |
Gary Herbert |
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Who is one of Utah's U.S Representatives? |
Rob Bishop |
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What are the two parts of U.S congress? |
House of Representatives and Senates |
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What is the supreme law of the land? |
Constitution |
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We elect a U.S representative for how many years? |
2 years |
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What are the two rights in the Declaration of Independence? |
The rights to life and pursuit of happiness |
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What did the Declaration of Independence do? |
Great Britain |
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What is one right or freedom granted by the first amendment? |
Freedom of speech |
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What did the emancipation proclamation do? |
Freed the slaves in the southern areas |
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How many U.S senators are there? |
100 |
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