Citizenship Test Flashcards
(19 cards)
What does the Constitution do?
- sets up the government
- defines the government
- protects basic rights of Americans
What are two rights in the Declaration of Independence?
- life
- liberty
- pursuit of happiness
What stops one branch of government from becoming too powerful?
- checks and balances
- separation of powers
We elect a U.S. Representative for how many years?
-two
Name your U.S. Representative.
-Steve King
What does the judicial branch do?
- reviews laws
- explains laws
- resolves disputes
- decides if a law goes against the Constitution
Who is the Governor of your state now?
IDK
What is the name of the Speaker of House of Representatives now?
-Paul D. Ryan
What are two rights of everyone living in the United States?
- freedom of expression
- freedom of speech
- freedom of assembly
- freedom to petition the government
- freedom of religion
- the right to bear arms
What do we show loyalty to when we say the Pledge of Allegiance?
- the United States
- the flag
What is one reason colonists came to Americans?
- freedom
- political liberty
- religious freedom
- economic opportunity
- practice their religion
- escape persecution
Why did the colonists fight the British?
- because of high taxes (taxation without representation)
- because the British army stayed in their houses (boarding, quartering)
- because they didn’t have self-government
Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?
-Thomas Jefferson
What happened at the Constitutional Convention?
-The Founding Fathers wrote the Constitution.
When was the Constitution written?
-1787
What did Susan B. Anthony do?
- fought for women’s rights
- fought for civil rights
Who did the United States fight in World War 2?
-Japan, Germany, Italy
What did Martin Luther King, Jr. do?
- fought for civil rights
- worked for equality for all Americans
Name one American Indian Tribe in the United States.
- Cherokee
- Navajo
