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Question 1

What is the supreme law of the land?

Answer 1

The Constitution

Question 2

What does the Constitution do?

Answer 2

It sets up the government, defines the government, and protects basic rights of Americans.

Question 3

What is an amendment?

Answer 3

A change or addition to the Constitution.

Question 4

How many amendments does the Constitution have?

Answer 4

27 amendments.

Question 5

What is the Bill of Rights?

Answer 5

The first 10 amendments to the Constitution.

Question 6

Who is in charge of the executive branch?

Answer 6

The President.

Question 7

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

Answer 7

The Senate and the House of Representatives.

Question 8

How many U.S. Senators are there?

Answer 8

100 Senators.

Question 9

Who is the current Chief Justice of the United States?

Answer 9

John Roberts.

Question 10

What is the economic system in the United States?

Answer 10

Capitalist economy.

Question 11

What is one right only for United States citizens?

Answer 11

The right to vote in federal elections.

Question 12

What do we show loyalty to when we say the Pledge of Allegiance?

Answer 12

The United States.

Question 13

What is freedom of religion?

Answer 13

You can practice any religion, or not practice a religion.

Question 14

What is the rule of law?

Answer 14

Everyone must follow the law.

Question 15

Name one branch or part of the government.

Answer 15

Congress.

Question 16

Who makes federal laws?

Answer 16

Congress.

Question 17

What are the two major political parties in the United States?

Answer 17

Democratic and Republican.

Question 18

What is the highest court in the United States?

Answer 18

The Supreme Court.

Question 19

What is one responsibility that is only for United States citizens?

Answer 19

Serve on a jury.

Question 20

Name one right guaranteed to only U.S. citizens.

Answer 20

The right to vote.

Question 21

What do we call the first ten amendments to the Constitution?

Answer 21

The Bill of Rights.

Question 22

What is the United States’ economic system?

Answer 22

Capitalism.

Question 23

What is one right that only applies to U.S. citizens?

Answer 23

The right to run for federal office.

Question 24

When was the Declaration of Independence adopted?

Answer 24

July 4, 1776.

Question 25

Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?

Answer 25

Thomas Jefferson.

Question 26

What did the Emancipation Proclamation do?

Answer 26

Freed the slaves in the Confederate states.

Question 27

Who was President during World War I?

Answer 27

Woodrow Wilson.

Question 28

What did Martin Luther King Jr. do?

Answer 28

Fought for civil rights using nonviolent protest.

Question 29

What is one reason colonists came to America?

Answer 29

Freedom.

Question 30

Who lived in America before the Europeans arrived?

Answer 30

Native Americans.

Question 31

What were the original 13 states?

Answer 31

Delaware, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Georgia, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Maryland, South Carolina, New Hampshire, Virginia, New York, North Carolina, Rhode Island.

Question 32

What is the capital of the United States?

Answer 32

Washington, D.C.

Question 33

What is the economic system in the United States?

Answer 33

Capitalism.

Question 34

Who is the Father of Our Country?

Answer 34

George Washington.

Question 35

What did the Constitution establish?

Answer 35

The framework of the government.

Question 36

What is one promise you make when you become a United States citizen?

Answer 36

To obey the laws of the United States.

Question 37

What is the name of the Speaker of the House of Representatives now?

Answer 37

Nancy Pelosi.

Question 38

What is one right only for United States citizens?

Answer 38

The right to vote.

Question 39

Who was President during the Great Depression and World War II?

Answer 39

Franklin D. Roosevelt.

Question 40

What did the Civil Rights Movement do?

Answer 40

It sought to end racial discrimination.

Question 41

Name one war fought by the United States in the 1900s.

Answer 41

World War I, World War II, Korean War, Vietnam War.

Question 42

What is the name of the national anthem?

Answer 42

The Star-Spangled Banner.

Question 43

Where does the President live?

Answer 43

The White House.

Question 44

What is the capital of your state?

Answer 44

Varies by state.

Question 45

Who is the current President of the United States?

Answer 45

Joe Biden.

Question 46

What do we call the economic system in the United States?

Answer 46

Capitalism.

Question 47

What are the first three words of the Constitution?

Answer 47

We the People.

Question 48

What is one right that only applies to U.S. citizens?

Answer 48

The right to vote in federal elections.

Question 49

What is the supreme law of the land?

Answer 49

The Constitution.

Question 50

How many justices are on the Supreme Court?

Answer 50

Nine justices.

Question 51

Who was President during the Great Depression?

Answer 51

Franklin D. Roosevelt.

Question 52

What did Martin Luther King Jr. do?

Answer 52

Fought for civil rights.

Question 53

What is a right only for United States citizens?

Answer 53

The right to vote.

Question 54

What is the name of the President of the United States now?

Answer 54

Joe Biden.

Question 55

What did the Civil Rights Movement aim to achieve?

Answer 55

To end racial segregation and discrimination.

Question 56

Who is known as the 'Father of Our Country'?

Answer 56

George Washington.

Question 57

What did the Declaration of Independence do?

Answer 57

Declared our independence from Great Britain.

Question 58

What movement tried to end racial discrimination?

Answer 58

The Civil Rights Movement.