Q&A

Question 1

What is the “rule of law”?

Answer 1

Everyone must follow the law.

Question 2

How many US Senators are there?

Answer 2

100

Question 3

Who is one of your state’s U.S. Senators now?

Answer 3

Ted Budd/ Thom Tillis

Question 4

The House of Representatives has how many voting members?

Answer 4

435

Question 5

Name your U.S. Representative

Answer 5

Jeff Jackson

Question 6

What does the judicial branch do?

Answer 6

Reviews Laws

Question 7

Name one power of the federal government?

Answer 7

Print money

Question 8

Name one power of the states

Answer 8

Issue drivers licenses

Question 9

Who is the Governor of your state now?

Answer 9

Roy Cooper

Question 10

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

Answer 10

Mike Johnson

Question 11

Name one promise you make when you become a US citizen

Answer 11

Obey the laws of the United States

Question 12

Name two ways that u.s. citizens can participate in their democracy

Answer 12

1 Vote 2 Join a political party

Question 13

When must all men register for the Selective Service?

Answer 13

At 18

Question 14

Name one reason colonists came to America?

Answer 14

Freedom

Question 15

Why did the colonists fight the British?

Answer 15

Because they didn’t have self-government/ because of high taxation

Question 16

Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?

Answer 16

Thomas Jefferson

Question 17

When was the Declaration of Independence adopted?

Answer 17

July 4, 1776

Question 18

What happened at the Constitutional Convention?

Answer 18

The Constitution was written

Question 19

When was the Constitution written?

Answer 19

1787

Question 20

Name one of the writers of the Federalist Papers

Answer 20

Alexander Hamilton

Question 21

Name one thing Benjamin Franklin is famous for?

Answer 21

US Diplomat

Question 22

Name one problem that led to the Civil War

Answer 22

Slavery

Question 23

Name one important thing that Abraham Lincoln did?

Answer 23

Freed the Slaves

Question 24

What did Susan B. Anthony do?

Answer 24

Fought for civil rights/ fought for womens rights

Question 25

Who was President during World War I?

Answer 25

Woodrow Wilson

Question 26

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

Answer 26

Franklin Roosevelt

Question 27

Who did the United States fight in World War II?

Answer 27

Japan, Germany, Italy

Question 28

Before he was President, Eisenhower was a general. What war was he in?

Answer 28

World War 2

Question 29

During the Cold War, what was the main concern of the United States?

Answer 29

Communism

Question 30

What movement tried to end racial discrimination?

Answer 30

Civil rights movement

Question 31

What did Martin Luther King, Jr. do?*

Answer 31

Fought for civil rights

Question 32

What major event happened on September 11, 2001, in the US?

Answer 32

Terrorists attacked the US

Question 33

Name one Native American tribe in the United States

Answer 33

Navajo

Question 34

Where is the Statue of Liberty?

Answer 34

New York Harbor

Question 35

Why does the flag have 13 stripes?

Answer 35

There were 13 original colonies

Question 36

What did the declaration of independence do?

Answer 36

Declared our independence (from Great Britain

Question 37

How many amendments does the constitution have?

Answer 37

27

Question 38

What is an amendment?

Answer 38

A change to the constitution

Question 39

Who is the speaker of the house?

Answer 39

Mike Johnson

Question 40

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

Answer 40

Vote in a federal election