Flashcards on Citizenship Q's, created by Jaffar Barjan on 26/01/2013.
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What are TWO rights of everyone living in the United States?
Name ONE of the two longest river in the United States
What ocean is on the west coast of the United States?
What ocean is on the east coast of the United States?
Name ONE or MORE U.S. territories
Name ONE or MORE states that border Canada
Name ONE or MORE states that border Mexico
Where is the statue of liberty?
Name ONE war fought by the United States in the 1900's
Who was the President during World War I?
Who was the president during the Great Depresion and World War II?
Before he was President, Eisenhower was a general. What war was he in?
During the Cold War, what was the main concern of the United States?
What movement tried to end racial discrimination?
What mayor event happened on September 11, 2001, in the United States?
Name ONE or MORE American Indian tribe in the United States
When most all men regiter for the Selective Service?
What group of people were taken to America and sold as slaves?
Why did the colonist did fight the British?
What happened at the Constitutional Convention?
The Federalist Papers supported the passage of the U.S. Constitution. Name ONE of the writers
What is ONE thing Benjamin Franklin is famous for?
What territory did the United States buy to France in 1803?
Name TWO wars fought by the United States in the 1800's?
What did the Emancipation Proclamation do?
What did Susan B. Anthony do?
What are TWO ways that americans can participate in their democracy?
When is the last day you can send in federal income tax forms?
Why does the flag have 50 stars?
Name TWO national U.S. holidays
What does the Constitution do?
The Idea of the self-goverment is in the first three words of the Constitution. What are the words?
What is ONE right or freedom from the First Amendment?
What is the freedom of religion?
what is the economic system in the United States?
What is the "rule of law"?
What stops ONE branch of goverment from becoming too powerful?
What are TWO Cabinet-level positions?
What is ONE power of the federal goverment?
What is ONE power of the states?
There are four amendments to the Constitution about who can vote. Describe ONE of them
What do we show loyalty to when we say the Pledge of Allegiance?
What is ONE promise you can make when you become a United State citizen?
What did Martin Luther King Jr. do?
What did the United States fight in World War II?
Why does the flag have 13 stripes?
who is the governor of your state now?
what is the capital of your state?
What are the TWO mayor political parties in the United States?
what is the political party of our president?
what is the name of the speaker of the house of representative now?
what is ONE responsability that is only for United States citizens?
Name ONE right only for United States citizens
What are TWO reasons colonists came to America?
Who lived in America before the Europeans arrived?
who wrote the Declaration of Independence?
When was the Declaration of Independence adopted?
There were 13 original states. Name THREE
When was the Constitution written?
Who is the "Father of Our Country"?
Who was the first president?
What is the capital of the United States?
Whats the name of the national anthem?
When do we celebrate independence day?
What did the Declaration of Independence do?
What is ONE right in the Declaration of Independence?
Who does a U.S. Senator represent?
Why do some states have more Representatives than other states?
Who vetoes bills?
What does the President's cabinet do?
How old do citizen have to be to vote for the president?
Name the U.S. war between the north and the south?
Name ONE reason or problem that led to the civil war
What was ONE important thing that Abraham Lincoln did?
Who is the Commander in Chief on the military?
Who sign bills to become laws?
What does the judicial branch do?
What is the highest court in the United States?
How many justices are in the Supreme Court?
Who is the Chief Justice of the United States now?
Name your U. S. Representative
For how many years do we elect the President?
In what month do we vote for the President?
What is the name of the President of the United States?
What is the name of the Vice President of the United States?
If the president can no longer serve, who becomes president?
If both the President and the Vice President can no longer serve, who becomes president?
How many U.S. senators are there?
For how many years do we elect a U.S. senator?
Who is ONE of your state's U.S. Senators now?
The House of Representatives has how many voting members?
For how many years do we elect a U.S. Representative?
What are the TWO parts of the U.S. congress?
Who is in charge of the executive branch?
Who makes federal laws?
How many amendments does the constitution have?
What do we call the first ten amendments to the constitution?
Name ONE branch or part of the goverment
What is the supreme law of the land?
What is an amendment?
