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Under our Constitution, some powers belong to the federal government. What is one power of the federal government? - Answer>>> To print money, To declare war, To create an army, To make treaties Which document was adopted by the newly independent United States to organize the national government after declaring independence? - Answer>>> Articles of confederation Who is the "Father of Our Country"? - Answer>>> George Washington
1954 case that overturned Separate but Equal standard of discrimination in education.▪Her family believed that the segregated school system violated the 14th Amendment and took their case to court. - Answer>>> Brown v. Board of Education What territory did the United States buy from France in 1803? - Answer>>> Louisiana What did the Emancipation Proclamation do? - Answer>>> freed the slaves freed slaves in the Confederacy freed slaves in the Confederate states freed slaves in most Southern states How did the holding in the United States Supreme Court case Gideon v. Wainwright (1963) impact criminal defendants? - Answer>>> It established that defendants had the right to counsel.How did the holding in the United States Supreme Court case Miranda v. Arizona (1966) impact criminal defendants? - Answer>>> It established that defendants were protected against self- incrimination.Who was President during the Great Depression and World War II? - Answer>>> Franklin Roosevelt Who did the United States fight in World War II? - Answer>>> Japan, Germany, and Italy
Before he was President, Eisenhower was a general. What war was he in? - Answer>>> World War II During the Cold War, what was the main concern of the United States? - Answer>>> Communism Name one of the two longest rivers in the United States. - Answer>>> Mississippi and Missouri What ocean is on the East Coast of the United States? - Answer>>> Atlantic Ocean
Which government officials are elected by the people? - Answer>>> Mayor wrong answer
Supreme Court held that criminal suspects must be informed of their right to consult with an attorney and of their right against self-incrimination prior to questioning by police. Violated the 5th amendment and his 6th, right to an attorney. Case topic: self-incrimination, due process - Answer>>> Miranda v. Arizona Students have the right to symbolic speech at school as long as it is not disruptive, protected but he 1st amendment - Answer>>> Tinker v. Des Moines 1944 Supreme Court case where the Supreme Court upheld the order providing for the relocation of Japanese Americans. It was not until 1988 that Congress formally apologized and agreed to pay $20,000 2 each survivor▪Korematsu argued that Executive Order 9066 was unconstitutional and that it violated the Fifth Amendment. The Fifth Amendmentwas selected over the Fourteenth Amendment due to the lack of federal protections in the Fourteenth Amendment. He was arrested and convicted. - Answer>>> Korematsu v. US What is one responsibility that is only for United States citizens? - Answer>>> Serve on a jury and vote in a federal election.What is the "rule of law"? - Answer>>> Everyone must follow the law.
Name one right only for United States citizens. - Answer>>> run for federal office.Who is in charge of the executive branch? - Answer>>> President of the United States Who makes federal laws? - Answer>>> Congress What is one promise you make when you become a United States citizen? - Answer>>> give up loyalty to other countries.Name the U.S. war between the North and the South - Answer>>> The Civil War
What are two Cabinet-level positions? - Answer>>> Secretary of State and Secretary of Labor
What is the supreme law of the land? - Answer>>> the Constitution
Who was President during World War I? - Answer>>> Woodrow Wilson
Name one war fought by the United States in the 1900s - Answer>>> World War I What did Susan B. Anthony do? - Answer>>> fought for women's rights What is an amendment? - Answer>>> A change/addition to the Constitution
Why do some states have more Representatives than other states? - Answer>>> because of the state's population When was the Constitution written? - Answer>>> 1787
What is one right or freedom from the First Amendment? - Answer>>> speech, religion, press, assembly, and petition the government What stops one branch of government from becoming too powerful? - Answer>>> checks and balances The House of Representatives has how many voting members? - Answer>>> four hundred and thirty five If both the President and the Vice President can no longer serve, who becomes President? - Answer>>> The speaker of the House Who is the Commander in Chief of the military? - Answer>>> President of the United States Who signs bills to become laws? - Answer>>> President of the United States Who vetoes bills? - Answer>>> President of the United States
What does the President's Cabinet do? - Answer>>> advises the President
What does the judicial branch do? - Answer>>> reviews laws, explains laws, resolves disputes (disagreements) decides if a law goes against the Constitution
How many justices are on the Supreme Court? - Answer>>> nine
