Modern Final
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| What is the supreme law of the land? | show 🗑
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| show | 1.sets up the government
2.defines the government
3.protects basic rights of
Americans
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| show | We the people
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| show | 1.a change (to the Constitution)
2.an addition (to the Constitution)
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| What do we call the first ten amendments to the Constitution? | show 🗑
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| show | 1.speech
2.religion
3.assembly
4.press
5.petition the government
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| How many amendments does the Constitution have? | show 🗑
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| show | 1.announced our independence (from Great Britain)
2.declared our independence (from Great Britain)
3.said that the United States is free (from Great Britain)
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| show | 1.life
2.liberty
3.pursuit of happiness
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| What is freedom of religion? | show 🗑
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| What is the economic system in the United States? | show 🗑
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| What is the “rule of law”? | show 🗑
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| show | 1.Congress
2.legislative
3.President
4.executive
5.the courts
6.judicial
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| What stops one branch of government from becoming too powerful? | show 🗑
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| show | The president
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| Who makes federal laws? | show 🗑
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| What are the two parts of the U.S. Congress? | show 🗑
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| How many U.S. Senators are there? | show 🗑
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| We elect a U.S. Senator for how many years? | show 🗑
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| show | 1.Elizabeth Warren
2.Ed Markey
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| The House of Representatives has how many voting members? | show 🗑
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| show | 2
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| Name your U.S. Representative. | show 🗑
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| Who does a U.S. Senator represent? | show 🗑
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| Why do some states have more Representatives than other states? | show 🗑
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| We elect a President for how many years? | show 🗑
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| show | November
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| show | Barack Obama
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| What is the name of the Vice President of the United States now? | show 🗑
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| show | The Vice President
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| If both the President and the Vice President can no longer serve, who becomes President? | show 🗑
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| Who is the Commander in Chief of the military? | show 🗑
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| show | The President
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| Who vetoes bills? | show 🗑
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| show | advises the President
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| What are two Cabinet-level positions? | show 🗑
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| show | 1.reviews laws
2.explains laws
3.resolves disputes (disagreements)
4.decides if a law goes against the Constitution
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| show | The Supreme Court
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| How many justices are on the Supreme Court? | show 🗑
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| show | John Roberts
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| Under our Constitution, some powers belong to the federal government. What is one power of the federal government? | show 🗑
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| show | 1.provide schooling and education
2.provide protection (police)
3.provide safety (fire departments)
4.give a driver’s license
5.approve zoning and land use
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| show | Charlie Baker
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| show | Boston
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| show | Democratic and Republican
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| show | Democratic
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| show | John Bohener
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| show | 1.Citizens eighteen (18) and older (can vote).
2.You don’t have to pay (a poll tax) to vote.
3.Any citizen can vote.(Women and men can vote.)
4.A male citizen of any race (can vote).
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| What is one responsibility that is only for United States citizens? | show 🗑
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| show | 1.Vote in a Federal Election
2.Run for Federal Office
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| show | 1.freedom of expression
2.freedom of speech
3.freedom of assembly
4.freedom to petition the government
5.freedom of worship
6.the right to bear arms
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| show | 1. The United States
2. The Flag
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| show | 1.give up loyalty to other countries
2.defend the Constitution and laws of the United States
3.obey the laws of the United States
4.be loyal to the United States
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| show | 18 and older
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| show | 1.vote
2.join a political party
3.help with a campaign
4.give an elected official
5.your opinion on an issue
6.call Senators and Representatives
7.publicly support or oppose an issue or policy
8.run for office
9.write to a newspaper
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| show | April 15
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| show | 1.at age eighteen (18)
2.between eighteen (18) and twenty-six (26)
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| What is one reason colonists came to America? | show 🗑
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| show | Native Americans
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| What group of people was taken to America and sold as slaves? | show 🗑
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| Why did the colonists fight the British? | show 🗑
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| show | Thomas Jefferson
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| When was the Declaration of Independence adopted? | show 🗑
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| show | 1.New Hampshire
2.Massachusetts
3.Rhode Island
4.Connecticut
5.New York
6.New Jersey
7.Pennsylvania
8.Delaware
9.Maryland
10.Virginia
11.North Carolina
12.South Carolina
13.Georgia
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| What happened at the Constitutional Convention? | show 🗑
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| When was the Constitution written? | show 🗑
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| show | 1.James Madison
2.Alexander Hamilton
3.John Jay
4.Publius
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| What is one thing Benjamin Franklin is famous for? | show 🗑
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| Who is the “Father of Our Country”? | show 🗑
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| show | George Washington
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| show | The Louisiana Territory
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| show | 1.War of 1812
2.Mexican-American War
3.Civil War
4.Spanish-American War
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| show | The Civil War
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| show | Slavery
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| show | 1.freed the slaves (Emancipation Proclamation)
2.saved (or preserved) the Union
3.led the United States during the Civil War
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| show | Freed the Slaves
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| show | Fought For Women's Rights
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| show | 1.World War I
2.World War II
3.Korean War
4.Vietnam War
5.(Persian) Gulf War
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| Who was President during World War I? | show 🗑
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| show | Franklin Roosevelt
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| show | Japan, Germany and Italy
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| show | World War II
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| During the Cold War, what was the main concern of the United States? | show 🗑
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| What movement tried to end racial discrimination? | show 🗑
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| show | 1.fought for civil rights
2.worked for equality for all Americans
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| show | Terrorists attacked the United States.
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| show | Cherokee
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| show | 1.Missouri River
2.Mississippi River
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| show | Pacific Ocean
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| show | Atlantic Ocean
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| Name one U.S. territory. | show 🗑
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| Name one state that borders Canada. | show 🗑
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| show | 1.California
2.Arizona
3.New Mexico
4.Texas
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| show | Washington D.C.
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| show | 1. New York Harbor
2. Liberty Island
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| show | Because there were 13 original colonies
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| Why does the flag have 50 stars? | show 🗑
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| What is the name of the national anthem? | show 🗑
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| show | July 4
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| show | 1.New Year’s Day
2.Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
3.Presidents’ Day
4.Memorial Day
5.Independence Day
6.Labor Day
7.Columbus Day
8.Veterans Day
9.Thanksgiving
10.Christmas
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