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Principles of American Government

What is the form of government of the United States?

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Representative democracy

Also accepted: Republic · Constitution-based federal republic
Principles of American Government

What is the supreme law of the land?

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(U.S.) Constitution

Principles of American Government

Name one thing the U.S. Constitution does.

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Protects the rights of the people

Also accepted: Forms the government · Defines powers of government · Defines the parts of government
Principles of American Government

The U.S. Constitution starts with the words "We the People." What does "We the People" mean?

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Self-government

Also accepted: Popular sovereignty · Consent of the governed · People should govern themselves · (Example of) social contract
Principles of American Government

How are changes made to the U.S. Constitution?

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Amendments

Also accepted: The amendment process
Principles of American Government

What does the Bill of Rights protect?

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(The basic) rights of Americans

Also accepted: (The basic) rights of people living in the United States
Principles of American Government

How many amendments does the U.S. Constitution have?

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Twenty-seven (27)

Principles of American Government

Why is the Declaration of Independence important?

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It says America is free from British control.

Also accepted: It says all people are created equal. · It identifies inherent rights. · It identifies individual freedoms.
Principles of American Government

What founding document said the American colonies were free from Britain?

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Declaration of Independence

Principles of American Government

Name two important ideas from the Declaration of Independence and the U.S. Constitution.

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Equality and Liberty

Also accepted: Social contract · Natural rights · Limited government · Self-government
Principles of American Government

The words "Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness" are in what founding document?

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Declaration of Independence

Principles of American Government

What is the economic system of the United States?

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Capitalism

Also accepted: Free market economy
Principles of American Government

What is the rule of law?

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No one is above the law.

Also accepted: Everyone must follow the law. · Leaders must obey the law. · Government must obey the law.
Principles of American Government

Many documents influenced the U.S. Constitution. Name one.

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Federalist Papers

Also accepted: Declaration of Independence · Articles of Confederation · Anti-Federalist Papers · Virginia Declaration of Rights · Fundamental Orders of Connecticut · Mayflower Compact · Iroquois Great Law of Peace
Principles of American Government

There are three branches of government. Why?

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So one part does not become too powerful

Also accepted: Checks and balances · Separation of powers
System of Government

Name the three branches of government.

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Legislative, executive, and judicial

Also accepted: Congress, president, and the courts
System of Government

The President of the United States is in charge of which branch of government?

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Executive branch

System of Government

What part of the federal government writes laws?

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(U.S.) Congress

Also accepted: (U.S. or national) legislature · Legislative branch
System of Government

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

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Senate and House (of Representatives)

System of Government

Name one power of the U.S. Congress.

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Writes laws

Also accepted: Declares war · Makes the federal budget
System of Government

How many U.S. senators are there?

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One hundred (100)

System of Government

How long is a term for a U.S. senator?

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Six (6) years

System of Government

Who is one of your state's U.S. senators now?

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Answers will vary. [Visit uscis.gov/citizenship/testupdates]

System of Government

How many voting members are in the House of Representatives?

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Four hundred thirty-five (435)

System of Government

How long is a term for a member of the House of Representatives?

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Two (2) years

System of Government

Why do U.S. representatives serve shorter terms than U.S. senators?

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To more closely follow public opinion

System of Government

How many senators does each state have?

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Two (2)

System of Government

Why does each state have two senators?

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Equal representation (for small states)

Also accepted: The Great Compromise (Connecticut Compromise)
System of Government

Name your U.S. representative.

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Answers will vary. [Visit uscis.gov/citizenship/testupdates]

System of Government

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

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Visit uscis.gov/citizenship/testupdates for the current name.

System of Government

Who does a U.S. senator represent?

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Citizens of their state

Also accepted: People of their state
System of Government

Who elects U.S. senators?

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Citizens from their state

System of Government

Who does a member of the House of Representatives represent?

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Citizens in their (congressional) district

Also accepted: Citizens in their district · People from their (congressional) district · People in their district
System of Government

Who elects members of the House of Representatives?

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Citizens from their (congressional) district

System of Government

Some states have more representatives than other states. Why?

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(Because of) the state's population

Also accepted: (Because) they have more people · (Because) some states have more people
System of Government

The President of the United States is elected for how many years?

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Four (4) years

System of Government

The President of the United States can serve only two terms. Why?

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(Because of) the 22nd Amendment

Also accepted: To keep the president from becoming too powerful
System of Government

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

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Visit uscis.gov/citizenship/testupdates for the current name.

System of Government

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

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Visit uscis.gov/citizenship/testupdates for the current name.

System of Government

If the president can no longer serve, who becomes president?

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The Vice President (of the United States)

System of Government

Name one power of the president.

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Signs bills into law

Also accepted: Vetoes bills · Enforces laws · Commander in Chief (of the military) · Chief diplomat · Appoints federal judges
System of Government

Who is Commander in Chief of the U.S. military?

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The President (of the United States)

System of Government

Who signs bills to become laws?

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The President (of the United States)

System of Government

Who vetoes bills?

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The President (of the United States)

System of Government

Who appoints federal judges?

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The President (of the United States)

System of Government

The executive branch has many parts. Name one.

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Cabinet

Also accepted: President (of the United States) · Federal departments and agencies
System of Government

What does the President's Cabinet do?

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Advises the President (of the United States)

System of Government

What are two Cabinet-level positions?

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Secretary of State and Secretary of Defense

Also accepted: Attorney General · Secretary of Agriculture · Secretary of Commerce · Secretary of Education · Secretary of Energy · Vice-President
System of Government

Why is the Electoral College important?

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It decides who is elected president.

Also accepted: It provides a compromise between the popular election of the president and congressional selection.
System of Government

What is one part of the judicial branch?

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Supreme Court

Also accepted: Federal Courts
System of Government

What does the judicial branch do?

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Decides if a law goes against the (U.S.) Constitution

Also accepted: Reviews laws · Explains laws · Resolves disputes (disagreements) about the law
System of Government

What is the highest court in the United States?

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Supreme Court

System of Government

How many seats are on the Supreme Court?

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Nine (9)

System of Government

How many Supreme Court justices are usually needed to decide a case?

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Five (5)

System of Government

How long do Supreme Court justices serve?

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(For) life

Also accepted: Lifetime appointment · (Until) retirement
System of Government

Supreme Court justices serve for life. Why?

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To be independent (of politics)

Also accepted: To limit outside (political) influence
System of Government

Who is the Chief Justice of the United States now?

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Visit uscis.gov/citizenship/testupdates for the current name.

System of Government

Name one power that is only for the federal government.

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Print paper money

Also accepted: Mint coins · Declare war · Create an army · Make treaties · Set foreign policy
System of Government

Name one power that is only for the states.

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Give a driver's license

Also accepted: Provide schooling and education · Provide protection (police) · Provide safety (fire departments) · Approve zoning and land use
System of Government

What is the purpose of the 10th Amendment?

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(It states that the) powers not given to the federal government belong to the states or to the people.

System of Government

Who is the governor of your state now?

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Answers will vary. [Visit uscis.gov/citizenship/testupdates]

System of Government

What is the capital of your state?

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Answers will vary by state.

Rights and Responsibilities

There are four amendments to the U.S. Constitution about who can vote. Describe one of them.

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Citizens eighteen (18) and older (can vote).

Also accepted: You don't have to pay (a poll tax) to vote. · Any citizen can vote. (Women and men can vote.) · A male citizen of any race (can vote).
Rights and Responsibilities

Who can vote in federal elections, run for federal office, and serve on a jury in the United States?

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Citizens of the United States

Also accepted: Citizens · U.S. citizens
Rights and Responsibilities

What are three rights of everyone living in the United States?

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Freedom of speech, freedom of religion, and freedom of assembly

Also accepted: Freedom of expression · Freedom to petition the government · The right to bear arms
Rights and Responsibilities

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

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The United States

Also accepted: The flag
Rights and Responsibilities

Name two promises that new citizens make in the Oath of Allegiance.

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Give up loyalty to other countries and defend the (U.S.) Constitution

Also accepted: Obey the laws of the United States · Serve in the military (if needed) · Serve the nation (if needed) · Be loyal to the United States
Rights and Responsibilities

How can people become United States citizens?

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Naturalize

Also accepted: Be born in the United States, under the conditions set by the 14th Amendment · Derive citizenship (under conditions set by Congress)
Rights and Responsibilities

What are two examples of civic participation in the United States?

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Vote and join a civic group

Also accepted: Run for office · Join a political party · Help with a campaign · Join a community group · Contact elected officials · Support or oppose an issue or policy · Write to a newspaper
Rights and Responsibilities

What is one way Americans can serve their country?

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Vote

Also accepted: Pay taxes · Obey the law · Serve in the military · Run for office · Work for local, state, or federal government
Rights and Responsibilities

Why is it important to pay federal taxes?

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Required by law

Also accepted: All people pay to fund the federal government · Required by the (U.S.) Constitution (16th Amendment) · Civic duty
Rights and Responsibilities

It is important for all men age 18 through 25 to register for the Selective Service. Name one reason why.

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Required by law

Also accepted: Civic duty · Makes the draft fair, if needed
Colonial Period and Independence

The colonists came to America for many reasons. Name one.

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Freedom

Also accepted: Political liberty · Religious freedom · Economic opportunity · Escape persecution
Colonial Period and Independence

Who lived in America before the Europeans arrived?

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American Indians

Also accepted: Native Americans
Colonial Period and Independence

What group of people was taken and sold as slaves?

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Africans

Also accepted: People from Africa
Colonial Period and Independence

What war did the Americans fight to win independence from Britain?

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American Revolution

Also accepted: The (American) Revolutionary War · War for (American) Independence
Colonial Period and Independence

Name one reason why the Americans declared independence from Britain.

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Taxation without representation

Also accepted: High taxes · British soldiers stayed in Americans' houses (boarding, quartering) · They did not have self-government · Boston Massacre · Boston Tea Party (Tea Act) · Stamp Act · Sugar Act · Townshend Acts · Intolerable (Coercive) Acts
Colonial Period and Independence

Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?

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(Thomas) Jefferson

Colonial Period and Independence

When was the Declaration of Independence adopted?

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July 4, 1776

Colonial Period and Independence

The American Revolution had many important events. Name one.

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(Battle of) Bunker Hill

Also accepted: Declaration of Independence · Washington Crossing the Delaware (Battle of Trenton) · (Battle of) Saratoga · Valley Forge (Encampment) · (Battle of) Yorktown (British surrender at Yorktown)
Colonial Period and Independence

There were 13 original states. Name five.

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Virginia, Pennsylvania, New York, Massachusetts, and Georgia

Also accepted: New Hampshire · Rhode Island · Connecticut · New Jersey · Delaware · Maryland · North Carolina · South Carolina
Colonial Period and Independence

What founding document was written in 1787?

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(U.S.) Constitution

Colonial Period and Independence

The Federalist Papers supported the passage of the U.S. Constitution. Name one of the writers.

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(James) Madison

Also accepted: (Alexander) Hamilton · (John) Jay · Publius
Colonial Period and Independence

Why were the Federalist Papers important?

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They helped people understand the (U.S.) Constitution.

Also accepted: They supported passing the (U.S.) Constitution.
Colonial Period and Independence

Benjamin Franklin is famous for many things. Name one.

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Inventor

Also accepted: Founded the first free public libraries · First Postmaster General of the United States · Helped write the Declaration of Independence · U.S. diplomat
Colonial Period and Independence

George Washington is famous for many things. Name one.

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First president of the United States

Also accepted: "Father of Our Country" · General of the Continental Army · President of the Constitutional Convention
Colonial Period and Independence

Thomas Jefferson is famous for many things. Name one.

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Writer of the Declaration of Independence

Also accepted: Third president of the United States · Doubled the size of the United States (Louisiana Purchase) · First Secretary of State · Founded the University of Virginia · Writer of the Virginia Statute on Religious Freedom
Colonial Period and Independence

James Madison is famous for many things. Name one.

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"Father of the Constitution"

Also accepted: Fourth president of the United States · President during the War of 1812 · One of the writers of the Federalist Papers
Colonial Period and Independence

Alexander Hamilton is famous for many things. Name one.

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First Secretary of the Treasury

Also accepted: One of the writers of the Federalist Papers · Helped establish the First Bank of the United States · Aide to General George Washington · Member of the Continental Congress
1800s

What territory did the United States buy from France in 1803?

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Louisiana Territory

Also accepted: Louisiana
1800s

Name one war fought by the United States in the 1800s.

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Civil War

Also accepted: War of 1812 · Mexican-American War · Spanish-American War
1800s

Name the U.S. war between the North and the South.

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The Civil War

1800s

The Civil War had many important events. Name one.

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Emancipation Proclamation

Also accepted: (Battle of) Fort Sumter · (Battle of) Vicksburg · (Battle of) Gettysburg · Sherman's March · (Surrender at) Appomattox · (Battle of) Antietam/Sharpsburg · Lincoln was assassinated.
1800s

Abraham Lincoln is famous for many things. Name one.

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Freed the slaves (Emancipation Proclamation)

Also accepted: Saved (or preserved) the Union · Led the United States during the Civil War · 16th president of the United States · Delivered the Gettysburg Address
1800s

What did the Emancipation Proclamation do?

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Freed the slaves

Also accepted: Freed slaves in the Confederacy · Freed slaves in the Confederate states · Freed slaves in most Southern states
1800s

What U.S. war ended slavery?

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The Civil War

1800s

What amendment says all persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are U.S. citizens?

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14th Amendment

1800s

When did all men get the right to vote?

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After the Civil War

Also accepted: During Reconstruction · (With the) 15th Amendment · 1870
1800s

Name one leader of the women's rights movement in the 1800s.

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Susan B. Anthony

Also accepted: Elizabeth Cady Stanton · Sojourner Truth · Harriet Tubman · Lucretia Mott · Lucy Stone
Recent American History

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

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World War II

Also accepted: World War I · Korean War · Vietnam War · (Persian) Gulf War
Recent American History

Why did the United States enter World War I?

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Because Germany attacked U.S. (civilian) ships

Also accepted: To support the Allied Powers (England, France, Italy, and Russia) · To oppose the Central Powers (Germany, Austria-Hungary, the Ottoman Empire, and Bulgaria)
Recent American History

When did all women get the right to vote?

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1920

Also accepted: After World War I · (With the) 19th Amendment
Recent American History

What was the Great Depression?

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Longest economic recession in modern history

Recent American History

When did the Great Depression start?

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The Great Crash (1929)

Also accepted: Stock market crash of 1929
Recent American History

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

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(Franklin) Roosevelt

Recent American History

Why did the United States enter World War II?

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(Bombing of) Pearl Harbor

Also accepted: Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor · To support the Allied Powers (England, France, and Russia) · To oppose the Axis Powers (Germany, Italy, and Japan)
Recent American History

Dwight Eisenhower is famous for many things. Name one.

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General during World War II

Also accepted: President at the end of (during) the Korean War · 34th president of the United States · Signed the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1956 (Created the Interstate System)
Recent American History

Who was the United States' main rival during the Cold War?

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Soviet Union

Also accepted: USSR · Russia
Recent American History

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

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Communism

Also accepted: Nuclear war
Recent American History

Why did the United States enter the Korean War?

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To stop the spread of communism

Recent American History

Why did the United States enter the Vietnam War?

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To stop the spread of communism

Recent American History

What did the civil rights movement do?

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Fought to end racial discrimination

Recent American History

Martin Luther King, Jr. is famous for many things. Name one.

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Fought for civil rights

Also accepted: Worked for equality for all Americans · Worked to ensure that people would not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character
Recent American History

Why did the United States enter the Persian Gulf War?

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To force the Iraqi military from Kuwait

Recent American History

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

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Terrorists attacked the United States

Also accepted: Terrorists took over two planes and crashed them into the World Trade Center in New York City · Terrorists took over a plane and crashed into the Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia · Terrorists took over a plane originally aimed at Washington, D.C., and crashed in a field in Pennsylvania
Recent American History

Name one U.S. military conflict after the September 11, 2001 attacks.

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War in Afghanistan

Also accepted: (Global) War on Terror · War in Iraq
Recent American History

Name one American Indian tribe in the United States.

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Cherokee

Also accepted: Apache · Blackfeet · Cayuga · Cheyenne · Chippewa · Choctaw · Creek · Crow · Hopi · Huron · Inupiat · Lakota · Mohawk · Mohegan · Navajo · Oneida · Onondaga · Pueblo · Seminole · Seneca · Shawnee · Sioux · Teton · Tuscarora
Recent American History

Name one example of an American innovation.

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Airplane

Also accepted: Light bulb · Automobile (cars, internal combustion engine) · Skyscrapers · Assembly line · Landing on the moon · Integrated circuit (IC)
Symbols

What is the capital of the United States?

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Washington, D.C.

Symbols

Where is the Statue of Liberty?

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New York (Harbor)

Also accepted: Liberty Island · New Jersey · near New York City · on the Hudson (River)
Symbols

Why does the flag have 13 stripes?

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(Because there were) 13 original colonies

Also accepted: (Because the stripes) represent the original colonies
Symbols

Why does the flag have 50 stars?

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(Because there is) one star for each state

Also accepted: (Because) each star represents a state · (Because there are) 50 states
Symbols

What is the name of the national anthem?

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The Star-Spangled Banner

Symbols

The Nation's first motto was "E Pluribus Unum." What does that mean?

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Out of many, one

Also accepted: We all become one
Holidays

What is Independence Day?

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A holiday to celebrate U.S. independence (from Britain)

Also accepted: The country's birthday
Holidays

Name three national U.S. holidays.

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Thanksgiving Day, Independence Day, and Memorial Day

Also accepted: New Year's Day · Martin Luther King, Jr. Day · Presidents Day (Washington's Birthday) · Juneteenth · Labor Day · Columbus Day · Veterans Day · Christmas Day
Holidays

What is Memorial Day?

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A holiday to honor soldiers who died in military service

Holidays

What is Veterans Day?

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A holiday to honor people in the (U.S.) military

Also accepted: A holiday to honor people who have served (in the U.S. military)
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