▪ sets up the government

▪ defines the government

▪ protects basic rights of Americans

▪ We the People

▪ a change (to the Constitution)

▪ an addition (to the Constitution)

▪ the Bill of Rights

▪ speech ▪ religion

▪ assembly ▪ press

▪ petition the government

▪ twenty-seven (27)

▪ declared our independence (from Great Britain) 

▪  announced our independence (from GB)  

▪ life

▪ liberty

▪ pursuit of happiness

▪ You can practice any religion, or not practice a religion.

▪ capitalist economy

▪ market economy

▪ Everyone must follow the law.

▪ Leaders must obey the law.

▪ Government must obey the law. ▪ No one is above the law. 

▪ Congress▪ legislative

▪President▪ executive

▪ the courts ▪ judicial

▪ checks and balances

▪ separation of powers

▪ the President

▪ Congress

▪ Senate and House (of Representatives)

▪ (U.S. or national) legislature

▪ the Senate and House (of Representatives)

▪ one hundred (100)

▪ six (6)

*Dianne Feinstein

*Kamala Harris

▪ four hundred thirty-five (435)

▪ two (2)

*Judy Chu 

*Ted Lieu

▪ all people of the state

▪ (because of) the state’s population

▪ (because) they have more people

▪ (because) some states have more people

▪ four (4)

▪ November

▪ Donald J. Trump

▪ Donald Trump

▪ Trump

▪ Michael R. Pence

▪ Mike Pence

▪ Pence

▪ the Vice President

▪ the Speaker of the House

▪ the President

▪ the President

▪ the President

▪ advises the President

▪ Secretary of Agriculture ▪ Secretary of Commerce ▪ Secretary of Defense ▪ Secretary of Education ▪ Secretary of Energy ▪ Secretary of Health and Human Services ▪ Secretary of Homeland Security ▪ Secretary of Housing and Urban Development ▪ Secretary of the Interior ▪ Secretary of Labor ▪ Secretary of State ▪ Secretary of Transportation ▪ Secretary of the Treasury ▪ Secretary of Veterans Affairs ▪ Attorney General ▪ Vice President

▪ reviews laws

▪ explains laws

▪ resolves disputes (disagreements)

▪ decides if a law goes against the Constitution

▪ nine (9)

▪ John Roberts (John G. Roberts, Jr.)

▪ to print money

▪ to declare war

▪ to create an army

▪ to make treaties

▪ give a driver’s license 

▪ (fire departments) (police)

▪ approve zoning and land use

▪ provide schooling and education

▪ Democratic and Republican

▪ Republican (Party)

▪ Paul D. Ryan

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

▪ 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).

▪ serve on a jury

▪ vote in a federal election

▪ vote in a federal election

▪ run for federal office

▪ freedom of speech

▪ freedom of expression

▪ freedom of assembly

▪ freedom to petition the government

▪ freedom of religion

▪ the right to bear arms

▪ the United States

▪ the flag

▪ give up loyalty to other countries

▪ defend the Constitution and laws of the United States

▪ obey the laws of the United States

▪ serve in the U.S. military (if needed)

▪ serve (do important work for) the nation (if needed)

▪ be loyal to the United States

▪ eighteen (18) and older

▪ vote

▪ join a political party

▪ help with a campaign

▪ join a civic group

▪ join a community group

▪ give an elected official your opinion on an issue

▪ call Senators and Representatives

▪ publicly support or oppose an issue or policy

▪ run for office

▪ write to a newspaper

▪ April 15

▪ at age eighteen (18)

▪ between eighteen (18) and twenty-six (26)

▪ freedom

▪ political liberty

▪ religious freedom

▪ economic opportunity

▪ practice their religion

▪ escape persecution

▪ American Indians

▪ Native Americans

▪ Africans

▪ people from Africa

▪ because of high taxes (taxation without representation)

▪ because the British army stayed in their houses (boarding, quartering)

▪ because they didn’t have self-government

▪ (Thomas) Jefferson

▪ July 4, 1776

▪ Connecticut ▪ New York

▪ New Jersey ▪New Hampshire

▪ Massachusetts ▪ Rhode Island

▪ Pennsylvania ▪ Delaware

▪ Maryland▪ Virginia ▪ North Carolina▪ South Carolina ▪ Georgia

▪ The Constitution was written.

▪ The Founding Fathers wrote the Constitution.

▪ 1787

▪ (James) Madison

▪ (Alexander) Hamilton

▪ (John) Jay

▪ Publius

▪ U.S. diplomat

▪ oldest member of the Constitutional Convention

▪ first Postmaster General of the United States

▪ writer of “Poor Richard’s Almanac”

▪ started the first free libraries

▪ (George) Washington

Who was the first President?*

▪ the Louisiana Territory

▪ Louisiana

▪ War of 1812

▪ Mexican-American War

▪ Civil War

▪ Spanish-American War

▪ the Civil War

▪ the War between the States

▪ slavery

▪ economic reasons

▪ states’ rights

▪ freed the slaves (Emancipation Proclamation)

▪ saved (or preserved) the Union ▪ led the United States during the Civil War

▪ freed the slaves

▪ freed slaves in the Confederacy ▪ freed slaves in the Confederate states

▪ freed slaves in most Southern states

▪ fought for women’s rights

▪ fought for civil rights

▪ World War I ▪ World War II ▪ Korean War ▪ Vietnam War ▪ (Persian) Gulf War

▪ (Woodrow) Wilson

▪ (Franklin) Roosevelt

▪ Japan, Germany, and Italy

▪ World War II

▪ Communism

▪ civil rights (movement)

▪ fought for civil rights

▪ worked for equality for all Americans

▪ Terrorists attacked the United States.

▪ Cherokee ▪ Navajo ▪ Sioux ▪ Chippewa ▪ Choctaw ▪ Pueblo ▪ Apache ▪ Iroquois ▪ Creek ▪ Blackfeet ▪ Seminole ▪ Cheyenne ▪ Arawak ▪ Shawnee ▪ Mohegan ▪ Huron ▪ Oneida ▪ Lakota ▪ Crow ▪ Teton ▪ Hopi ▪ Inuit

▪ Missouri (River)

▪ Mississippi (River)

▪ Pacific (Ocean)

▪ Atlantic (Ocean)

▪ Puerto Rico

▪ U.S. Virgin Islands

▪ American Samoa

▪ Northern Mariana Islands

▪ Guam

▪ California

▪ Arizona

▪ New Mexico

▪ Texas

▪ Washington, D.C.

▪ New York (Harbor)

▪ Liberty Island [Also acceptable are New Jersey, near New York City, and on the Hudson (River).]

▪ because there were 13 original colonies

▪ because the stripes represent the original colonies

▪ because there is one star for each state

▪ because each star represents a state

▪ because there are 50 states

▪ The Star-Spangled Banner

▪ July 4

▪ New Year’s Day ▪ Martin Luther King, Jr. Day ▪ Presidents’ Day ▪ Memorial Day ▪ Independence Day ▪ Labor Day ▪ Columbus Day ▪ Veterans Day ▪ Thanksgiving ▪ Christmas