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1
How many US states are needed to ratify an amendment for it to become part of the constitution?
40
38
50
26
2
What do the colors of the American flag symbolize?
Nothing, the Founding Fathers simply found them aesthetically pleasing
Red: compassion, White: peace and unity, Blue: remembrance
Red: hardiness, White: purity, Blue: perseverance
Red: revolution, White: stability, Blue: integrity
3
Through which national park does the Continental Divide not pass?
Yellowstone
Rocky Mountain
Glacier
Yosemite
4
The U.S. Senate has NOT met in this city:
Boston
Washington D.C.
New York
Philadelphia
5
Under the Constitution, which of these powers does not belong to the federal government?
Make treaties with foreign powers
Print money
Declare war
Ratify amendments to the Constitution
6
Who drafted the Declaration of Independence?
John Adams
Alexander Hamilton
George Washington
Thomas Jefferson
7
What is not one of the rights or freedoms from the First Amendment?
Assembly
Voting
Speech
Press
8
How many people make up the US Electoral College?
50
435
200
538
9
Which statement correctly describes the “rule of law”?
The law is what the president says it is
Judges can rewrite laws they disagree with
No one is above the law
The people who enforce the laws do not have to follow them
10
What did the Declaration of Independence do?
Give women the right to vote
Said the United States is a British colony
Declared our independence from Great Britain
Abolish slavery
11
Which US president served the shortest term of about two months because of dying from a simple cold?
Grover Cleveland
Millard Fillmore
William Henry Harrison
William Howard Taft
12
Which constitutional amendment prohibited the sale of alcohol?
18th
19th
21st
20th
13
When the US bought the land from France, known as the Louisiana Purchase, how much did it cost?
$150 Million
$15 million
$1.5 million
$100 million
14
Who was the first president to live in the White House?
John Adams
Thomas Jefferson
James Madison
George Washington
15
We elect a U.S. Senator for how many years?
Six years
Eight years
Twelve years
Four years
16
The idea of self-government is in the first few words of the Constitution. What are these words?
In God we trust
We, the people
Land of the free
Who lives, who dies, who tells your story
17
How many members are in the United States Senate?
52
50
100
200
18
This President was the only president to win a Pulitzer Prize for his biography,
Profiles in Courage
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John F. Kennedy
Dwight Eisenhower
Lyndon B. Johnson
Harry Truman
19
The Constitution is organized into ____ articles.
7
11
27
30
20
Which of these is the oldest institution of higher learning in the United States?
Harvard
Princeton
College of William and Mary
Yale
21
Which First Lady helped create and champion "The Universal Declaration of Human Rights?"
Bess Truman
Eleanor Roosevelt
Lady Bird Johnson
Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis
22
Which President officially * made Thanksgiving a National Holiday?
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Herbert Hoover
Abraham Lincoln
George Washington
23
When was the Constitution written?
1776
1781
1787
1492
24
Victoria Woodhull was the first woman to run for president under the "Equal Rights Party." What year did she run?
1920
1872
1900
1932
25
Of the 100 U.S. senators, how many votes are needed to end a filibuster?
70
60
51
67
26
How many amendments does the Constitution have?
21
14
27
25
27
Who was President during World War I?
Warren Harding
Woodrow Wilson
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Calvin Coolidge
28
The decision in Brown v. Board of education that separate schools were not equal overturned which previous case?
Texas v. Johnson
Dred Scott v. Sandford
Plessy v. Ferguson
Marbury v. Madison
29
What is the supreme law of the land?
The Congress
The President
The Constitution
The Bill of Rights
30
In an effort to combat drug use, which First Lady ran the "Just Say No" Campaign?
Laura Bush
Rosalynn Carter
Barbara Bush
Nancy Reagan
31
Which branch of government is the most powerful?
Executive
Legislative
Judicial
They are all equal
32
The Federalist Papers supported the passage of the U.S. Constitution. Which of these men was not one of the authors?
Alexander Hamilton
John Adams
John Jay
James Madison
33
The 14th Amendment to the Constitution states ____
No citizen shall be denied the right to vote based
Prohibits the sale of alcohol
Equal protection of the law shall be granted to all citizens.
Abolishes slavery
34
Independence day was first established as a holiday by congress in what year?
1870
1938
1853
1776
35
How many US Presidents are depicted on Mount Rushmore?
4
7
5
3
36
The House of Representatives has how many voting members?
435
535
100
538
37
Which of these is something Benjamin Franklin is known for?
He discovered electricity
He was the first person to sign the Constitution
He was the nation’s first postmaster general
He was the nation’s second president
38
Which President established Yellowstone as the first National Park?
Theodore Roosevelt
Ulysses S. Grant
Woodrow Wilson
William Mckinley
39
Who is the Chief Justice of the United States now?
John Roberts
Clarence Thomas
Neil Gorsuch
Sonia Sotomayor
40
Which First Lady famously told her husband to "remember the ladies" in a letter?
Abigail Adams
Mary Todd Lincoln
Dolly Madinson
Martha Washington
41
Which landmark Supreme Court case resulted in Police being required to inform suspects of their rights?
Miranda v. Arizona
Plessy v. Ferguson
Mapp v. Ohio
Gideon v. Wainwright
42
Who wrote the American national anthem?
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Francis Drake
Francis Scott Key
Frank Sinatra
43
What can be the final step of a law being created?
House approval
National Vote
The President's Signature
Senate Approval
44
In what year were women granted the right to vote?
1918
1920
1919
1921
45
What kind of government does the United States have?
Monarchy
Gerontocracy
Republic
Democracy
46
Who was the first president to be born in the United States?
George Washington
James Monroe
John Adams
Martin Van Buren
47
Which President got famously got stuck in the White House bathtub the first time he used it?
Warren Harding
Theodore Roosevelt
Herbert Hoover
William Taft
48
Which President was the first to die in office?
Abraham Lincoln
William Henry Harrison
Benjamin Harrison
Rutherford B. Hayes
49
What was the name of the infamous location where Alexander Hamilton dueled with Aaron Burr?
The O.K. Corral
Ford’s Theater
Weehawken
Dealey Plaza
50
In the case of a tied vote in the U.S. Senate, is the deciding vote cast by …
The vice president
The president
The Senate majority leader
The Senate parliamentarian
