Government Review 5

Which state was not one of the original 13 states?

Who is in charge of the executive branch?

The US bought the Louisiana territory from what country?

Who is the Governor of Alabama now?

Who vetoes bills?

Who did the United States fight in World War I?

Who is the Chief Justice of the United States now?

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

Name one current senator from your State.

Name one issue that did NOT lead to the Civil War.

What did Martin Luther King, Jr. do?

Which landmark in Washington, D.C. was burned by the British in 1814?

Who did the United States fight in World War I?

What is one reason colonists came to America?

Who was President during World War 1?

A government which the ideas of a single leader or small group are the only way to govern is

Based on the Constitution, who can vote?

Who is the Commander in Chief of the military?

What happened at the Constitutional Convention?

Name two U.S. holidays.

Before he was President, Eisenhower was a general. What war was he in?

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

The first war of the twentieh Century was

Who makes federal laws?

Why do some states have more Representatives than other states?

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

When is Independence Day?

When powers are divided between the states and the national government it is referred to as

What is one power of the federal government?

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

Which man wrote the Gettysburg Address?

Who is considered the "Father of Our Country"?

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

How many stars does the American flag have?

What is the name of the national anthem?

What stops one branch of government from becoming too powerful?

Which branch of government decides if a law goes against the Constitution?

When must all me register for the Selective Service?

Identify the two longest rivers in the United States?

The Bill of Rights is made up of the first___ amendments to the Constitution.

If both the President and the Vice President can no longer serve, who becomes President?

Name one group of Amrican Indian tribes in the United States

When was the Declaration of Independence adopted?

Who gives the president the power to appoint government officials and the power to make treaties with foreign countries?

Which of the following was not an American Indian tribe in the United States?