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What is the "rule of law"?
The Constitution supports this idea that NO ONE is above the law.
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What is November?
This is the month when we vote for the President of the United States.
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What is 435? Based on amount of PEOPLE in the state
This is the current number of member of the House of Representative.
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What is "Supreme"?
The Constitution is often called the "________ Law of the Land"
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What are taxation with representation, keeping British troops in homes
These are some of the possible reasons why the colonists rebelled from the British. Please give one.
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What is 1787?
This was the year that the was Constitution created
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What is four years?
This is the length of the President's term in office.
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What is 100? TWO per state.
This is the total number of US senators.
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What is the Federal Government?
This government is in charge of printing money, foreign treaties and the army.
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Who are the Native Americans?
Bonus: Name at least one tribe.
These are the people who were in North America before the Europeans came to the Americas.
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What are the Executive, Legislative and Judicial?
These are the three branches of government created by the US Constitution
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What is the Cabinet?
Bonus: Name two
This is name of the President's group of advisors.
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Who are Elizabeth Warren and Ed Markey?
The names of the current US Senators for Massachusetts.
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What are the State Governments?
This government is in charge of schools, public safety (police) and drivers' licenses.
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Who is George Washington?
He is known as the 'Father of Our Country"
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What is the separation of powers?
What are the checks and balances?
The Constitution created two ways to make sure one branch of government did not become too powerful. Give one example.
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Who are Joseph Biden and Kamila Harris?
The current President and Vice President of the United States.
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Who is Bill Keating?
The name of the House of Representative for MASS District 9.
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What is add an amendment?
To change the Constitution, both federal and state governments agree to add one of these (hint: it has been done 27 times in US history).
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Who is Abraham Lincoln?
He was the 16th President who served during the Civil War and wrote the Emancipation Proclamation?
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What are the Federalist Papers?
These newspaper articles and essays were written to convince people to vote to approve the US Constitution.
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What is the veto?
The term for when a President checks the power of Congress by overturning a law.
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What is 9?
This is the number of justices on the Supreme Court.
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What are BOTH the Federal and State governments?
Bonus: On what day are taxes due?
This government has the power to directly tax citizens.
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What are slavery, economic and cultural differences between the North and the South. and states' rights.
These are some of the possible reasons for the Civil War. Please give one.
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