civics

Chief Justice of the United States

John Roberts (John G. Roberts, Jr.)

Governor of Wisconsin

Tony Evers

Speaker of the House of Representatives

Mike Johnson

Capital of Wisconsin

Madison

One of the two longest rivers in the United States

Missouri River, Mississippi River

Supreme law of the land

the Constitution

One Branch or Part of the Government

Congress/Legislative, President/Executive, The Courts/Judicial

Who is in charge of the executive branch?

the President

Who makes federal laws?

Congress (Senate and House of Representatives)

How many U.S. Senators are there?

100

What does the Constitution do?

sets up the government

Voting members in the House of Representatives

435

Length of a U.S. Representative's term

2 years

Who does a U.S. Senator represent?

all people of the state

First three words of the Constitution (self-government)

We the People

Next in line if both President and Vice President can no longer serve

Speaker of the House

Commander in Chief of the military

the President

Who signs bills to become laws?

the President

Who vetoes bills?

the President

What does the President’s Cabinet do?

advises the President

Two Cabinet-level positions

Vice President, Attorney General, Secretaries of various departments (Agriculture, Commerce, Defense, Education, Energy, Health and Human Services)

Number of Justices on the Supreme Court

9

What is an amendment?

a change (to the Constitution)

One power of the federal government

print money, declare war, create an army, make treaties

One power of the states

provide schooling and education, provide protection (police)

Last day to send in federal income tax forms

April 15th

Reason Colonists fought the British

high taxes (taxation without representation)

Author of the Declaration of Independence

Thomas Jefferson

Declaration of Independence adopted on

July 4th, 1776

Three of the 13 original states

New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island

What happened at the Constitutional Convention

The Constitution was written.

When was the Constitution written

1787

Writers of the Federalist Papers

James Madison, Alexander Hamilton, John Jay, Publius

One thing Benjamin Franklin is famous for

U.S. diplomat, oldest member of the Constitutional Convention

“Father of Our Country”

George Washington

Territory bought from France in 1803

the Louisiana Territory

One war fought by the U.S. in the 1800s

War of 1812, Mexican-American War

U.S. war between the North and the South

the Civil War

Problem leading to the Civil War

slavery, economic reasons, states' rights

One important thing Abraham Lincoln did

freed the slaves (Emancipation Proclamation)

What did the Emancipation Proclamation do?

freed the slaves in the Confederacy

What did Susan B. Anthony do?

fought for women’s rights

One war fought by the U.S. in the 1900s

WWI, WWII, Korean War, Vietnam War, (Persian) Gulf War

President during World War I

Woodrow Wilson

President during the Great Depression and World War II

Franklin Roosevelt

Eisenhower's background before presidency

general in World War II

Main concern during the Cold War

Communism

Movement to end racial discrimination

civil rights movement

What did Martin Luther King, Jr. do?

fought for civil rights

Major event on September 11, 2001

Terrorists attacked the United States.

One American Indian tribe in the United States

Bad River Band of Lake Superior Ojibwe, Ho-Chunk Nation, etc.

Name of the national anthem

The Star-Spangled Banner