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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
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