1. What are two Cabinet-level positions?
Secretary of State and Secretary of Labor
2. Name two national U.S. holidays.
Labor Day and Thanksgiving
3. What is the name of the Speaker of the House of Representatives now?
Kevin McCarthy
4. What does the President’s Cabinet do?
all of these
advises the President
The president's cabinet advises the president. The people in the cabinet are the vice president and the heads of 15 government departments.
5. Who did the United States fight in World War II?
Japan, Germany, and Italy
6. Name one problem that led to the Civil War.
slavery
7. Why did the colonists fight the British?
all of these answers
8. We elect a U.S. Representative for how many years?
two (2)
9. Name one war fought by the United States in the 1900s.*
World War 1
10. Name the U.S. war between the North and the South.
The Civil War
11. When was the Constitution written?
1787
12. Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?
James Madison
Thomas Jefferson
Thomas Jefferson wrote the Declaration of Independence. Thomas Jefferson was an important political leader and thinker. He wanted to create a government for the United States that protected individual rights. Thomas Jefferson wrote that the United States was free from Britain. He wrote that all men are created equal. He wrote that everyone has the right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. The ideas in the Declaration helped shape the American government. These ideas are still important today.
13. What is the supreme law of the land?
the Constitution
14. What is an amendment?
a change (to the Constitution)
15. Who does a U.S. Senator represent?
all people of the state
16. Before he was President, Eisenhower was a general. What war was he in?
World War II
17. Who is the Commander in Chief of the military?
the President
18. How old do citizens have to be to vote for President?*
eighteen (18) and older
19. Who signs bills to become laws?
the President
20. What movement tried to end racial discrimination?
civil rights (movement)
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