by Larry Loveon Tuesday, November 29, 2011 at 1:28pm ·

62. Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?

Answer: Thomas Jefferson

 

63. When was the Declaration of Independence adopted?

Answer: July 4, 1776

 

64. There were 13 original states. Name three.

Answers: New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia,North Carolina, South Carolina and Georgia.

 

13. Name one branch or part of the government.

Answers: Congress, Legislative, President, executive, the courts and judicial

 

7. How many amendments does the Constitution have?

Answer: 27

 

5. What do we call the first ten amendments to the Constitution?

Answer: the Bill of rights

 

4. What is an amendment?

Answer: a change or addition to the constitution

 

3. The idea of self-government is in the first three words of the Constitution. What are these words?

Answer: We the People

 

57. When must all men register for the Selective Service?

Answer: at age 18 / between eighteen and twenty six

 

71. What territory did the United States buy from France in 1803?

Answer: the Louisiana Territory (Louisiana)

 

91. Name one U.S. territory.

Answer: Puerto Rico / U.S. Virgin Islands / American Samoa / Northern Mariana Islands / Guam

 

39. How many justices are on the Supreme Court?

Answer: 9

 

32. Who is the Commander in Chief of the military?

Answer: the President

 

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

Answer: the Speaker of the House

 

22. We elect a U.S. Representative for how many years?

Answer: 2

 

21. The House of Representatives has how many voting members?

Answer: 435

 

19. We elect a U.S. Senator for how many years?

Answer: 6

 

17. What are the two parts of the U.S. Congress?

Answer: the Senate and House (of Representatives)

 

18. How many U.S. Senators are there?

Answer: 100

 

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

Answer: Franklin Roosevelt

 

79. Who was President during World War I?

Answer: Woodrow Wilson

 

77. What did Susan B. Anthony do?

Answer: fought for women's rights and fought for civil rights

 

24. Who does a U.S. Senator represent?

Answer: all the people of the state

 

53. What is one promise you make when you become a United States citizen?

Answers: give up loyalty to other countries, defend the Constitution and laws of the United States, obey the laws of the United States, serve in the U.S. military (if needed), Serve (do important work for) the nation (if needed), be loyal to the United States.

 

59. Who lived in America before the Europeans arrived?

Hint: The answer is not the Laminites or Nephites

Answer: American Indians, Native Americans