U.S. Symbols Unit Vocabulary

Preamble the introduction or first section of a document, such as the U.S. Constitution

U.S. Constitution A set of rules that tells how the country should be run.

Citizen a member of a state or country

Immigrant A person who leaves one country to live in another.

The place where many immigrants entered the United States. Ellis Island

Statue of Liberty a gift from France to celebrate our friendship

our country’s national anthem Star Spangled Banner

Francis Scott Key The man who wrote the Star Spangled Banner.

James Madison known as the “Father of the Constitution”

anthem the official song of a country