AMERICAN HERITAGE CHALLENGE

WHAT IS THE NAME OF OUR COUNTRY? The United States of America

WHAT ARE THE COLORS OF OUR COUNTRY’S FLAG? Red, White, and Blue

WHO IS OUR PRESIDENT NOW? President Barack Obama

WHERE DOES THE PRESIDENT LIVE? The White House

WHO WAS THE FIRST PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES? George Washington

WHAT IS THE LEADER OF OUR COUNTRY CALLED? The President of the United States

HOW MANY STRIPES ARE ON OUR COUNTRY’S FLAG? 13

WHAT DO THE STRIPES ON OUR FLAG STAND FOR? The first 13 colonies

WHAT DO THE STARS ON OUR FLAG STAND FOR? The 50 states

HOW DO ADULTS CHOOSE THE LEADER OF THE UNITED STATES? By voting

HOW OLD DOES A UNITED STATES CITIZEN NEED TO BE TO VOTE? 18 years old or older

WHAT IS THE NAME OF OUR COUNTRY’S RULES AND LAWS? U.S. Constitution

HOW MANY STATES WERE THERE WHEN THE U.S. CONSTITUTION WAS WRITTEN? 13 states

WHAT ARE THE FIRST THREE WORDS OF THE U.S. CONSTITUTION? “We the people…”

WHAT DO WE CALL THE BEGINNING OR INTRODUCTION TO THE U.S. CONSTITUTION? Preamble

WHO LIVED IN AMERICA BEFORE THE PILGRIMS CAME? Native Americans

WHAT COUNTRY DID THE PILGRIMS COME FROM AND WHEN DID THEY ARRIVE IN AMERICA? England in 1620

WHAT YEAR DID THE AMERICAN COLONISTS DECLARE THEIR INDEPENDENCE FROM ENGLAND? 1776

WHAT WAS THE NAME OF THE WAR THAT MADE AMERICA AN INDEPENDENT COUNTRY? Revolutionary War/ War of Independence

WHAT IS THE NAME OF OUR NATIONAL ANTHEM AND WHO WROTE IT? “The Star Spangled Banner” by Francis Scott Key

WHICH PRESIDENT ISSUED THE EMANCIPATION PROCLAMATION THAT LED TO THE FREEING OF ALL SLAVES? Abraham Lincoln

WHAT WAS THE NAME OF THE CIVIL RIGHTS LEADER WHO WAS FAMOUS FOR SAYING “I HAVE A DREAM…”? Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

WHAT DO WE CALL PEOPLE WHO COME FROM ANOTHER COUNTRY TO LIVE IN AMERICA? Immigrants

WHAT MISSION IS CLOSEST TO RIVERSIDE? Mission San Gabriel

WHAT CITY IS THE COUNTY SEAT OF RIVERSIDE COUNTY WHERE MOST GOVERNMENT OFFICES ARE LOCATED? Riverside

WHO WAS THE FIRST EUROPEAN EXPLORER TO EXPLORE CALIFORNIA? Juan Cabrillo

IN WHAT YEAR WAS GOLD DISCOVERED IN CALIFORNIA? 1848

WHAT FAMOUS EXPLORER AND NATURALIST HELPED TO ESTABLISH YOSEMITE AND SEQUOIA NATIONAL PARKS IN CALIFORNIA? John Muir

WHAT ANIMAL IS ON THE CALIFORNIA STATE FLAG? Grizzly Bear

WHAT CITY IS THE CAPITOL OF CALIFORNIA? Sacramento

WHO IS THE GOVERNOR OF CALIFORNIA? Governor Jerry Brown

WHAT ANIMAL IS A SYMBOL OF THE UNITED STATES AND IS ON OUR NATIONAL EMBLEM? Bald Eagle

WHAT IS THE CAPITOL OF THE UNITED STATES? Washington, D.C.

WHO WROTE THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE? Thomas Jefferson

WHAT ARE THE TWO NATIONAL LAW MAKING GROUPS THAT MAKE UP THE UNITED STATES CONGRESS? The Senate and the House of Representatives

HOW OLD MUST A U.S. CITIZEN BE TO RUN FOR PRESIDENT? At least 35 years old

HOW MANY YEARS MAY ONE PERSON BE ELECTED TO SERVE AS PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES? 8 years or two terms

WHAT ARE THE THREE BRANCHES OF THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT CALLED? Executive, Legislative and Judicial Branches

WHY ARE THERE 3 BRANCHES OF GOVERNMENT? To maintain a balance of power

WHICH BRANCH OF GOVERNMENT MAKES THE LAWS? Legislative (Congress)

WHICH BRANCH OF GOVERNMENT IS RESPONSIBLE FOR CARRYING OUT THE LAWS? Executive (President)

WHICH BRANCH OF GOVERNMENT DECIDES IF THE LAWS ARE LAWFUL ACCORDING TO THE CONSTITUTION? Judicial (Supreme Court)

HOW MANY SUPREME COURT JUSTICES ARE THERE? 9 justices

WHAT ARE THE CHANGES TO THE U.S. CONSTITUTION CALLED? Amendments

WHAT ARE THE FIRST TEN AMENDMENTS TO THE CONSTITUTION CALLED? Bill of Rights

WHICH AMENDMENT PROTECTS OUR FREEDOM OF SPEECH? 1 st Amendment

WHICH AMENDMENT GUARANTEES WOMEN THE RIGHT TO VOTE AND WHEN WAS IT PASSED? 19 th amendment in 1920

WHO INVENTED THE TELEPHONE AND IN WHAT YEAR WAS IT INVENTED? Alexander Graham Bell in 1876

WHO INVENTED THE ELECTRIC LIGHT AND THE PHONOGRAPH? Thomas Edison

WHO WAS THE FIRST MAN TO WALK ON THE MOON AND IN WHAT YEAR DID HE DO IT? Neil Armstrong in 1969