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Question In what year was the Declaration of Independence signed? Famous Dates & People 100 Points

Question The Supreme Court made a decision and said slaves had no rights and were considered to be property? Famous Dates & People 200 Points

Question In what year was the U.S. Constitution written? Famous Dates & People 300 Points

Question Who was the author of the Declaration of Independence? Famous Dates & People 400 Points

Famous Dates & People 500 Points Question What did Harriett Stowe write?

Famous Documents Points Question What was the document that declared that the United States was a sovereign nation?

Question What was the document passed by Parliament in 1689 that guaranteed Englishmen certain individual rights? Famous Documents Points

Question What was the document signed by King John in 1215 that granted Englishmen basic human rights? Famous Documents Points

Question Name the document that last 7 years before the adoption of the US Constitution. Famous Documents Points

Question What document guarantees personal liberties? Famous Documents Points

Amendments- 100 Points Question Name the amendment that guarantees the right to bear arms as a US citizen.

Question What was the document written in 1787 that established the American system of government? Amendments- 200 Points

Question Name the amendment that abolished (freed) slavery in the United States? Amendments- 300 Points

Question Name the amendment adopted in 1870 that extended the right to vote to African American males? Amendments- 400 Points

Question Name the amendment adopted in 1868 that defined and granted U.S. citizenship. Amendments- 500 Points

Question What principle divides government into the executive, legislative, and judicial branches? Principles of Government 100 Points

Question What is the highest place to plead your case in the United States? Principles of Government 200 Points

Question How many terms can a president serve? Principles of Government 300 Points

Question What principle gives each branch of government powers over the other two branches so that no branch becomes too powerful? Principles of Government 400 Points

Principles of Government 500 Points Question What are the 3 branches of government?

Key Events Points Question What was the war fought by the colonies to win their independence from Great Britain?

Key Events Points Question What was the conflict between the North and the South over social, economic, and political differences?

Key Events Points Question What did Thomas Jefferson advise Congress to purchase in 1803?

Key Events Points Question England’s 1 st permanent settlement in the New World….America.

Key Events Points Question Last battle of the American Revolution.

Government Terms-100 Points Question What, according to the Declaration of Independence, are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness?

Government Terms – 200 Points Question Marbury v Madison established what for the first time?

Government Terms Points Question What is the sharing of powers between the states and the federal government?

Government Terms Points Question The president has the power to do what to a bill before it becomes a law?

Government Terms Points Question How many judges sit on the Supreme Court today?