1. AMERICAN HERITAGE CHALLENGE

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

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

4. WHO IS OUR PRESIDENT NOW? President Barack Obama

5. WHERE DOES THE PRESIDENT LIVE? The White House

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

17. WHO LIVED IN AMERICA BEFORE THE PILGRIMS CAME? Native Americans

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

25. WHAT MISSION IS CLOSEST TO RIVERSIDE? Mission San Gabriel

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

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

28. IN WHAT YEAR WAS GOLD DISCOVERED IN CALIFORNIA? 1848

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

30. WHAT ANIMAL IS ON THE CALIFORNIA STATE FLAG? Grizzly Bear

31. WHAT CITY IS THE CAPITOL OF CALIFORNIA? Sacramento

32. WHO IS THE GOVERNOR OF CALIFORNIA? Governor Jerry Brown

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

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

35. WHO WROTE THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE? Thomas Jefferson

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

44. HOW MANY SUPREME COURT JUSTICES ARE THERE? 9 justices

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

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

47. WHICH AMENDMENT PROTECTS OUR FREEDOM OF SPEECH? 1 st Amendment

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

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

50. WHO INVENTED THE ELECTRIC LIGHT AND THE PHONOGRAPH? Thomas Edison

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