1.  What does the Constitution do?
   ▪ sets up the government
   ▪ defines the government
   ▪ protects basic rights of Americans
   
   
2. What stops one branch of government from becoming too powerful?
   ▪ checks and balances
   ▪ separation of powers
   
   
3. What is one responsibility that is only for United States citizens?
   ▪ serve on a jury
   ▪ vote in a federal election
    
4. Why did the colonists fight the British?
   ▪ because of high taxes (taxation without representation)
   ▪ because the British army stayed in their houses (boarding, quartering)
   ▪ because they didn’t have self-government
   
   
5. What did Susan B. Anthony do?
   ▪ fought for women’s rights
   ▪ fought for civil rights
    
6. Who was President during World War I?
   ▪ (Woodrow) Wilson
    
7. Who did the United States fight in World War II?
   ▪ Japan, Germany, and Italy
    
8. Name one of the two longest rivers in the United States.
   ▪ Missouri (River)
   ▪ Mississippi (River)
    
9. Why does the flag have 13 stripes?
   ▪ because there were 13 original colonies
   ▪ because the stripes represent the original colonies
    
10. Name two national U.S. holidays.
    ▪ New Year’s Day
    ▪ Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
    ▪ Presidents’ Day
    ▪ Memorial Day
    ▪ Independence Day
    ▪ Labor Day
    ▪ Columbus Day
    ▪ Veterans Day
    ▪ Thanksgiving
    ▪ Christmas