| Term | Definition |
|---|
| red, white, and blue | What are the colors of the flag? |
| 50 | How many stars are on the flag? |
| white | What color are the stars on the flag? |
| The states in the USA | What do the stars mean? |
| red and white | What color are the stripes? |
| The 13 original colonies | What do the stripes mean? |
| 50 | How many states are in the Union? |
| Independence Day | What is the Fourth of July? |
| 13 | How many stripes are on the flag |
| July Fourth | What is the date of Independence Day? |
| England | Independece from whom? |
| England | What country did we fight during the Revolutionary War? |
| George Washington | Who was the first president of the united states? |
| Barack Obama | Who is the current president of the United States? |
| Joe Biden | Who is the current vice-president? |
| The electoral college | Who elects the president? |
| The vice-president | Who becomes president if the president dies? |
| four years | For how long do we elect a president? |
| The supreme law of the land | What is the Constitution? |
| yes | Can the Constution be changed? |
| An amendment | What do we call a change to the Constution? |
| 27 | How many changes are in the Constitution? |
| three | How many branches are in the government? |
| Legislative, executive, and judicial | What are the three branches? |
| Congress | What is the legislative branch? |
| Congress | Who makes the laws? |
| The Senate and House of Representatives | What is Congress? |
| To make laws | What are the duties of Congress? |
| The people | Who elects Congress? |
| 100 | How many senators are there? |
| Russ Feingold and Herb Kohl | Name the two Wisconsin U.S. senators. |
| six years | For how long do we elect senators? |
| 435 | How many representatives are in congress? |
| two years | For how long is each representative elected? |
| The president, vice-president, and cabinet | What is the executive branch? |
| the Supreme Court | What is the judiciary branch? |
| To interpret laws | What are the duties of the Supreme Court? |
| The Constitution | What is the Supreme Court law? |
| The first ten amendments | What is the Bill of Rights? |
| Madison | What is the capital of WIsconsin? |
| Jim Doyle | Who is the current governor of Wisconsin? |
| The Speaker of the House | Who becomes president if both the president and vice-president should die? |
| John Roberts | Who is the chief justice of the Supreme Court? |
| Connecticut, New Hampshire, New York, New Jersey, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Rhode Island, and Maryland | Name the 13 original colonies. |
| Patrick Henry | Who said, "Give me liberty or give me death"? |
| Germany, Japan, and Italy | Who were our enemies during WWII? |
| Alaska and Hawaii | What are the two most recent states in the Union? |
| two | How many terms can a president serve? |
| A civil rights leader | Who was Martin Luther King Jr.? |
| Maury Sullivan | Who is the leader of Oconomowoc's local government? |
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