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1. WHAT IS THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE?

https://www.archives.gov/founding-docs/declaration

 2. NAME A FOUNDING FATHER.

https://www.whitehouse.gov/founding-fathers/#:~:text=Our%20Founding%20Fathers,Early%20Career

3. WHO WROTE THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE?

https://www.archives.gov/founding-docs/declaration-transcript
https://www.nps.gov/inde/learn/education/classrooms/resources-declarationoverview.htm

 4. WHEN DO WE CELEBRATE INDEPENDENCE DAY?

https://www.loc.gov/item/today-in-history/july-04/#:~:text=to%20this%20page-,Independence%20Day,framework%20for%20the%20United%20States.

 5. WHAT WERE SOME OF THE REASONS FOR THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION?

https://history.state.gov/milestones/1750-1775/parliamentary-taxation

 6. WHAT IS THE RULE OF LAW?

https://www.uscourts.gov/educational-resources/educational-activities/overview-rule-law

 7. WHAT IS THE CONSTITUTION?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OqvLi7qZ_yU

 8. THE FIRST THREE WORDS OF THE CONSTITUTION OUTLINE THE IDEA OF SELF-GOVERNMENT. WHAT ARE THESE WORDS?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XfS-bZ69p0E

 9. WHAT ARE THE FEDERALIST PAPERS?

https://guides.loc.gov/federalist-papers/full-text

 10. WHO WROTE THE FEDERALIST PAPERS?

https://guides.loc.gov/federalist-papers/full-text
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sqRD8uScLx4

 11. NAME THE THREE BRANCHES OF GOVERNMENT.

https://kids-clerk.house.gov/grade-school/lesson.html?intID=1

 12. WHAT IS THE BILL OF RIGHTS?

https://constitutioncenter.org/blog/everything-you-ever-wanted-to-know-about-the-bill-of-rights-2

 13. WHO WROTE THE BILL OF RIGHTS?

https://billofrightsinstitute.org/essays/james-madison-and-the-bill-of-rights 

14. WHAT IS AN AMENDMENT?

https://www.archives.gov/federal-register/constitution

 15. HOW MANY AMENDMENTS ARE THERE TO THE CONSTITUTION?

https://www.archives.gov/federal-register/constitution

 16. WHAT DID THE EMANCIPATION PROCLAMATION DO?

https://nmaahc.si.edu/explore/stories/emancipation-proclamation-striking-mighty-blow-slavery

 17. WHY DOES THE FLAG HAVE 50 STARS?

https://www.eisenhowerlibrary.gov/research/online-documents/design-49-and-50-star-flags

 18. WHY DOES THE FLAG HAVE 13 STRIPES?

https://americanhistory.si.edu/citizenship/learn/symbols-holidays/96/learn

 19. NAME THREE OF THE ORIGINAL 13 STATES.

https://ballotpedia.org/Original_thirteen_states

 20. WHAT IS THE CAPITAL OF THE UNITED STATES?

https://constitutioncenter.org/blog/how-philadelphia-lost-the-nations-capital-to-washington

 21. WHAT DO WE SHOW LOYALTY TO WHEN WE SAY THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE?

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/pledge-allegiance-pr-gimmick-patriotic-vow-180956332/

 22. WHAT IS THE NAME OF THE NATIONAL ANTHEM?

https://www.loc.gov/collections/patriotic-melodies/articles-and-essays/star-spangled-banner/

 23. NAME TWO U.S. NATIONAL HOLIDAYS.

https://www.usa.gov/holidays

 24. WHAT DO WE CALL THE ECONOMIC SYSTEM OF THE UNITED STATES?

https://www.investopedia.com/articles/investing/102914/main-characteristics-capitalist-economies.asp


https://www.imf.org/en/Publications/fandd/issues/Series/Back-to-Basics/Capitalism

 25. NAME TWO WAYS THAT AMERICANS CAN PARTICIPATE IN THEIR DEMOCRACY.

https://www.civiced.org/lessons/how-can-citizens-participate

 26. WHAT IS THE BALANCE OF POWER?

https://karshinstitute.virginia.edu/news/balance-power-congress-and-presidency

 27. NAME TWO OF THE RIGHTS OUTLINED IN THE FIRST AMENDMENT.

https://constitutioncenter.org/the-constitution/amendments/amendment-i

 28. WHAT IS THE SECOND AMENDMENT?

"https://constitutioncenter.org/the-constitution/amendments/amendment-ii

 29. WHICH AMENDMENT GAVE WOMEN THE RIGHT TO VOTE?

https://www.crusadeforthevote.org/19-amendment


https://prologue.blogs.archives.gov/2019/08/15/rightfully-hers-woman-suffrage-before-the-19th-amendment/

 30. WHAT DOES THE JUDICIAL BRANCH OF GOVERNMENT DO?

https://www.uscourts.gov/about-federal-courts/court-role-and-structure

 31. HOW MANY JUSTICES ARE ON THE UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT?

https://constitutioncenter.org/blog/how-fdr-lost-his-brief-war-on-the-supreme-court-2

 32. DO WE VOTE FOR MEMBERS OF THE U.S. SUPREME COURT?

https://supreme.justia.com/justices/

 33. HOW OLD DO YOU HAVE TO BE TO VOTE IN A FEDERAL ELECTION?

https://www.ncsl.org/elections-and-campaigns/voting-age-for-primary-elections

https://www.vote16usa.org/

 34. NAME TWO RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.

https://www.pbs.org/tpt/constitution-usa-peter-sagal/federalism/enumerated-powers/

 35. NAME THREE RESPONSIBILITIES OF LOCAL AND STATE GOVERNMENTS.

https://billofrightsinstitute.org/essays/state-and-local-government

 36. WHAT'S THE DEADLINE FOR FILING YOUR INCOME TAXES?

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/why-is-tax-day-in-april-180981991/

 37. WHAT IS THE SEPARATION OF CHURCH AND STATE?

https://www.nps.gov/articles/000/church_state_historical.htm

 38. WHO'S THE BOSS IN THE EXECUTIVE BRANCH?

https://www.trumanlibrary.gov/education/three-branches/executive-branch

 39. WHAT DOES CONGRESS DO?

https://www.visitthecapitol.gov/explore/about-congress#:~:text=Congress%20enacts%20laws%20that%20influence,the%20voice%20of%20the%20people.

 40. WHAT ARE THE TWO PARTS OF CONGRESS?

https://www.senate.gov/about/origins-foundations.htm

 41. WHERE DO IDEAS FOR BILLS COME FROM?

https://www.congress.gov/members/find-your-member

 42. HOW MANY VOTING MEMBERS ARE THERE IN THE U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES?

https://history.house.gov/Institution/Apportionment/Determining-Apportionment/


https://ballotpedia.org/United_States_congressional_non-voting_members

 43. WHY DO SOME STATES HAVE MORE MEMBERS OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES THAN OTHERS?

https://www.visitthecapitol.gov/sites/default/files/documents/resources-and-activities/CVC_HS_ActivitySheets_CongApportionment.pdf

 44. HOW MANY U.S. SENATORS ARE THERE IN CONGRESS?

https://www.senate.gov/about/origins-foundations.htm

 45. WE ELECT A U.S. SENATOR FOR HOW MANY YEARS?

https://www.senate.gov/about/origins-foundations.htm

 46. WE ELECT A MEMBER OF THE U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES FOR HOW MANY YEARS?

https://history.house.gov/Institution/Origins-Development/Biennial-Elections/#:~:text=%E2%80%9CThe%20House%20of%20Representatives%20shall,legislative%20business%20in%20the%20House.

 47. EVERY WORKING DAY, MEMBERS OF CONGRESS ARE ALLOWED TO MAKE A ONE MINUTE SPEECH. HOW MANY WORDS CAN BE USED IN THAT SPEECH?

https://www.congressionalinstitute.org/112th-congress-house-floor-procedures-manual/vi-one-minute-speeches/

 48. WHAT'S A HOUSE OR SENATE WHIP?

https://www.chesapeakepress.org/facts-behind-the-fiction/whats-a-whip

 49. WHAT DO THE ETHICS COMMITTEES DO?

https://ethics.house.gov/about-us

 50. WHAT IS A CONGRESSIONAL SUBPOENA?

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/how-do-congressional-subpoenas-work

 51. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, WHAT DOES THE RULES COMMITTEE DO?

https://rules.house.gov/about#:~:text=Because%20of%20the%20vast%20power,the%20Rules%20Committee%20cannot%20do.

 52. WHAT IS A CONGRESSIONAL RECESS?

https://www.chesapeakepress.org/facts-behind-the-fiction/congressional-thanksgiving-2023

 53. MOST MEMBERS OF CONGRESS HAVE THREE PHONES. WHY? AND WHAT ARE THEY USED FOR?

https://www.senate.gov/index.htm

 54. CAN HIGH SCHOOLERS GET THEIR ART HUNG IN THE U.S. CAPITOL?

https://www.house.gov/educators-and-students/congressional-art-competition


https://www.chesapeakepress.org/facts-behind-the-fiction/episode-11-chickcharney

 55. WHAT DO YOU CALL THE PERSON WHO SAYS A PRAYER BEFORE WORK BEGINS IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES?

https://www.chesapeakepress.org/facts-behind-the-fiction/episode-9-the-house-chaplain

 56. WHAT IS STATUARY HALL?

https://www.aoc.gov/explore-capitol-campus/buildings-grounds/capitol-building/house-wing/statuary-hall

 57. WHO PAINTED THE FRESCO CEILING IN THE CAPITOL ROTUNDA?

https://www.aoc.gov/explore-capitol-campus/art/apotheosis-washington

 58. THERE IS A BUST OF A BRITISH PRIME MINISTER IN THE U.S. CAPITOL. WHO IS IT?

https://www.aoc.gov/explore-capitol-campus/art/sir-winston-churchill-bust

 59. WHO IS BURIED IN THE CAPITOL CRYPT?

https://www.aoc.gov/explore-capitol-campus/buildings-grounds/capitol-building/crypt

 60. WHO WAS SUPPOSED TO BE BURIED IN THE CAPITOL CRYPT?

https://www.c-span.org/clip/public-affairs-event/the-capitol-crypt-and-lying-in-state/4986796

 61. THERE ARE LOTS OF DOGS ON CAPITOL HILL. NAME ONE JOB PERFORMED BY THESE CANINES.

https://www.visitthecapitol.gov/visit/accessibility-services#:~:text=Visitors%20with%20Accessibility%20Needs,jackets%20and%20vests%20for%20assistance.

 62. NAME FIVE PRESIDENTS OF THE UNITED STATES.

https://www.whitehousehistory.org/collections/president-biographies

 63. WHO SIGNS BILLS TO BECOME LAWS?

https://www.congress.gov/legislative-process/presidential-action#:~:text=Presidential%20Actions%20(Transcript)&text=If%20the%20bill%20is%20signed,has%20adjourned%20under%20certain%20circumstances

 64. WHO VETOES BILLS?

https://www.archives.gov/files/legislative/resources/education/veto/background.pdf

 65. WHO IS THE COMMANDER IN CHIEF OF THE MILITARY?

https://www.clintonlibrary.gov/education/commander-chief

 66. WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY AND A PRESIDENTIAL CAUCUS?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yn5cama_0lk


https://www.usa.gov/primaries-caucuses

 67. WHAT'S THE PURPOSE OF A NATIONAL POLITICAL CONVENTION?

https://www.jjay.cuny.edu/about/senior-leadership/office-external-affairs/rock-vote/understanding-role-national-conventions

 68. IN WHAT MONTH DO WE VOTE FOR PRESIDENT?

https://america250.org/news/facts-about-the-history-of-election-day/

 69. WE ELECT A PRESIDENT FOR HOW MANY YEARS?

https://www.usa.gov/presidential-election-process

 70. WHY IS THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE IMPORTANT?

https://www.archives.gov/electoral-college/about

 71. WHEN IS INAUGURATION DAY?

https://www.reaganlibrary.gov/constitutional-amendments-amendment-20-date-changes-presidency-congress-and-succession#:~:text=Congress%2C%20and%20Succession%E2%80%9D-,Constitutional%20Amendments%20%E2%80%93%20Amendment%2020%20%E2%80%93%20%E2%80%9CDate%20Changes%20for,Presidency%2C%20Congress%2C%20and%20Succession%E2%80%9D&text=Amendment%20Twenty%20to%20the%20Constitution,March%204%20to%20January%2020

 72. WHAT'S THE PRESIDENT'S CABINET?

https://www.whitehousehistory.org/videos/the-origin-of-the-presidents-cabinet

 73. NAME TWO CABINET JOBS.

https://www.mountvernon.org/library/digitalhistory/digital-encyclopedia/article/cabinet-members

 74. IF THE PRESIDENT CAN NO LONGER SERVE, WHO GETS TO BE PRESIDENT?

https://constitution.congress.gov/constitution/amendment-25/

 75. IF THE PRESIDENT AND VICE PRESIDENT CAN NO LONGER SERVE, WHO BECOMES PRESIDENT?

https://www.usa.gov/presidential-succession

 76. WHAT IS THE STATE OF THE UNION ADDRESS?

https://www.chesapeakepress.org/facts-behind-the-fiction/the-state-of-the-union-address

 77. WHAT IS THE REBUTTAL SPEECH?

https://www.chesapeakepress.org/facts-behind-the-fiction/blog-post-title-four-7lspc-24t3h

 78. WHAT IS A FIRST LADY?

https://www.whitehousehistory.org/collections/first-lady-biographies

 79. NAME THREE FIRST LADIES.

https://www.whitehousehistory.org/collections/first-lady-biographies

80. WHAT'S THE NAME OF THE PRESIDENT'S HOME?

https://www.whitehousehistory.org/questions/how-did-the-white-house-get-its-name

 81. WHERE DOES THE VICE PRESIDENT LIVE?

https://bidenwhitehouse.archives.gov/about-the-white-house/the-grounds/the-vice-presidents-residence-office/

 82. NAME A PRESIDENTIAL PET.

https://kids.nationalgeographic.com/history/article/presidential-pets
https://www.nps.gov/thrb/learn/historyculture/the-roosevelt-pets.htm

 83. WHAT THANKSGIVING TRADITION DOES THE PRESIDENT FOLLOW EVERY YEAR?

https://www.whitehousehistory.org/pardoning-the-thanksgiving-turkey
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R3iO5dPcKbk

 84. NAME THE TWO STATES THAT SURROUND WASHINGTON, D.C.

https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/illustration/washington-dc-metro-area-map-inset-royalty-free-illustration/165759290

 85. WHO GAVE THE UNITED STATES THE STATUE OF LIBERTY?

https://www.statueofliberty.org/statue-of-liberty/overview-history/

 86. BENJAMIN FRANKLIN WAS FAMOUS FOR MORE THAN JUST FLYING A KITE IN A LIGHTNING STORM. NAME ONE OTHER THING HE DID.

https://guides.loc.gov/finding-benjamin-franklin
https://fi.edu/en/science-and-education/benjamin-franklin/faq

 87. WHAT ANIMAL REPRESENTS THE REPUBLICAN PARTY?

https://elections.harpweek.com/1864/cartoon-1864-Medium.asp?UniqueID=4&Year
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C39efddpdJw

 88. WHAT ANIMAL REPRESENTS THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d60G8UMX7Hk

 89. WHAT IS LOBBYING?

https://ballotpedia.org/Lobbying

90. WHAT IS A PASSPORT?

https://www.passportindex.org/passport.php

 91. WHAT IS A VISA?

https://www.diversitytravel.com/resources/blog/what-is-travel-visa/

 92. WHERE IS THE NATIONAL CHRISTMAS TREE?

https://www.thenationaltree.org/

 93. WHERE IS THE U.S. CAPITOL CHRISTMAS TREE?

https://www.uscapitolchristmastree.com/

 94. WHAT'S THE NATIONAL BIRD?

https://www.nationaleaglecenter.org/national-bird-initiative/

 95. BEN FRANKLIN HAD ANOTHER SUGGESTION FOR THE NATIONAL BIRD. WHAT WAS IT?

https://www.nationaleaglecenter.org/national-bird-initiative/

 96. WHAT IS THE NATIONAL MALL?

https://www.nps.gov/nama/learn/historyculture/index.htm

 97. WHERE IS THE STATUE OF LIBERTY?

https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/307/

 98. LOTS OF THINGS IN WASHINGTON D.C. USE SHORTCUTS INSTEAD OF FULL NAMES, LIKE "DOJ" FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE.NAME THREE OF THESE ACRONYMS AND WHAT THEY STAND FOR.

https://www.justice.gov/nsd-ovt/us-government-acronym-list
https://ucsd.libguides.com/govspeak/paged

 99. NAME ONE AMERICAN INDIAN TRIBE IN THE UNITED STATES.

https://www.congress.gov/crs-product/R47414

 100. WHO MUST REGISTER FOR THE DRAFT?

https://www.sss.gov/register/who-needs-to-register/

 101. WHAT'S THE TALLEST BUILDING IN WASHINGTON, D.C.?

https://www.nps.gov/wamo/learn/historyculture/index.htm