- What is the United States Capitol?
Answer :The United States Capitol is the place where Congress meets.
- What is it called if the President refuses to sign a bill into law and returns it to Congress with his objections?
Answer :Veto
- What two oceans border the United States?
Answer :The Atlantic and Pacific Oceans
- What famous American invented the electric light bulb?
Answer :Thomas Edison
- What major river running North to South divides the United States?
Answer :The Mississippi River
- Congress is divided into two parts. What do we call those two parts?
Answer :The House of Representatives and the Senate.
- How do we determine the number of representatives that each state elects to go to the House of Representatives?
Answer :The number is determined by the population of each state.
- Who is Sandra Day O'Connor?
Answer :Sandra Day O'Connor is the first woman judge on the U.S. Supreme Court.
- Who was Christopher Columbus?
Answer :Christopher Columbus discovered America in 1492.
- What were the Articles of Confederation?
Answer :The Articles of Confederation was the first attempt to form a simple government for the colonies.
- How long is the term of office for a judge on the U.S. Supreme Court?
Answer :The term is for life.
- Does the Vice-President have any duties in the Legislative Branch?
Answer :Yes. He presides over the United States Senate. The Vice President has a vote in the Senate if there is a tie.
- What was the Boston Tea Party?
Answer :The colonists were upset over the tax on tea and dumped the tea into the Boston Harbor and soon the Revolutionary War started.
- What are the three most important powers of the United States Congress?
Answer :(1) to make the laws
(2) to declare war and
(3) to admit new states to the Union
- What were the years of the Civil War?
Answer :1861-1865
- In what city was the Declaration of Independence signed?
Answer :In Philadephia, Pennsylvania
