AMERICAN HERITAGE

CHALLENGE

WHAT IS THE NAME OF OUR

COUNTRY?The United States of America

WHAT ARE THE COLORS OF OUR

COUNTRY’S FLAG?

Red, White, and Blue

WHO IS OUR PRESIDENT

NOW?

President Barack Obama

WHERE DOES THE

PRESIDENT LIVE?

The White House

WHO WAS THE FIRST PRESIDENT

OF THE UNITED STATES?

George Washington

WHAT IS THE LEADER OF OUR

COUNTRY CALLED?

The President of the United

States

HOW MANY STRIPES ARE ON OUR COUNTRY’S

FLAG?

13

WHAT DO THE STRIPES ON OUR FLAG STAND FOR?

The first 13

colonies

WHAT DO THE STARS ON OUR

FLAG STAND FOR?

The 50 states

HOW DO ADULTS CHOOSE THE LEADER

OF THE UNITED STATES?

By voting

HOW OLD DOES A UNITED STATES

CITIZEN NEED TO BE TO VOTE?

18 years old or

older

WHAT IS THE NAME OF OUR

COUNTRY’S RULES AND LAWS?

U.S.

Constitution

HOW MANY STATES WERE THERE WHEN

THE U.S. CONSTITUTION WAS

WRITTEN?

13 states

WHAT ARE THE FIRST THREE

WORDS OF THE U.S. CONSTITUTION?

“We the

people…”

WHAT DO WE CALL THE BEGINNING OR INTRODUCTION TO

THE U.S. CONSTITUTION?

Preamble

WHO LIVED IN AMERICA BEFORE

THE PILGRIMS CAME?

Native

Americans

WHAT COUNTRY DID THE PILGRIMS COME FROM AND WHEN DID

THEY ARRIVE IN AMERICA?

England in

1620

WHAT YEAR DID THE AMERICAN COLONISTS

DECLARE THEIR INDEPENDENCE FROM

ENGLAND?

1776

WHAT WAS THE NAME OF THE WAR THAT MADE AMERICA AN

INDEPENDENT COUNTRY?

Revolutionary War/War of

Independence

WHAT IS THE NAME OF OUR NATIONAL

ANTHEM AND WHO WROTE IT?

“The Star Spangled Banner”

by Francis Scott Key

WHICH PRESIDENT ISSUED THE EMANCIPATION PROCLAMATION THAT LED TO THE FREEING OF

ALL SLAVES?

Abraham Lincoln

WHAT WAS THE NAME OF THE CIVIL RIGHTS LEADER WHO WAS

FAMOUS FOR SAYING “I HAVE A DREAM…”?

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

WHAT DO WE CALL PEOPLE WHO COME

FROM ANOTHER COUNTRY TO LIVE IN

AMERICA?

Immigrants

WHAT MISSION IS CLOSEST TO RIVERSIDE?

Mission San Gabriel

WHAT CITY IS THE COUNTY SEAT OF RIVERSIDE COUNTY WHERE MOST GOVERNMENT

OFFICES ARE LOCATED?

Riverside

WHO WAS THE FIRST EUROPEAN EXPLORER

TO EXPLORE CALIFORNIA?

Juan Cabrillo

IN WHAT YEAR WAS GOLD DISCOVERED

IN CALIFORNIA?

1848

WHAT FAMOUS EXPLORER AND NATURALIST HELPED TO ESTABLISH YOSEMITE AND SEQUOIA NATIONAL PARKS IN CALIFORNIA?

John Muir

WHAT ANIMAL IS ON THE

CALIFORNIA STATE FLAG?

Grizzly Bear

WHAT CITY IS THE CAPITOL OF

CALIFORNIA?

Sacramento

WHO IS THE GOVERNOR OF CALIFORNIA?

Governor Jerry Brown

WHAT ANIMAL IS A SYMBOL OF THE UNITED STATES AND IS ON OUR

NATIONAL EMBLEM?

Bald Eagle

WHAT IS THE CAPITOL OF THE UNITED STATES?

Washington, D.C.

WHO WROTE THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE?

Thomas Jefferson

WHAT ARE THE TWO NATIONAL LAW MAKING GROUPS THAT MAKE UP

THE UNITED STATES CONGRESS?

The Senate and the House of

Representatives

HOW OLD MUST A U.S. CITIZEN BE TO

RUN FOR PRESIDENT?

At least 35 years old

HOW MANY YEARS MAY ONE PERSON BE

ELECTED TO SERVE AS PRESIDENT OF THE

UNITED STATES?

8 years or two terms

WHAT ARE THE THREE BRANCHES OF THE

UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT

CALLED?

Executive, Legislative and

Judicial Branches

WHY ARE THERE 3 BRANCHES OF GOVERNMENT?

To maintain a balance of

power

WHICH BRANCH OF GOVERNMENT

MAKES THE LAWS?

Legislative (Congress)

WHICH BRANCH OF GOVERNMENT IS

RESPONSIBLE FOR CARRYING OUT THE

LAWS?

Executive (President)

WHICH BRANCH OF GOVERNMENT DECIDES IF

THE LAWS ARE LAWFUL ACCORDING TO THE CONSTITUTION?

Judicial (Supreme

Court)

HOW MANY SUPREME COURT

JUSTICES ARE THERE?

9 justices

WHAT ARE THE CHANGES TO THE U.S.

CONSTITUTION CALLED?

Amendments

WHAT ARE THE FIRST TEN AMENDMENTS TO

THE CONSTITUTION CALLED?

Bill of Rights

WHICH AMENDMENT PROTECTS OUR

FREEDOM OF SPEECH?

1st Amendment

WHICH AMENDMENT GUARANTEES WOMEN THE RIGHT TO VOTE AND WHEN WAS IT

PASSED?

19th amendment in

1920

WHO INVENTED THE TELEPHONE AND IN WHAT YEAR WAS IT

INVENTED?

Alexander Graham Bell in

1876

WHO INVENTED THE ELECTRIC

LIGHT AND THE PHONOGRAPH?

Thomas Edison

WHO WAS THE FIRST MAN TO WALK ON THE MOON AND IN WHAT YEAR DID HE DO IT?

Neil Armstrong in 1969