1. How many states took part in writing the Constitution?

2. In what city did they write it?

3. How many women and how many non-whites were among the delegates?

4. What 3 things did all the delegates have in common?

5. Who was the 1st president of the US?

6. Into what branches does the Constitution divide the government and what branch is the
strongest?

7. What are the first 3 words of the Constitution?

8. What is an amendment?

9. How many amendments have been repealed in the history of the US? Name them.

10. What do we call the first 10 amendments to the Constitution?

11. What is the English for ордер на обыск?

12. How many amendments does the Constitution have?

13. Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?

14. Who is considered the father of American capitalism?

15. Where was Magna Carta written and what for?

16. What stops one branch of government from becoming too powerful?

17. Who is in charge of the executive branch?

18. What are the two parts of the U.S. Congress?

19. How many U.S. Senators are there?

20. How many voting members does the House of Representatives have?

21. What is apportionment?

22. For how many years is a US Representative elected?

23. Why do some states have more Representatives than other states?
24. For how many years is the US President elected?

25. Who was the 1st US President to be elected 3 times? And how many terms did he have
altogether?

26. In what month do the Americans vote for the President (October, September or your
variant)?

27. If you are 36 y.o. can you become the President of the USA?

28. Who was the youngest US President?

29. Who was the oldest one?

30. Tell me about the 1st and only time in the history of America when a person became the
president but wasn’t elected by the voters. How did it happen?

31. Can a person with Canadian citizenship apply for federal jobs? Why? Don’t forget about
the reason concerning taxes.

32. What d’you understand by “resident evil aliens”? Who are these people?

33. What are 2 responsibilities that are only for US citizens (and not for resident aliens)?

34. Give transcription of the word suffrage.

35. Can the Speaker of the House of Representatives become the President?

36. What are the two major political parties in the United States? Tell everything you know
about one of them.

37. Donkey is a symbol of … (what political party?).

38. Elephant is a symbol of … .

39. What is a “red state”?

40. Where was the first capital of America?

41. What does DC in Washington, DC stand for?

42. Who is the highest judge in the US government?

43. How many justices are there on the Supreme Court?

44. How old do citizens have to be to vote for President?
45. Why did colonists come to America? Give at least 5 reasons.
46. How did Columbus call the natives and why?
47. What amendment made slavery illegal?
48. Why did the new Americans fight against the British Empire?
49. Tell me a story about John F. Kennedy, 49 Nobel Prize winners and Jefferson.
50. Whose signature was the 1st, the biggest and the boldest on the Declaration of
Independence?
51. What country had 13 colonies in North America which later became the original 13 states
of the US?
52. Who is the “Father of Our Country”?
53. On what bill is the portrait of G. Washington?
54. What territory did the United States buy from France in 1803 and why did they do that?
55. What does “uncharted land” mean?
56. Name the deadliest war for the US?
57. What led to it?
58. What do you know about Abraham Lincoln?
59. What did Susan B. Anthony do?
60. Write Вудро Вильсон in English.
61. Whose planes attacked Pearl Harbour?
62. Who was Rosa Park? Why was she special?
63. What did Martin Luther King, Jr. do?
64. What are the 2 longest rivers of the USA?
65. The Statue of Liberty was a gift from the government of … (name this country).
66. How many stripes does the US flag have and why?
67. What is the name of the US national anthem?
68. When do they celebrate Independence Day?