Civics assignment 9/17 to 18/12

1. an American federal observance that recognizes the adoption of the United states Constitution and those who have become U.S. citizens. It is observed on September 17, the day the U.S.Constitutional Conversion signed the Constitution in 1787.

2.http://www.800citizen.org/us_citizenship_test/citizenship_practice_test/

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http://www.freecitizenshiptest.org/U.S.%20Citizenship%20Practice%20Test%20-%20Quizmaker%20output/quiz.html

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http://www.uscis.gov/portal/site/uscis/menuitem.d72b75bdf98917853423754f526e0aa0/?vgnextoid=afd6618bfe12f210VgnVCM100000082ca60aRCRD&vgnextchannel=afd6618bfe12f210VgnVCM100000082ca60aRCRD&print=0

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http://www.history.com/interactives/citizenship-quiz

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Clue:

This delegate took notes at the
Philadelphia Convention.

Name: James Maddison

State: Virgina

Age/Year of Birth: (1751-1836)

Two Additional Clues:the Father of the Constitution;served as secretary of state

Clue:
He was the chairman of the Committee
on Style.

Name: William Samuel Johnson

State: Conneticut

Age/Year of Birth: (1727-1819)

Two Additional Clues: He graduated from Yale and became a lawyer

Decided that his role should be one of peacemaker

Clue:

He studied law in Philadelphia.

Name: Jared Ingersoll

State: Penslyvania

Age/Year of Birth: (1749-1822)

Two Additional Clues:He once ran for vice president, but lost; argued several important cases before the Supreme Court.

Clue:
He was a roommate of James Madison
at the College of New Jersey.

Name: Gunning Bedford, Jr.

State: Deleware

Age/Year of Birth:(1747-1812)

Two Additional Clues:spent many years as a federal district judge; a member of the committee that drafted the Great Compromise

Clue:

He served as the first postmaster general

of Wilmington.

Name: Jacob Broom

State: Delaware

Age/Year of Birth: (1752-1810)

Two Additional Clues:The son of a blacksmith and farmer; was born in Delaware in 1752

Clue:

He voted against independence and did not

sign the Declaration of Independence.

Name: John Dickinson

State: Delaware

Age/Year of Birth:(1732-1808)

Two Additional Clues:He spent his later years writing about politics; had the reputation of a scholar and was highly respected

Clue:

During the Revolution he served as a

lieutenant colonel in the dragoons.

Name: William Few

State: Georgia

Age/Year of Birth:(1748-1828)

Two Additional Clues: his brother was hanged, the family farm was destroyed, and the family had to flee to Georgia; Few served in the Georgia state legislature and the Continental Congress.(people might not think his name is Few)

Clue:

He studied in Flanders, Belgium.

Name:Daniel Carroll

State:Maryland

Age/Year of Birth:(1730-1796)

Two Additional Clues:was one of only two Roman Catholics to sign the Constitution:

He was a member of a prominent Maryland family.

Clue:

He died three years after the convention.

Name: Daniel of St. Thomas Jenifer

State: Maryland

Age/Year of Birth:(1723-1790)

Two Additional Clues:As an adult, he owned a large estate near Annapolis; favored a stronger national government.

Clue:

He was called away from the convention

due to family illness.

Name: James McHenry

State: Maryland

Age/Year of Birth: (1753-1816)

Two Additional Clues: served in the Continental Congress; In 1781 he left the military to join the Maryland Senate.

Clue:

After Shays’ Rebellion, he spoke out

against giving the common people too

much power.

Name: Samuel Adams

State: Massachusetts

Age/Year of Birth:(1722-1803)

Two Additional Clues: Son of a brewer; helped guide congress to passing the Declaration of independance

 

Clue:

He was arrested by the British for

treason, rescued by a group of patriots.

Name:Haym Solomon

State:Leszno,Poland

Age/Year of Birth:Jan/6/1785

Two Additional Clues:A broker, Finnancier of the American Revolution.

Clue:

He served as a missionary among the

Mohawk Indians as a teen.

Name:William Livingston

State:Albany, New york

Age/Year of Birth:August/31/1776

Two Additional Clues:1st Governor of New Jersey, was enrolled at Yale University.

Clue:

During the Revolution he served as

secretary and aide to General

Washington.

Name:Joseph Reed

State:Trenton, New Jersey

Age/Year of Birth:December/1/1778

Two Additional Clues:3rd Prsident of Pennsylvania, has a spouse named Esther de berdt

Clue:

He was tried and acquitted of the charge

of cowardice after the Battle of

Germantown.

Name:Alexander Martin

State:Hunterdon County, New Jersey

Age/Year of Birth:1740-1807

Two Additional Clues:4th & 7th Governor of North Carolina, in 1774 was elected to the Assembly in north carolina.

Clue:

He was expelled from the Quaker church

for his military service.

Name:Thomas Mifflin

State:Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Age/Year of Birth:Jan/10/1744-(died)Jan/20/1800

Two Additional Clues:A spouse named Sarah Morris, religion of Lutheran