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| What does the Red color on a flag represent? |
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| What does the white color on the flag represent? |
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| What does the blue color on the flag represent? |
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| Vigilience, Perseverance, & justice |
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| What does the bald eagle symbolize? |
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| What is the PA state bird? |
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| What is the PA state animal? |
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| What is the PA state dog? |
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| Describe and explain the official seal of the United States? |
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| In the center is the bald eagle. In it's beak it has an inscribed E and it stands for out of many, one which means out of one nation, 13 colonies were made. One claw holds an olive brance and the other holds a bundle of 13 arrows. They stand for the power of peace and war. |
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| Describe and explain the seal of PA. |
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Has 2 faces. Obverse and the reverse. Obverse- The main face. Identical to the coat of arms without the horses. Has a sailing ship (carries state commerce to all parts of the world), Clay red plough (signifies our rich natural resources), and 3 sheaves of wheat (fertile fields). To the left is indian corn and to the right is an olive branch (peace and prosperity). The crest is an eagle.
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| What does the Alamo memorialize? |
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| Most often used as a battle cry |
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| What does the st. luis gateway arch memorialize? |
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| Westward expansion & the lewis & clark exploration |
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| Which 4 presidents are on Mt. Rushmore? |
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| George W. Thomas Jefferson. Theodor Rosevelt. Abraham Lincoln |
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| Why is there a ring around the Washington Monument? |
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| What does the statue of liberty's torch represent? |
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| What does the statue of liberty's crown of spikes represent? |
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| What is the statue of liberty's full name? |
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| Liberty enlightening the world |
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| What is the name of the statue atop the rotunda at the us capitol? |
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| Where does the president live? |
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| What is the building that houses the House of reps and the senate? |
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| in what year did the supreme court finally receive a building in the nations' capitol? What is the motto? |
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| 1790, equal justice under law |
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| Virtue, liberty, and independence |
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| Where is the independence hall? |
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| What 2 important documents were crafted or signed in the independence hall? |
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Decleration of Independence. Articles of confederation. Constitution
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| What is the national flower? |
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| Who is the cartoonis who drew most cartoons of Uncle Sam? |
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| Where is the most famous uncle same appearance? |
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| Where was the original home of the liberty bell? |
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| Where did the liberty bell move to during war time? |
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| Where is the liberty bell today? |
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| In Philly at the Liberty Bell Pavilion |
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| What does the lincoln memorial symbolize? |
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| His belief that all people should be free |
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| How should a flag be hungg on a wall? |
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| When should a flag be displayed? |
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| Describe the position of the flag when flown with other flags |
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| It should be on the right of the line of flags, or it should be in the front & centered. |
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| How should the flag be displayed near a podium? |
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above and behind the speaker, or to the speaker's right as he faces the audience
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| How should you carry the flag? |
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| What is one custom for destroying a torn and tattered American Flag? |
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| By burning it if it can not be displayed anymore and by having a ceremony. |
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