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- What is the supreme law of the land?
The Constitution
- What does the Constitution do?
Stets up the government
Defines the government
Protects basic rights of Americans
- The idea of self-government is in the forest three words of the Constitution. What are these words?
We the People
- What is an amendment?
A change to the Constitution
An addition to the Constitution
- What do we call the first ten amendments to the Constitution?
The bill of rights
- What is one right or freedom from the first amendment?
Speech
Religion
Assembly
Press
Petition the government
- How many amendment does the constitution have?
27
- What did the Declaration of Independence do?
Announced our independence from Great Britain
Declared our independence from Great Britain
Said that the United States is free from Great Britain
- What are two rights in the Declaration of Independence?
Life
Liberty
Pursuit of happiness
- What is freedom of religion
You can practice any religion, or not practice a religion
- What is the economic system in the United States?
Capitalist economy
Market economy
- What is the “rule of law”?
Everyone must follow the law
Leaders must obey the law
Government must obey the la
No one is above the law
- Name one branch or part of the government
Congress
Legislative
President
Executive
The courts
Judicial
- What stops one branch of government form becoming too powerful?
Checks and balances
Separation of powers
- Who is in charge of the executive branch?
The president
- Who makes federal laws?
Congress
Senate and House of Representatives
U.S or national legislature
- What are the two parts of the U.S congress?
The senate and House of Representatives
- How many U.S senators are there
100
- We elect a U.S senator for how many years?
6 years
- Who is one of your states U.S senators now?
- The House of Representatives has how many voting members?
435
- We elect a U.S representative for how many years ?
2 years
- Name your U.S representative
- Who does a U.S senator represent?
All the people of the state
