1.A. PRINCIPLES OF AMERICAN DEMOCRACY

Question 1

What is the supreme law of the land?

Answer 1

The Constitution. ✨

Question 2

What does the Constitution do?

Answer 2

The Constitution:
● sets up the government.
● defines the government.
● protects basic rights of Americans.

Question 3

The idea of self-government is in the first three words of the Constitution. What are these words?

Answer 3

We the People

Question 4

What is an amendment?

Answer 4

An amendment is:
● a change (to the Constitution).
● an addition (to the Constitution).

Question 5

What do we call the first ten (10) amendments to the Constitution?

Answer 5

The Bill of Rights

Question 6

What is one right or freedom from the First Amendment?

Answer 6

▪ Press 📰
▪ Assembly 👥
▪ Petition the Government 🖋️
▪ Religion 🙏🏽
▪ Speech 🗣️

Tip: PAPRS (sounds like “papers,” which can represent documents or rights)

Question 7

How many amendments does the Constitution have?

Answer 7

Twenty-seven (27)

Question 8

What did the Declaration of Independence do?

Answer 8

The Declaration of Independence:
● announced our independence (from Great Britain).
● declared our independence (from Great Britain).
● said that the United States is free (from Great Britain).

Question 9

What are two rights in the Declaration of Independence?

Answer 9

● Life
● Liberty
● Pursuit of Happines

Tip: L-L-PH

Question 10

What is freedom of religion?

Answer 10

You can:
● practice any religion, or
● not practice a religion

Question 11

What is the economic system in the United States?

Answer 11

● Capitalist Economy
● Market Economy

Question 12

What is the “rule of law”?

Answer 12

● Everyone must follow the law.
● Leaders must obey the law.
● Government must obey the law.
● No one is above the law.