9 Week Civics Test Flashcards
What does the constitution do?
- set up the government
- defines the government
- protects basic rights of Americans
What is the supreme law of the land?
The constitution
The idea of self-government is the first three words of the Constitution. What are these words?
We the people
What is an amendment?
-a change
-an addition
(To the constitution)
What do we call the first ten amendments to the constitution?
The bill of rights
What is five rights or freedom from the first amendment?
- speech
- religion
- assembly
- press
- petition the government
How many amendments does the constitution have?
27
What did the Declaration of Independence do?
- announced our independence
- declared our
What are the rights of the Declaration of Independence?
-life-liberty-pursuit of happiness
What is freedom of religion?
You can practice any religion but you don’t have to
What is the economic system in the United States?
- capitalist government
- market economy
- free market
What is the rule of law?
- everyone must follow the law
- leaders must obey the law
- government must obey the law
- no one is above the law
Name branches of government
-legislative-executive-judicial
What stops one branch of government from becoming too powerful?
- checks and balances
- separation of powers
Who is in charge of executive branch?
The president
Who makes federal law?
- congress
- senate and house
- us or national legislature
What are the two parts of the us congress?
The senate and house(of representatives)
How many us senators are there?
100
We select a us senator for how mant years?
6
Who is are your state’s us senator now?
John Bozeman and mark Pryor
The House of Representatives has how many voting members?
435
Arkansas has 4,we live in the 3rd district
We select a us representatives for how many years?
2
Name your us representative
Steve wallmack
Who does the us senator represent?
All people of the state
Why do some states have more representative than other states?
- states population
- they have more people
- some states have more people
