The Constitution and Declaration of Independance.

Question 1

What is the Preamble?

Answer 1

We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.

Question 2

The Bill of Rights?

Answer 2

The First 10 Amendments.

Question 3

1st Amendment?

Answer 3

Freedom of speech, press, and the right to petition.

Question 4

2nd Amendment?

Answer 4

The right to bear arms.

Question 5

3rd Amendment?

Answer 5

No soldier can enter your house, unless you give consent.

Question 6

4th Amendment?

Answer 6

A persons house/living space can not be searched for unreasonable reasons. This does not apply to if they have reasonable suspicion and have a warrant or your permission.

Question 7

5th Amendment?

Answer 7

The right to remain silent.

Question 8

6th Amendment?

Answer 8

The right to a defendant, trial without unnecasary delay, know who your accusers are and what you are being charged with.

Question 9

7th Amendment?

Answer 9

It protects the right for citizens to have a jury trial in federal courts with civil cases where the claim exceeds a 20 dollars worth of cost. It also prohibits judges in these trials from overruling facts revealed by the jury.

Question 10

8th Amendment?

Answer 10

Prevents people from getting cruel and unusual punishments, and excessive fines.

Question 11

9th Amendment?

Answer 11

Even though some rights are not listed within the constitution, they still exist.

Question 12

10th Amendment?

Answer 12

Any power not mentioned in the constitution for the whole country, is up to the states, and the people to decide.

Question 13

What amendments affect voting rights?

Answer 13

15th, 19th, 24th, and 26th.

Question 14

What does the 15th Amendment do?

Answer 14

Gave Africans the right to vote.

Question 15

What does the 19th Amendment do?

Answer 15

Gave women the right to vote.

Question 16

What does the 24th Amendment do?

Answer 16

Eliminated poll taxes that some states used to keep Africans from voting.

Question 17

What does the 26th Amendment do?

Answer 17

Lowered required voting age to 18.

Question 18

Who was the Primary author of the constitution?

Answer 18

James Madison

Question 19

When was the constitution written, ratified, then in operation?

Answer 19

1787, 1788, and 1789.

Question 20

What does the Judicial Branch do?

Answer 20

Interperets the law, and punishes those found guilty of breaking the law.

Question 21

What does the Legislative Branch do?

Answer 21

Makes all laws, declares war, regulates interstate and foreign interactions and controls taxing and spending policies.

Question 22

What does the Executive Branch do?

Answer 22

The executive branch carries out and enforces laws. It includes the president, vice president, the Cabinet, executive departments, independent agencies, and other boards, commissions, and committees.

Question 23

Who wrote the Declaration of Independance?

Answer 23

Thomas Jeffreson.

Question 24

Who was the Declaration of Independance’s primary signer?

Answer 24

John Hancock.

Question 25

What is Article I of the constitution about?

Answer 25

The Legislative Branch.

Question 26

What is Article II of the constitution about?

Answer 26

The Executive Branch.

Question 27

What is Article III of the constitution about?

Answer 27

The Judicial Branch.

Question 28

What is Article IV of the constitution about?

Answer 28

If a crime is commited in a state and someone moves to a state without that law, the state must punish them like the original state would. It also mentions that the whole country will give each state its own republic government, and protect it from invasion. It also mentions new states can be added to this union with certain restrictions.

Question 29

What is Article V of the constitution about?

Answer 29

Amendments can be made to the Constitution if 2/3 of both houses of congress deem it necasary.

Question 30

What is Article VI of the constitution about?

Answer 30

Relationships between the states and the Federation. If state law is conflicting federal law, federal law must be applied.

Question 31

What is Article VII of the constitution about?

Answer 31

When the constitution is ratified, it will be law.

Question 32

When was the Declaration of Independance adopted, and when was it signed?

Answer 32

July 4th, 1776
August 2nd, 1776

Question 33

What is the national anthem?

Answer 33

The star spangled banner,
O say can you see, by the dawn’s early light,
What so proudly we hail’d at the twilight’s last gleaming,
Whose broad stripes and bright stars through the perilous fight
O’er the ramparts we watch’d were so gallantly streaming?
And the rocket’s red glare, the bombs bursting in air,
Gave proof through the night that our flag was still there,
O say does that star-spangled banner yet wave
O’er the land of the free and the home of the brave?