The Constitution - ANS-What is the supreme law of the land?
Protects the basic rights of Americans - ANS-What does the Constitution do?
We The People - ANS-What are the first three words of the Constitution?
a change/addition (to the constitution) - ANS-What is an amendment?
The Bill of Rights - ANS-What do we call the first ten amendments to the Constitution?
Speech - ANS-What is one right or freedom from the first amendment?
27 - ANS-How many amendments does the Constitution have?
Declared our Independence - ANS-What did the Declaration of Independence do?
Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness - ANS-What are three rights in the
Declaration of Independence?
you can practice any religion or not practice a religion - ANS-What is freedom of
religion?
Capitalist Economy - ANS-What is the economic system in the U.S?
no one is above the law - ANS-What is rule of law?
congress, legislative, president, executive, the court, or judicial - ANS-Name one branch
or part of government.
Seperation of Powers or Checks and Balances - ANS-What stops one branch of
government from becoming too powerful?
The President - ANS-Who is in charge of the executive branch?
Congress - ANS-Who makes federal laws?
, The Senate and House of Representatives - ANS-What are the two parts of the U.S
congress?
100 - ANS-How many U.S senators are there?
6 - ANS-We elect a U.S. senator for how many years?
Chuck Grassley or Tom Harkin - ANS-Who is one of your states U.S senators?
435 - ANS-The House of Representatives has how many voting members?
2 - ANS-We elect U.S Representatives for how many years?
Bruce Braley, David Loebsack, Leonard Boswell, Thomas Latham, or Steve King -
ANS-Name your U.S Representatives.
All people of the state - ANS-Who does a U.S senator represent?
They have a bigger population - ANS-Why do some states have more representatives
than other states?
4 - ANS-We elect a president for how many years?
November - ANS-What month do we vote for president?
Barack Obama - ANS-What is the President of the United States name now?
Joe Biden - ANS-What is the name of the vice president now?
Vice President - ANS-If the president can no longer serve who becomes president?
Speaker of the House - ANS-If both the president and the vice president can no longer
serve then who becomes president?
the President - ANS-Who is the commander in chief of the military?
the President - ANS-Who signs bills to become the laws?
the President - ANS-Who vetoes bills?