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,The idea of self-government is in the first three words of the We the People
Constitution. What are these words?
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 amendments does the Constitution have? twenty-seven
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 -life
Declaration of Independence? -liberty
-pursuit of
happiness
What is freedom of religion? You can practice
any religion, or
not practice a
religion.
What is the economic system -capitalist economy
in the United States? -market economy
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 one branch or part of -Congress
the government. -legislative
-President
-executive
-the courts
-judicial
What stops one branch of -checks and
government from becoming balances
too powerful? -separation
of powers
Who is in charge of the the President
executive branch?
Who makes federal laws? -Congress
-Senate and House
(of Representatives)
-(U.S. or national)
legislature
What are the two parts of the the Senate
U.S. Congress? and House (of
Representatives)
How many U.S. Senators one hundred (100)
are there?
We elect a U.S. Senator for six
how many years?
Who is one of your state's Marco Rubio
U.S. Senators now? Rick Scott
The House of Representatives 435
has how many voting
members?