Principles of American Democracy questions with correct answer 2023/ 2024

Principles of American Democracy questions with correct answer What is the supreme law of the land? - answer the Constitution What does the Constitution do? - answer sets up the government defines the government protects basic rights of Americans The idea of self-government is in the first three words of the Constitution. What are these words? - answer We the People What is an amendment? - answer a change (to the Constitution) an addition (to the Constitution) What do we call the first ten amendments to the Constitution? - answer the Bill of Rights What is one right or freedom from the First Amendment? - answer ▪ speech ▪ religion ▪ assembly ▪ press ▪ petition the government How many amendments does the Constitution have? - answer twenty-seven (27) What did the Declaration of Independence do? - answer ▪ announced our independence (from Great Britain)