What is the supreme law of the land? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅The constitution
What does the Constitution do? - CORRECT 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? -
CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅"We the people..."
What is an amendment? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅- change (to the Constitution)
- an addition (to the Constitution)
What do we call the first ten amendments to the constitution? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅the Bill of
Rights
What is the one right or freedom from the First Amendment? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅- speech
- religion
- assembly
- press
- petition the government
How many amendments does the Constitution have? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅twenty-seven (27)
What did the Declaration of Independence do? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅- 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 Declaration of Independence? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅- life
- liberty
- pursuit of happiness
What is the freedom of religion? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅You can practice any religion, or not
practice a religion
What is the economic system in the United States? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅- capitalist economy
- market economy
What is the "rule of law"? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅- 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 the government - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅- Congress
- legislative
- President
- executive
- the courts
- judicial
What stops one branch of government from becoming too powerful? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅-
checks and balances
- separation of powers
Who is in charge of the executive branch? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅the President
Who makes federal laws? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅- Congress