What is the supreme law of the land? correct answersthe Constitution
What does the Constitution do? correct answerssets up the government
The idea of self-government is in the first three words of the
Constitution. What are these words? correct answersWe the People
What is an amendment? correct answersa change to the Constitution
What do we call the first ten amendments to the Constitution? correct
answersthe Bill of Rights
What is one right or freedom from the First Amendment?* correct
answersspeech How many amendments does the Constitution have?
correct answerstwenty-seven
What did the Declaration of Independence do? correct
answersdeclared our independence from Great Britain
What are two rights in the Declaration of Independence? correct
answerslife &
liberty
What is freedom of religion? correct answersYou can practice any
religion, or not practice a religion.
What is the economic system in the United States?* correct
answersmarket economy capitalist economy
What is the "rule of law"? correct answersNo one is above the law.
Name one branch or part of the government.* correct answersCongress,
Legislative, Executive
What stops one branch of government from becoming too
powerful? correct answerschecks and balances
Who is in charge of the executive branch? correct answersPresident of
the United States
, Who makes federal laws? correct answersCongress
What are the two parts of the U.S. Congress?* correct answersthe Senate and
House of Representatives
How many U.S. Senators are there? correct answersone
hundred We elect a U.S. Senator for how many years?
correct answerssix
Who is one of your state's U.S. Senators now?* correct answersMark
Kelly, Kyrsten Sinema,
The House of Representatives has how many voting members? correct
answersfour hundred thirty-five
We elect a U.S. Representative for how many years? correct
answerstwo Name your U.S. Representative. correct
answersRuben Gallego
Who does a U.S. Senator represent? correct answersall people
of the state
Why do some states have more Representatives than other
states? correct answersbecause of the state's population
We elect a President for how many years? correct answersfour
In what month do we vote for President?* correct
answersNovember
What is the name of the President of the United States now?*
correct answersJoe Biden
What is the name of the Vice President of the United States
now? correct answersKamala Harris
If the President can no longer serve, who becomes President? correct
answersthe Vice President
If both the President and the Vice President can no longer serve, who
becomes President? correct answersthe Speaker of the House
Who is the Commander in Chief of the military? correct answersthe
President Who signs bills to become laws? correct answersthe
President
Who vetoes bills? correct answersthe President