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Citizenship North Carolina Questions
with Detailed Verified Answers
Question:(1)
what is the supreme law of the the land?
Ans: The Constitution
Question: (2)
What does the Constitution do?
Ans: • Defines the government
• sets up the government
• protects the basic rights of Americans
Question: (3)
The idea of self-government is in the first three words of the Constitution.
What are these words?
Ans: "We the people"
Question: (4)
What is an amendment?
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Ans: A change (to the constitution)
Question: (5)
What do we call the first ten amendments to the Constitution?
Ans: The Bill of Rights
Question: (6)
What is one right or freedom from the First Amendment?
Ans: • speech
• religion
• press
• assembly
• petition the government
Question: (7)
How many amendments does the Constitution have?
Ans: twenty-seven (27)
Question: (8)
What did the Declaration of Independence do?
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Ans: Announced our independence (from Great Britain)
Question: (9)
What are two rights in the Declaration of Independence?
Ans: • life
• liberty
• pursuit of happiness
Question: (10)
What is freedom of religion?
Ans: you can practice any religion or not practice a religion
Question: (11)
What is the economic system in the United States?
Ans: Capitalist Economy (Market Economy)
Question: (12)
What is the "rule of law"?
Ans: Everyone must follow the law.
Question: (13)
Name one branch or part of the government.
Citizenship North Carolina Questions
with Detailed Verified Answers
Question:(1)
what is the supreme law of the the land?
Ans: The Constitution
Question: (2)
What does the Constitution do?
Ans: • Defines the government
• sets up the government
• protects the basic rights of Americans
Question: (3)
The idea of self-government is in the first three words of the Constitution.
What are these words?
Ans: "We the people"
Question: (4)
What is an amendment?
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Ans: A change (to the constitution)
Question: (5)
What do we call the first ten amendments to the Constitution?
Ans: The Bill of Rights
Question: (6)
What is one right or freedom from the First Amendment?
Ans: • speech
• religion
• press
• assembly
• petition the government
Question: (7)
How many amendments does the Constitution have?
Ans: twenty-seven (27)
Question: (8)
What did the Declaration of Independence do?
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Ans: Announced our independence (from Great Britain)
Question: (9)
What are two rights in the Declaration of Independence?
Ans: • life
• liberty
• pursuit of happiness
Question: (10)
What is freedom of religion?
Ans: you can practice any religion or not practice a religion
Question: (11)
What is the economic system in the United States?
Ans: Capitalist Economy (Market Economy)
Question: (12)
What is the "rule of law"?
Ans: Everyone must follow the law.
Question: (13)
Name one branch or part of the government.