PACKAGE ACTUAL QUESTIONS ANSWERS
VERIFIED A+
◉ What does the Constitution do? Answer: sets up the government
defines the Government
protects the 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: change or 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
press
assembly
petition
, ◉ How many amendments does the Constitution have? Answer: 27
◉ What did the Declaration of Independence do? Answer: announced
our independence
declared our independence
said the US is free
(from Great Britain)
◉ What are two rights in the Declaration of Independence? Answer: life
liberty
pursuit of happiness
◉ What is the economic system in the United States? Answer: capitalist
economy
(capitalism)
◉ What is the "rule of law"? Answer: Everyone must follow the law.
▪ Leaders must obey the law.
▪ Government must obey the law.
▪ No one is above the law.