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What is the supreme law of the land? - Correct Answers
✅The Constitution
What does the Constitution do? - Correct Answers ✅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 Answers
✅We the people
What is an ammendment? - Correct Answers ✅A change or
addition to the Constitution
What do we call the first ten amendments to the
Constitution? - Correct Answers ✅The Bill of Rights
What is one right or freedom from the First Amendment? -
Correct Answers ✅speech
religion
assembly
press
petition the government
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How many ammendments does the Constitution have? -
Correct Answers ✅twenty-seven (27)
What did the Declaration of Independence do? - Correct
Answers ✅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 Answers ✅life, liberty, and the pursuit of
happiness
What is freedom of religion? - Correct Answers ✅You can
practice any religion, or not practice a religion.
What is the economic system in the United States? - Correct
Answers ✅capitalist economy
market economy
What is the "rule of law"? - Correct Answers ✅Everyone
must follow the law.
Leaders must obey the law.
Government must obey the law.
No one is above the law.
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Name one branch or part of the government. - Correct
Answers ✅Congress
legislative
President
executive
the courts
judicial
What stops one branch of government from becoming too
powerful? - Correct Answers ✅checks and balances
separation of powers
Who is in charge of the executive branch? - Correct
Answers ✅The president
Who makes federal laws? - Correct Answers ✅Congress
Senate and House (of Representatives)
(U.S. or national) legislature
What are the two parts of the U.S. Congress? - Correct
Answers ✅Senate and House of Representatives
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How many U.S. Senators are there? - Correct Answers
✅100
We elect a U.S. Senator for how many years? - Correct
Answers ✅Six (6)
The House of Representatives has how many voting members
- Correct Answers ✅four hundred thirty-five (435)
We elect a U.S. Representative for how many years? -
Correct Answers ✅two
Who does a U.S. Senator represent? - Correct Answers ✅all
people of the state
Why do some states have more Representatives than other
states? - Correct Answers ✅(because of) the state's
population
(because) they have more people
(because) some states have more people
We elect a President for how many years? - Correct
Answers ✅Four (4)