3 Branches
What are the three branches of government?
What are Legislative, Judicial, and Executive?
The duty of the Executive Branch is to _______ the laws.
What is enforce and carry out?
What is the Constitution?
What is a document written to solve problems that were a weakness of the government?
How many amendments are there in the Bill of Rights?
What is Ten?
Name one person who signed the Constitution.
Who is George Washington?
Who makes up the Legislative Branch?
What are the Senate and the Congress?
Which branch makes sure laws abide by the Constitution?
What is the Judicial Branch?
The Constitution is based on the idea that the authority of the government comes directly from the _______.
What are people?
Name one of the rights of citizens.
What is Freedom of Speech?
Why is it important to follow reasonable laws voluntarily?
What is the common good of all citizens?
What does separation of powers mean?
What is divide the power of government among the branches?
The president has the power to _____ the bill.
What is Veto?
The Constitution provides that we have _______ branches of government.
What is three?
The Bill of Rights is apart of what major historical document?
What is the Constitution?
What is the meaning of the term "common good"?
What is the benefit for everyone?
Who makes up the Executive Branch?
What is the President?
The people who wrote our Constitution believed that our government should have three branches. Why?
What is the power that's separated and no one would have too much power?
Under the Constitution, governing powers are shared between the _______ and the ________.
What are the states and the federal government?
Is the Bill of Rights only limited to those rights listed in the 10 amendments?
What is No?
The US Constitution begins with the words "We the people". Which people does that mean?
What are American citizens?
Who is the Judicial Branch made up of?
What is the Supreme Court?
The duty of the Judicial Branch is to ______ the law.
What is decide?
Why are the Articles of Confederation similar to the Constitution?
What is both provided for the establishment of government?
Why was the Bill of Rights developed?
What is protecting individual rights and freedoms not addressed in the original Constitution?
The Bill of Rights guarantees us "Freedom of Expression". What does that mean?
What is it to communicate your beliefs, ideas, or feelings to others?