Branches
This branch has Congress which includes the Senate and House of Representatives.
What is the Legislative Branch?
This is written document that establishes the structure of the United States government.
What is the Constitution?
What is a Federal system or Federalism?
The Bill of Rights includes how many amendments.
What is the first 10 amendments?
This is the main purpose of the U.S. Constitution.
To give us laws and a government.
The power of printing money and declaring war belongs to
What is the Federal Government?
The right to freedom of speech is included in which amendment.
What is amendment 1?
What does "Separation of Powers" mean in regards to the three branches of government?
What is that each branch has it own job and responsibilities?
"We the People" is in what part of the Constitution.
What is the Preamble?
There power of running schools and conduction elections belongs to
What is the state government?
This is the purpose of the Bill of Rights.
What is to protect our rights/freedoms?
This is how one branch can limit the powers of another branch.
What is checks and balances?
The saying "We the People" means
What that the government gets its power from its citizens because we elect our representatives/leaders?
This system is where citizens elect representatives to be leaders and make decisions on their behalf
What is a representative democracy?
Name any right listed in the Bill of Rights.
What is Amendment 1-10?
This is a change to the Constitution.
Hint: There are 27 changes made to the Constitution.
What is an amendment?
The power of collecting taxes belongs to
What is federal and state government (shared Powers)?
These five freedoms are included in Amendment 1.
What is Freedom of speech, Freedom of religion, Freedom of press, Freedom of assembly, and Freedom of petition?