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What is the supreme law of the land?
the Constitution
How many amendments does the Constitution have?
27
What group of people were taken to America and sold as slaves?
Africans
What movements tried to end racial discrimination?
The Civil Rights Movement
What does the Constitution do?
Set up the government.
What is one right or freedom from the First Amendment
Speech
Religion
Assembly
Press
Name the U.S. war between the North and the South.
The Civil War
What did Martin Luther King Jr. do?
Fought for civil rights
What is an amendment?
A change to the Constitution?
What is freedom of religion?
You can practice any religion, or not practice a religion.
Name one problem that led to the Civil War.
Slavery
Name one state that borders Canada.
Idaho
What do we call the first 10 amendments to the Constitution?
The Bill of Rights
What are two rights of everyone living in the United States?
Freedom of Speech
Freedom of Religion
What was one important thing Abraham Lincoln did?
Freed the slaves
What is the capital of the United States?
Washington D.C.
When was the Constitution written?
1787
Name one right only for American citizens.
The right to vote.
What did the Emancipation Proclamation do?
Freed the slaves