The Presidency
What stops one branch of government from becoming too powerful?
Separation of powers
Checks and balances
What is the supreme law of the land?
What is the Constitution?
What is one right in the First Amendment?
Freedom of Speech
Freedom of Religion
Freedom of Petition
Freedom of Assembly
Freedom of Press
How can a person become a US citizen?
• By birth (14th Amendment) • Naturalize
This branch of the government enforces the laws.
What is the executive branch?
What is state?
What does the Constitution do?
What is set up the government?
Protect basic rights of Americans
Defines the government
How many Amendments in the Constitution?
27
What war did the Americans fight to win independence from Great Britain?
Revolutionary War, American Revolution
This former president is considered the Father of the Constitution.
Who is James Madison?
Under our Constitution, some powers belong to the federal government and some belongs to the state. Which amendment states this?
What is the 10th Amendment?
The US Constitution starts with the words "We the People." What does "We the people mean?"
self-government (people should govern themselves)
What is one way Americans can serve their country?
What is vote, pay taxes, obey the laws
Benjamin Franklin is famous for many things. Name one.
Inventor, diplomat, helped write the Declaration of Independence, first post master general, founded first public libary
Who makes federal laws?
What is Congress (the Senate and the House of Representatives)
What is an amendment?
What is a change or addition to the Constitution?
The words life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness are in what founding document?
What are two parts of the U.S. Congress?
Senate and the House of Representatives
This is the age when a person becomes eligible to run for president.
What is 35?
The number of justices on the Supreme Court.
What is 9?
What are the first 10 amendments?
What are the Bill of Rights?
What is the economic system in the United States?
What is capitalist economy?
What is a market economy?
What is the purpose of the 10th Amendment?
(It states that the) powers not given to the federal government belong to the states or to the people.