3 Branches
Who is the head of the Executive branch?
Who is the President.
The first 10 Amendments in the Constitution are known as this.
What is the Bill of Rights.
When you turn 18, you must do this before you can vote in elections.
What is register.
Our 1st Amendment right to assemble, or gather in groups, is also known as this.
What is Protest.
This is the main role of the Judicial Branch.
What is interpret the meaning of laws.
This Constitutional Amendment gives us our rights of religion, assembly, petition, press, and speech (RAPPRS).
What is the 1st Amendment.
This is the process that citizens of foreign countries must go through to become U.S. citizens.
What is Naturalization.
This system of government allows citizens to vote for their representatives, and have individual rights and freedoms.
What is Democracy
Congress is split into these two parts.
What are the House of Representatives and Senate.
This fundamental principle of the U.S. Constitution states that no one, not even a king, is above the law.
What is Rule of Law.
This Constitutional Amendment addresses citizenship in the United States.
What is the 14th Amendment.
This early U.S. document failed because it gave too much power to individual states, leaving the federal government unable to raise taxes or enforce laws.
What is the Articles of Confederation.
This system breaks the government into 3 separate branches.
What is Separation of Powers.
According to the __________, the purpose of the U.S. Constitution is to form a more perfect union, establish justice, ensure domestic tranquility, provide for the common defense and general welfare, and secure the blessings of liberty.
Hint: We annotated it as a class!
What is the Preamble.
This action is both one of our most important rights as U.S. Citizens, and also one of our most important duties.
What is voting.
A states congressional representation also determines their ____________ ________ when it comes to presidential elections.
What is electoral votes.
This is how all 3 branches of government work together to keep one single branch from becoming too powerful.
What is Checks and Balances.
This constitutional principle states that the government ultimately gets it power from the permission of the people.
This constitutional principle states that the people have the power to choose who will represent them in the government.
What is consent of the governed and representative government.
These are all all 3 ways to become a United States citizen.
What is naturalization, being born on U.S. soil, or having American parents.
This is something that both the Republican and Democrat political parties do.
What is influence laws and public policies.