The Constitution of the United States of America, including the Bill of Rights
Amending the Constitution (Federal and State) and Citizenship
Hodgepodge
100
The people are the source of any and all governmental power.
What is
Consent of the Governed?
100
This document guaranteed the rights of Englishmen to the colonists.
What is
The Charters of the Virginia Company of London?
100
This is the structure of the United States government established by the Constitution
What is
Executive, Legislative and Judicial Branches of Government?
100
This is how long you must be a U.S. citizen before naturalization.
What is
* 3 years if you marry a citizen * 5 years
100
These fundamental rights and liberties are guaranteed in the First and Fourteenth Amendments to the Constitution of the United States of America?
What is citizenship?
200
Government is not all-powerful and may do only those things the people have given it the power to do.
What is
Limited Government?
200
This served as a model for the Bill of Rights of the Constitution of the United States of America.
What is
The Virginia Declaration of Rights?
200
This is guaranteed equality under the law with:
What is
majority rule and the rights of the minority protected?
200
This is how many steps are in the naturalization process.
What is
4 steps?
200
These are the duties of citizens
What are
* Obey laws
* Pay taxes
* Serve in the armed forces, if called
* Serve on a jury or as a witness in court, when summoned
* Attend school?
300
The government and those who govern are bound by the law, as are those who are governed.
What is
Rule of law?
300
This document
* stated grievances against the king of Great Britain
* affirmed “certain unalienable rights” (life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness)
*established the idea that all people are equal under the law.
What is
The Declaration of Independence?
300
These are the protected the fundamental freedoms:
What are
freedom of religion, speech, press, assembly, and petition?
300
To date, this is how many amendments there are to the Constitution of the United States.
What is
27 amendments to the Constitution of the United States.
300
This is the basic responsibility of citizenship
What is
to contribute to the common good.
400
In a democratic system of government, the people rule.
What is
Democracy?
400
This document created weak central government (e.g., no power to tax or enforce laws) and led to the writing of the Constitution of the United States of America.
What is
the Articles of Confederation?
400
The Bill of Rights affirms this.
What is individual worth and dignity of all people?
400
This Amendment to the Constitution of the United States of America defines citizenship as follows: “All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and the state wherein they reside.”
What is
The Fourteenth Amendment?
400
This states that
* Everyone must follow the law.
* Leaders must obey the law.
*Government must obey the law.
*No one is above the law.
What is
the “rule of law”?
500
The people elect public officeholders to make laws and conduct government on the people’s behalf.
What is
Representative Government?
500
This document stated freedom of religious beliefs and opinions.
What is
The Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom?
500
These are the 6 Purposes of United States government as stated in the Preamble:
What are
• To form a more perfect union
• To establish justice
• To ensure domestic tranquility
• To provide for the common defense
• To promote the general welfare
• To secure the blessings of liberty?
500
This is how an individual become a citizen?
What is
• By birth
• By naturalization?
500
This document
* sets up the government
* defines the government
* protects basic rights of Americans