Constitution 1
Name 3 branches of the US Federal government.
Constitution, Judges, President
Judicial, Legislature, Cabinet
Judicial, Legislative, Executive
President, Supreme Court, Congress
Legislative, Executive and Judicial
How many delegates attended the Constitutional Convention?
55
Where did the Constitutional Convention meet to develop the new plan for government?
Washington DC
Philadelphia
New York
Philadelphia
Which of the following are in the BILL OF RIGHTS?
Freedom to have a drivers license
Freedom of Religion
The Right to Own a Business
The Right to Own a Firearm
FREEDOM OF RELIGION
THE RIGHT TO OWN A FIREARM
What was the meeting called where delegates met to write the Constitution?
Declaration of Independence
Revolutionary War
Constitutional Convention
Constitutional Convention
Who was the first head of the executive branch after the Constitution was written and established?
Abraham Lincoln George Washington
John Adams Ronald Reagan
George Washington
The United States has what FORM OF GOVERNMENT?
democracy
How many amendments have been added to the Constitution?
27
What are the first 10 AMENDMENTS referred to as?
Bill of Rights
The Constitution was approved ____ years ago.
2, 100, 234
234
Name the two houses of the legislative branch.
Senate and House of Representatives
or
Congress
THE LEGISLATIVE BRANCH PASSES A BILL THEN SENDS IT TO THE PRESIDENT TO SIGN? IF THE PRESIDENT DOESN'T WANT THE BILL TO BECOME A LAW HE WILL _____________ IT.
ratify approve veto amend
VETO
Amendments are _____________ to the Constitution.
changes
It is important for citizens (at the age of 18) to ____
for leaders to represent them and their ideas.
vote
The idea of self-government is in the first three words of the Constitution. What are these words?
We the People. Congress shall make.
We the British. We the Colonists
"We the people"