Column 1
Civic Duty or Civic Responsibility? Obeying Laws
Duty
Civic Duty or Civic Responsibility? Voting
Responsibility
Civic Duty or Civic Responsibility? Paying taxes
Civic Duty or Civic Responsibility? Serving on a Jury
Jury DUTY
Civic Duty or Civic Responsibility? Staying informed on public issues
Responsibility
How many amendments are there in the Bill of Rights
10
The Bill of Rights are the first 10 ___________ to the Constitution
Amendments
What is the most important Civic responsibility?
voting
This reduces the strain on the government to provide social services
Volunteering
Individual Rights is what citizens wanted when they demanded the _________
Bill of Rights
Revising the Articles of Confederation was the original goal of...
The Constitutional Convention
Describe what the New Jersey Plan wanted as far as how many representatives each state would get
An EQUAL amount
This determined how slavery would factor into the amount of representatives each state with slavery would get
The 3/5 Compromise
The branches of government are kept from becoming too powerful by the system of...
checks and balances
Which branch had the power to make treaties with other countries?
Congress/Legislative
This was one of the key things a territory needed to become a state under the NW ordinance
a high enough population
Name all 5 rights in the 1st amendment
Speech, Religion, Assembly, Petition and Press
New Jersey
Why was it important for New York and Virginia to ratify the Constitution
They were the largest states and were influential
Why did the Constitution framers include the ability to add amendments?
So the Constitution could be a LIVING document that changes with the times