U.S. CONSTITUTION
The Constitution
What is the supreme law of the land?
Checks and balances
What stops one branch of government from becoming to powerful?
Between the age of eighteen and twenty-six.
When must all men must register for Selective Service?
Name the two longest rivers in the United States.
What is the Missouri River and Mississippi Rivers
Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland.
What are three of the thirteen original states.
Petition the government
What is one right or freedom from the First Amendment?
Approve zoning and land use
What is one power of the state?
Serve on a jury and vote in a federal election.
What are two responsibilities that are for United States citizens?*
Name the three states that border Canada.
What are the states of Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont.
July 4, 1776
When was the Declaration of Independence written?
We the people
What are the first three words of the Constitution?
Congress
Who makes federal laws?
The United States and the flag.
What do we show loyalty to when we say the Pledge of Allegiance?
Name the five of the U.S. territories.
What are Puerto Rico, U.S. Virgin Islands, American Samoa, Northern Mariana Islands and Guam.
Because they didn't have self government.
Why did the colonists fight the British?
A change or addition to the Constitution.
What is an amendment?
All the people of the state
Who does a U.S. Senator represent?
Defend the Constitution and the laws of the United States.
What is a promise you make when you become a United States citizen?
Because each star represents a state.
Why does the flag have fifty stars?
The Founding Fathers wrote the Constitution.
What happened at the Constitutional Convention
The Bill of Rights
What are the first ten amendments to the Constitution?
Because of the state's population
Why do some state's have more Representatives than other states?
Vote, join a political party and give an elected official your opinion on an issue.
What are some ways in which Americans can participate in their democracy
New York (Harbor)
Liberty Island
Where is the Statue of Liberty?
Oldest member of the Constitutional Convention.
What is one thing Benjamin Franklin is famous for?