Constitution
The first part of the US Constitution.
What is the Preamble?
The Bill of Rights.
What are the first 10 amendments to the US Constitution?
Two ways to become an American Citizen.
What are born on US soil and parents are US citizens?
The place where the Declaration of Independence was signed.
Where is Philadelphia, PA?
Freedom of religion, speech, the press, the right to assemble and the right to petition.
What is the 1st amendment?
The Articles of Confederation were weakly written.
Why was the US Constitution written?
27
What is the the number of amendments in the US Constitution?
Mandatory responsibilities of a citizen.
What are males must register for the draft when they turn 18, pay taxes, obey the laws, jury duty and serve was a witness if called upon?
The year that the Declaration of Independence was signed.
What is 1776?
A change written in the Constitution?
What is an amendment?
The smaller states threatened to not attend the convention if the larger states were given more than one vote.
Why does each state only have one vote?
Officially approve something by signing or voting for it.
What is ratify?
The President of the United States.
What is the one job you cannot have if you were not born a citizen?
The purpose of the Declaration of Independence.
What is to inform the King of England and the rest of the world that we were no longer under British control?
The body of government that is responsible for amendments to the Constitution.
Who is congress?
Problems with the Articles of Confederation.
What are Congress had no money, the states had more power than the national government, Congress had no power to prevent unfair competition among states and Congress could not make the states live up to trade agreements with other countries?
He was the "Father of the Constitution"?
Who was James Madison?
If you were not born in the US or your parents are not citizens, you are considered this.
What is an alien?
He wrote the Declaration of Independence.
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
6th amendment.
What is the right to a speedy trial, fair trial by impartial jury of the state, the right to be confronted with the witness against him and the right to an attorney?
This was written in Philadelphia, PA in 1787.
What is the US Constitution?
He was elected to preside over the Constitutional Convention in 1787.
Who was George Washington?
Two ways in which citizens play major roles in the US government.
What is vote to elect leaders, pay taxes, obey laws and participate in jury trials?
The four parts of the Declaration of Independence.
What are the preamble(ideas), Natural Rights, Complaints of the Declaration and Resolution of Independence(Conclusion)?
2nd amendment.
What is the right of the people to keep and bear arms?