The Constitution
The Amendment's
true or false
The Laws
The colonists
100

How many parts is the Constitution split up in?

three 

100

How many Amendments are there?

27

100

true or false, is lawmaking important?

true 

100

who approves the laws after they go to the Judicial Branch and The Legislative Branch? 

The Executive Branch 

100

who started the Boston Massacre the colonist or soldiers? 

We don't know for sure who because there are two different answers that people think.

200

When was the Constitution approved?

September 17th 1787

200

what is the first amendment? 

Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free

200

True or False, there are only 5 Amendments?

False

200

who helps make the laws?

The three Branches(judicial, Legislative, and Executive.)

200

What was the Boston Tea Party about?

Colonists dressed up as soldiers and poured out all the tea cause of all the taxes they had to pay.

300

who is the founding farther of our constitution 

James Madison, America's fourth President (1809-1817), made a major contribution to the ratification of the Constitution by writing The Federalist Papers, along with Alexander Hamilton and John Jay. In later years, he was referred to as the “Father of the Constitution.”

300

what is the second and third Amendment? 

The Second Amendment is a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed, and the Third Amendment is No Soldier shall, in time of peace be quartered in any house, without the consent of the Owner

300

True or False, The First Amendment guarantees our right to free expression and free association

True

300

who can veto laws?

Executive Branch

300

what year did the colonists declare independence from the British?

1776

400

what is the point in the constitution?

A chief aim of the Constitution as drafted by the Convention was to create a government with enough power to act on a national level, but without so much power that fundamental rights would be at risk.

400

what is the 27th amendment about 

prevents members of Congress from raising their salaries until there has been a new election.

400

True or False, the constitution signed in 1787 contained the Bill of rights? 

False

400

what are five important laws?

Civil Rights Act, Voting Rights Act, Medicare and Medicaid Acts, National Defense Education Act, Economic Recovery Tax Act

400

what were the colonists trying to escape from?

religious convictions

500

whats the names of the three parts the constitution is split up in?

The legislative, the executive, and the judicial.

500

why are there so many amendments?

our constitution is not perfectly drafted

500

True or False, you have to live in America for 14 years to become president?

True

500

How many federal laws are there so far?

more than 30,000

500

what was the Boston massacre about?

Colonists and the British got into a fight wich led to some dyeing. 

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