The first 10 amendments to the United States Constitution.
What is the Bill of Rights?
100
Three rights that the Declaration says cannot be taken away.
What is life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness?
100
Its main job is to make the laws.
What is the Legislative Branch?
100
The head of the executive branch at the local level of government.
What is the mayor?
100
Its major weakness was that the state powers were too strong.
What is the Articles of Confederation?
200
The father of the Constitution.
Who is James Madison?
200
The main writer of the Declaration of Independence.
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
200
This branch can decide whether a law is unconstitutional.
What is the Judicial Branch?
200
The head of the executive branch at the national/federal level of government.
What is the president?
200
Means that which is best for the largest number of people.
What is common good?
300
A change to the Constitution.
What is an amendment?
300
The date the Declaration of Independence was signed.
What is July 4, 1776?
300
This branch of government carries out and enforces the laws.
What is the executive branch?
300
The head of the executive branch at the state level of government.
What is the governor?
300
Peace at home.
What is domestic tranquility?
400
It tells why the Constitution was written.
What is the Preamble?
400
The first word in the Declaration of Independence
What is "when?"
400
The Senate and the House of Representatives
What is Congress?
400
This level of government ratifies, or agrees to, amendments, manages public health and safety, and develops educational systems.
What is the state level of government?
400
Where people elect members of government to represent them and help make laws.
What is a republican government?
500
There are seven of these and they are the foundation for how the United States government is organized.
They explain how the federal government interacts with the citizens, states, and people of the country.
What are the Articles of the Constitution?
500
The place in Washington, DC where the Declaration of Independence is kept.
What is the National Archives?
500
The head of the Judicial branch at the national level.
What is the U.S. Supreme Court?
500
Level or levels of government that have 3 branches: legislative, executive and judicial.
What is the national, state, and local levels of government?
500
The system put in place by the framers of the Constitution, which made sure no one branch of the government would become too strong.