Amendments
Core Democratic Values
Constitution
Constitutional Convention
Branches of the Government
100
How many amendments are there?
27
100
The government and citizens should not lie.
Truth
100
What are the first 3 words in the Preamble?
"We the people..."
100
He was the leader of the Constitutional Convention and the first president...
George Washington
100
What are the three branches of Government?
Legislative Executive Judicial
200
The first 10 amendments are called this.
The Bill of Rights
200
Citizens should work together for the good of all. The government should make laws that are good for everyone.
Common good
200
What are the 3 parts of the Constitution?
Preamble, the 7 Articles and the 27 amendments
200

The combining of The New Jersey Act & The Virginia Plan  helped the writers of the Constitution decide that the government would have a two-house legislature. What is another word for this?

The Great Compromise

200
The job of congress is to...
make laws for our nation.
300
Name 3 freedoms protected in the 1st amendment?
People have freedom of religion, speech, press, assembly and the right to petition the Government.
300
Each citizen has the right to the protection of their life.
Life
300
How can the Constitution be changed?
Only by amendments
300
He was the master builder of the constitution and believed the federal government should control trade and protect people's rights...
James Madison
300
Members of the House of Representatives are elected to terms of how many years?
2 years
400
The 19th amendment gave women the right to do what?
vote
400
A devotion to our country and the core democratic values in word and deed.
Patriotism
400
This Constitution was ratified on September 17, of what year?
1787
400
At the Constitutional Convention, the Constitution was written to replace which existing document?
The Articles of Confederation
400

How does the government remove a president from office?

Impeach 

500
What did the 13th amendment do?
Made slavery illegal in the United States.
500
Name the first three Core Democratic Values.
Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness
500

This opening statement that reads as follows: We the People of the United States , in Order to form a more Perfect Union, establish Justice, Insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common Defense, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America is called the what?

The Preamble of The Constitution of the United States

500

Thought we needed a strong, central government and he fixed the nation's troubled finances…

Alexander Hamilton

500

How are the members of the House of Representatives & Senate selected?

The House of Representatives are chosen by the population of each state and each state gets two representatives in the Senate

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