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U.S. Government
Its Your Right! (Bill of Rights)
Government Documents
Presidents
Citizenship Test
100
This branch of government enforces the laws of the land.
What is the Executive Branch?
100
This amendment gives us the freedom of speech, press, religion, petition, and assembly.
What is the First Amendment?
100
This document was the first to limit the king's power in England.
What is the Magna Carta?
100
The first president of the United States.
Who is George Washington?
100

How old do you have to be to become president of the United States?

35

200
This person serves as the commander and chief of the Armed Forces, and is the Head of the Executive Branch.
Who is the President of the United States?
200
This amendment gives us the right to bear arms.
What is the second amendment?
200
This document was the first constitution of the U.S. This document was done away with because it did not give enough power to the central Government.
What is the Articles of Confederation?
200
Current president of the United States/
Who is Barack Obama?
200

What stops one branch from becoming too powerful?

Checks and balances 

300
The action of the President when he rejects a bill from congress.
What is veto?
300
This amendment protects us from unreasonable searches and seizures.
What is the fourth amendment?
300
This document was signed declaring our independence from England in 1776.
What is the Declaration of Independence?
300
President who served three full terms in office.
Who is Franklin D. Roosevelt?
300

How many justices are on the Supreme Court?

9

400
The name given to two house legislative body.
What is bicameral?
400
This amendment gives us the right to a trial by jury.
What is the sixth amendment?
400
This document lists the major rights and freedoms of American citizens.
What is the Bill of Rights?
400
President on the five-dollar bill who also signed the Emancipation Proclamation while in office that declared all enslaved African Americans are now free.
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
400

Why did the colonists fight the British?

Taxes/Quartering/Self-Government

500
The rule book for our nation's government.
What is the Constitution of the United States?
500
This amendment protects us from cruel and unusual punishment
What is the eighth amendment?
500
This document was formed by the pilgrims as they landed in the new world.
What is the Mayflower Compact?
500
President during the U.S. attacks on September 11, 2001.
Who is George W. Bush?
500

What are the 2 parts of the United States Congress?

The Senate and House of Representatives