Branches of Government
Documents
Types of Government
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Constitution and more
100
How many houses of Congress are there? What term do we have for that type of Congress?
What is two, bicameral?
100
Adopted on July 4, 1776

What is Declaration of Independence?

100

Absence of any formal government?

What is anarchy?

100
Name for the first ten amendments to the Constitution.
What is the Bill of Rights?
100
This is the introduction to the Constitution. "We The People"
What is the Preamble?
200
What are the names of the two houses of congress?
What is the house of representatives and the senate?
200

Signed by King John in 1215

What is the Magna Carta?

200

Government controlled by a small group of people

What is oligarchy?

200
How many rights are covered by the first amendment?
What are five rights? (religion, speech, press, assembly, and petititon)
200

Weak National Congress and First government of U.S.

What are Articles of Confederation?

300

Writes Laws

What is the legislative branch?

300

Document that lists the American colonies complaints against King George III

What is the Declaration of Independence?

300

Government ruled by religion

What is theocracy?

300

Which amendment requires police to have a search warrant?

What is the 4th amendment?

300

Goal of the Constitution?

What is promote the general welfare?

400

Article I established which branch of government

What are Legislative? 

400

Author of Declaration of Independence?

Who is Thomas Jefferson?

400

Government ruled by king or queen

What is a monarchy?

400

Case where the court ruled that the First Amendment protects symbolic speech

What is Tinker v. Des Moines?

400

Purpose of Bill of Rights

What is to protect citizens from the government?

500

How old do you have to be to be a Senator?

What is 30?

500

Supreme Law of the Land

What is the Constitution?

500

Representative Democracy

Best described US government

500

Obligation or duty of U.S. Citizens

What is to vote?

500

Constitution became the supreme law of the land when

9 states ratified it?