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How many amendments are there?

27

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What are the three branches of government?

Legislative, Executive, and Judicial

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Who was the first president of the US

George Washington

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When was the constitution ratified?

September 17, 1787

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Who said, " Certainly an inventor ought to be allowed a right to be the benefit of his invention for some certain time"

Jefferson

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What are the first 10 amendments called?

The bill of rights

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What makes up the legislative branch?

Senate and House of Representatives

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Who was the oldest man at the constitution convention?

Benjamin Franklin

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What are the 3 parts of the constitution?

The preamble, 7 articles, and the 27 amendments

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Who said, "if the freedom of speech is taken away then dumb and silent we may be led, like sheep to the slaughter"

Washington

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What is the first amendment about?

Freedom of religion, speech, the press, and of assembly and petition.

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Who makes up the executive branch?

The president and cabinet members

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Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?

Thomas Jefferson

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What are the first three words to the preamble?

We the people

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Who said, "The constitution shall never be construed... to prevent the people of the United States who are peaceable citizens from keeping their own arms"

Hamilton

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What did the 13th amendment do?

abolished slavery

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How many senators in the US are there?

100

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Who was the second president of the United States?

John Adams

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How long did it take to write the constitution?

4 months

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Who said, "Liberty may be endangered by the abuse of liberty, but also by the abuse of power"

Madison

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Which amendment states that the people retain rights not enumerated in the constitution? 

9th amendment

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How many US house of representative members are there?

435

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Who wrote the federalist papers?

Alexander Hamilton and James Madison

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The Constitutional Convention took place to write a document to replace which existing document?

The Article of Confederation
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Who said, "Our new Constitution is now established, everything seems to promise it will be durable; but, in this world, nothing is certain except death and taxes"

Franklin