Founding & Constitution
This is the supreme law of the land.
What is the (US) Constitution?
This document declared the American colonies free from British Rule.
What is the Declaration of Independence?
This form of government allows people to elect leaders to represent them.
What is a republic?
What is capitalism?
This branch of government makes laws.
What is the legislative branch?
This phrase begins the U.S. Constitution and shows that the people govern themselves.
What is "We the People"?
This famous phrase lists the rights guaranteed to all people in the Declaration of Independence.
What is "Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness"?
This terms means the people govern themselves.
What is self-government or popular sovereignty?
What is a free market economy.
This branch of government enforces or carries out laws.
What is the executive branch?
This is how changes are made to the Constitutions.
What are through Amendments?
What is the Amendment process?
This key term in Declaration of Independence and Constitution means "freedom."
This is the phrase that means everyone, including leaders, must follow the law.
What is the Rule of Law?
In a free market economy, this controls prices and business activity.
What is supply and demand?
This branch of government interprets the laws.
What is the judicial branch?
The system where government is divided into three branches so no one branch becomes to powerful.
What is the separation of powers?
This key term in the Founding documents means having the same right as everybody else.
What is Equality?
This document lists the basic rights of Americans and people living in the United States.
What is the Bill of Rights?
This is one reason the rule of law is important in a free society.
What is to ensure that everyone, including leaders, obeys the law and no one is above the law.
This system makes sure no branch of government becomes too powerful.
What are checks and balances?
One thing the Constitution does besides form the government.
What is define the powers of government/ define the parts of government/ protect the rights of the people?
What is the Preamble?
These are the basic rights that all people are born with or entitled to, such as life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.
What are Natural rights?
This is the reason there are three branches of government.
What is so one part does not become too powerful.