U.S. Constitution
Declaration of Independence
Bill of Rights
The Branches of Government
200

The Constitution went into effect in this year.

1789

200

The Declaration of Independence was written in this famous city.

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

200

The sixth amendment guarantees the right to this kind of trial.

Trial by jury

200

This branch of government is responsible for writing and passing laws.

The Legislature, or Legislative Branch

400

The Constitution has been amended, or officially changed, this many times.

27

400

The Declaration of Independence lists these three unalienable rights that all men are given by God.

Life

Liberty

The Pursuit of Happiness

400

The fifth amendment prevents this, something that sounds like it might be part of this game.

Double Jeopardy

400

This branch of government is responsible for carrying out the laws created by one of the other two branches.

The Executive Branch

600

The 22nd Amendment limiting elected Presidents to two terms in office, was proposed after this man was elected to his fourth term in office.

Franklin D. Roosevelt

600

One of two men credited with substantial contributions to the Declaration of Independence, after Thomas Jefferson's main writing.

Benjamin Franklin

John Adams

600

The eighth amendment prohibits this kind of punishment for crimes.

Cruel and unusual

600

This branch of government is responsible for interpreting the laws passed by another branch, and settling disputes over how another branch carries out the laws.

The Judicial Branch

800

This is the only amendment to the U.S. Constitution that specifically repeals, or cancels out, a previous amendment.

21st Amendment, which repealed the 18th Amendment

800

John Hancock, the Founding Father with the most famous signature, was from this state.

Massachusetts

800

The tenth amendment says that powers not granted to the national government automatically belong to these groups.

The states or the people

800

There are this many voting representatives in the two houses of the Legislative branch.

535

1000

This state was the first to vote in favor of ratifying the Constitution.

Delaware

1000

This man was the King of England when the Declaration of Independence was written.

George III

1000

This Bill of Rights amendment has never been used as the basis for a Supreme Court case decision.

Third amendment, prohibiting peacetime quartering of soldiers

1000

As of December, 2024, this many individuals have served as President of the United States.

46