Rights and Responsibilities
This is a change or addition to the Constitution
What is an Amendment?
This branch of Government is separated into two houses. The Senate and the House of Representatives.
What is the Legislative Branch? or What is Congress?
Must be 18 years of age in order to partake in this American right.
What is voting?
This Amendment outlawed the practice of Slavery in the US
What is the 13th Amendment?
It is the first ten Amendments to the United States Constitution.
What are the Bill of Rights?
What is the Constitution?
The President oversees this branch of government
What is the Executive Branch?
This freedom protects the citizens right to worship however they want
What is Freedom of Religion?
This Amendment granted citizenship to all former slaves in the USA
What is the 14th Amendment?
Those elected to this office usually serve no more than two, four year terms in office.
What is the President of the US
This document announces our independence from Great Britain to the rest of the World.
What is the Declaration of Independence?
It is considered to be the highest court in the land
What is the Supreme Court?
This right guarantees a citizens right to keep fire arms (guns)
What is the second Amendment?
This Amendment granted American women the right to vote in federal elections.
What is the 19th Amendment?
Those elected to this office usually serve no more than a two year term of service.
What is a State Representative?
What is the 1st Amendment?
What is the Judicial Branch?
Famous American protest that involved dumping large quantities of Tea into the Boston Harbor.
What is the Boston Tea Party?
This Amendment outlawed the sale, make, and consumption of Alcohol in the USA
What is the 18th Amendment? or What is Prohibition?
Those elected to this office usually serve six year terms of office.
What is a State Senator?
This Amendment grants citizens to right to remain silent and not incriminate oneself.
What is the fifth Amendment?
Each state has only two of these representatives per state
What are Senators?
He was a founding father, an author to the Constitution, and was never US President.
Who is Benjamin Franklin?
This Amendment gave 18 year old citizens the right to vote in federal elections.
What is the 26th Amendment?
He is the President of the USA right now
Who is Joe Biden?