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The Constitution
The American Revolution
The Bill of Rights
Amendments
Miscellaneous
100
The beginning of the Constitution.
What is the Preamble?
100
The colonists fought against this country.
What is Great Britain?
100
What are in the Bill of Rights?
What are amendments?
100
This amendment gives Americans the right to bare arms.
What is Amendment 2?
100
There were this many colonies at the start of the American Revolution.
What are thirteen?
200
The function of the Constitution.
What is to govern the United States of America?
200
The colonists wanted to gain this by winning the American Revolution.
What is their independence?
200
There are this many amendments in the Bill of Rights.
What is ten?
200
This amendment gives Americans the right to free speech, freedom of religion, freedom of the press and freedom of assembly.
What is Amendment 1?
200
He was the second president of the United States.
Who is John Adams?
300
These three branches of government are explained in the Constitution.
What are the Executive, Legislative and Judicial Branches of Government?
300
There were this many colonies at the start of the American Revolution.
What is thirteen?
300
The Bill of Rights is attached to the end of this document, also written by James Madison.
What is the Constitution?
300
Amendment 5 gives Americans these rights.
What is not being able to be tried twice for the same crime (double jeopardy) or not being forced to be a witness against yourself in court?
300
America became a country on what date?
What is July 4, 1776?
400
The first three words of the Preamble.
What are "We the People"?
400
This country won the American Revolution and gained their independence.
Who is the United States of America.
400
The amendments in the Bill of Rights give Americans these.
What are rights?
400
This amendment grants Americans the right to not have to keep soldiers at their house.
What is Amendment 3?
400
These are the "fixes" or "add ons" to the Constitution.
What are amendments?
500
This person wrote most of the Constitution.
Who is James Madison?
500
This was the general of the Continental Army, and later the first president of the United States.
Who is George Washington?
500
This was the year the United States began using the Bill of Rights.
What is 1791?
500
The 4th Amendment says that American's are protected from "unreasonable search and seizures." What does "unreasonable search and seizures" mean?
What is "the police can't take anything from you without a search warrant."
500
When the colonists signed the Declaration of Independence, who did they send it to?
Who is the King of England?