The _______ is the set of rules for the United States.
What is the constitution.
A _______ is a government where people choose their leaders.
What is Democracy?
What was added to the constitution?
What is the Bill of Rights?
Who is the first president.
Who is George Washington?
Local governments do what?
What is help people in their community?
The government gets it power from who?
What is the people?
In a democracy, how do people choose their leaders and share ideas?
What is voting?
What does the Bill of Rights do?
Protect people's rights and freedoms?
The branch the president leads and they enforce the laws.
What is the Executive Branch?
1. fixes roads
2. builds schools
3. picks up trash
4. keep communities safe
Who is the Founding Fathers?
New Americans preferred a democracy because they did not want a ______________.
What is a king?
The branch that makes laws
What is the Legislative Branch?
Local governments are important because they meet what?
The needs of the people
People want a ___________ in the government.
What is a voice?
The Branch that decides if laws follow the constitution.
What is the Judicial branch.
This person works at the local level of the executive branch?
Who is the mayor?
How did the leaders in the Constitutional Convention keep the meeting a secret?
What is nailing the window shut.