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How many articles are in the US Constitution?
7
How many changes or amendments have been made to the constitution?
27
How many terms can the president serve?
2
Which government leader is the commander in chief of the U.S. military?
The U.S. president
How long is a U.S. president's term of office?
4 years
What are the first 10 amendments to the constitution called?
The Bill of Rights
What is the belief of the Declaration of Independence?
All people are created equal
Which historical document secures the three basic rights of life, liberty, and pursuit of happiness
The Declaration of Independence
Who in the U.S. government has the power to formally declare war?
Congress
Who becomes president of the United States if the president is unable to stay in office?
The vice president
What is the introduction to or beginning of the constitution called?
The Preamble
What is the U.S. Capitol building?
The place in Washington DC, where the U.S. Congress meets.
If neither the president nor the vice president of the U.S. is able to stay in office, who is next in line to become president?
The speaker of the house.
Who elects the president of the U.S.?
The Electoral College
How was the 10th amendment important to all American civil rights?
It freed all slaves and abolished slavery in the U.S.
What did a Emancipation Proclamation do?
Freed slaves in only the southern U.S.
What did the civil rights movement in the United States accomplish?
It led to desegregation of public schools, it led to the civil rights act of 1964, and it led to the desegregation of buses.
The civil rights act of 1964 prohibited discrimination in which places?
Voting places, public facilities, and work places.
What is suffrage?
The right to vote.
Which Founding father was the second president of the U.S.?
John Adams
What are the requirements to be a the President of the U.S.?
He or she must be a natural born citizen of the U.S., he or she must be at least 35 years old, he or she must have lived in the U.S. for at least 14 years.
What is the U.S. Congress?
The legislative branch of the federal government, the U.S. house of the representatives, the U.S. senate.
What do the the Bill of Rights guarantee?
The right to a fair trial, the right to bear arms, and free speech
What is the U.S. Constitution?
A document written by delegates of the constitutional convention, supreme law of the land, bill of rights and other amendments.
Which rights are guaranteed by the first amendment?
The freedom of speech and the press, the freedom of religion and to peaceful assembly, the ability to request change of the government.