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Amendments
Core Democratic Values
Constitution
People of the Convention
Branches of the Government
100
How many amendments are there?
27
100

The government and citizens should not lie. 

True or False?

True

100
This document was ratified on September 17, 1787.
the U.S. Constitution
100
This man was the oldest man at the convention...
Benjamin Franklin
100
What are the three branches?
Legislative Executive Judicial
200
The first 10 amendments are called this.
The Bill of Rights
200

Citizens should work together for the good of all. The government should make laws that are good for everyone.

What is this called?

Common good

200
What are the 3 parts of the Constitution?
Preamble, the 7 Articles and the 27 amendments
200
Thought we needed a strong, central government and he fixed the nation's troubled finances...
Alexander Hamilton
200
The job of congress is to...
make laws for our nation.
300

What are 3 of 5 parts of the 1st amendment?

People have freedom of religion, speech, press, assembly and the right to petition the Government.

300

Every citizen of the United States has unalienable rights (rights that cannot be taken away from you).  What are the 3?

Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness.

300
How can the Constitution be changed?
Only by amendments
300

He was the master builder of the constitution and believed the federal government should control trade and protect people's rights...

James Madison

300

The judicial branch is made up of?

Judges

400
The 19th amendment gave women the right to do what?
vote
400

What term is defined as:

A devotion to our country and the core democratic values in word and deed.

Patriotism

400
How long did it take to write the Constitution?
4 months
400
He was the leader of the Constitutional Convention and the first president...
George Washington
400

Who is the leader of the executive branch of government?

The President

500
What did the 13th amendment do?
Made slavery illegal in the United States.
500

The term/phrase that allows no one branch of government to be more powerful than the others.

Checks and Balances

500
The Constitutional Convention took place to write a document to replace which existing document?
The Articles of Confederation
500
Who was called "the wisest man in America"?
Benjamin Franklin
500

Who makes up the Legislative Branch?

Senators & House of Representatives (congressman)