1. What is the supreme law of the land? - answer Constitution
2. What does the Constitution do? - answer. sets up the government . defines the
government . protects basic rights of Americans
The idea of self-government is in the first three words of the Constitution. What are
these words? - answerwe the people
4. What is an amendment? - answera change (to the Constitution)
an addition (to the Constitution)
What do we call the first ten amendments to the Constitution? - answerBill of rights
6. What is one right or freedom from the First Amendment? - answer. speech . religion .
assembly . press . petition the government
7. How many amendments does the Constitution have? - answer27
What did the Declaration of Independence do? - answerannounced our independence
(from Great Britain) . declared our independence (from Great Britain) . said that the
United States is free (from Great Britain)
What are two rights in the Declaration of Independence? - answer. life . liberty . pursuit
of happiness
What is freedom of religion? - answerYou can practice any religion, or not practice a
religion.
What is the economic system in the United States? - answercapitalist economy
market economy
What is the "rule of law"? - answer. Everyone must follow the law. . Leaders must obey
the law. . Government must obey the law. . No one is above the law.
Name one branch or part of the government. - answer▪ Congress
▪ legislative
▪ President
, ▪ executive
▪ the courts
▪ judicial
What stops one branch of government from becoming too powerful? - answerseparation
of powers
checks and balances
Who is in charge of the executive branch? - answer▪ the President
Who makes federal laws? - answerCongress
Senate and House (of Representatives) (U.S. or national) legislature
What are the two parts of the U.S. Congress?* - answerSenate and House of
Representatives
How many U.S. Senators are there? - answer100
We elect a U.S. Senator for how many years? - answer6
Who is one of your state's U.S. Senators now?* - answer
The House of Representatives has how many voting members? - answer435
We elect a U.S. Representative for how many years? - answer2
Name your U.S. Representative. - answer
Who does a U.S. Senator represent? - answerall people of the state
Why do some states have more Representatives than other states? - answer▪ (because
of) the state's population
▪ (because) they have more people
▪ (because) some states have more people
We elect a President for how many years? - answer4
In what month do we vote for President?* - answerNovember
What is the name of the President of the United States now? - answerJoe Biden
What is the name of the Vice President of the United States now? - answerKamala
Harris
If the President can no longer serve, who becomes President? - answerVP
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