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Citizenship and civics 2023-2024Primavera
What did the Constitution do? - answer established the federal government
How many branches of the federal government did the Constitution establish? -
answer3
Which branch of government was the first established by the Constitution? - answer
legislative
Which democratic ideal does the Constitution firmly protect for citizens? - answer self-
government
Over the years, amendments have been added to the Constitution to deal with what
specific issues?
(Select all that apply.) - answer abolition of slavery
public education
universal suffrage
Interpretation of the US Constitution is no longer challenged in court by anyone. -
answer False
What is the supreme law of the land? - answer the Constitution
What is suffrage? - answer the legal right to vote in government elections
Which of the following does the Constitution do?
(Select all that apply.) - answerprotects the rights of citizens
establishes a system of government
defines the federal government
What is an amendment? - answeran addition to the Constitution
What are the three branches of the federal government?
(Select all that apply.) - answerjudicial
legislative
executive
Who are representatives in American government? - answerelected officials who
represent citizens from their districts in government
,What does it mean to ratify something? - answerofficially approve and implement a
document
What has not changed in the entirety of its life so far? - answerthe main text of the
Constitution
From which country did the United States win its independence in the Revolutionary
War? - answerGreat Britain
Who were the Founding Fathers? - answerXXX patriots who fought in the Revolutionary
War XXX
What is the Bill of Rights? - answerfirst 10 amendments to the Constitution
An addition to the Constitution is called what? - answeramendment
Who was responsible for the Bill of Rights and referred to as the "Father of the
Constitution"? - answerJames Madison
Writing articles under different pen names in late 1787 and most of 1788, Alexander
Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay began building support for the Constitution
and the _[blank]_ understanding of government.
What word best completes the sentence? - answerfederalist
Any amendment to the Constitution must be introduced as _[blank]_ in Congress.
What term best completes the sentence? - answerlegislation
An amendment convention could be called with what portion of the states sending
delegates to debate the need for amending the Constitution? - answertwo-thirds
Proposed amendments must pass through both houses of Congress, undergoing what
processes?
(Select all that apply.) - answervoting
debate
Amendment 26 (XXVI) changed the legal voting age from 21 to what? - answer18
Which amendment recognized women's right to vote? - answerAmendment 19 (XIX)
Amendment 24 (XXIV) declared that it was unconstitutional to make citizens what kind
of tax before being able to vote? - answerpoll tax
,What have amendments done to the Constitution over the centuries? - answerchanged
it
The US Constitution currently has how many amendments? - answer27
What is one of the primary freedoms the First Amendment secures and protects? -
answerspeech
Which Founding Father is considered the "Father of the Constitution" as well as the
creator of the Bill of Rights? - answerJames Madison
How many amendments are included in the Bill of Rights? - answer10
Where can the right for citizens to bear arms be found? - answerBill of Rights
When a document is amended, what happens?
(Select all that apply.) - answerIt is added to.
It is changed.
What have the amendments done for the US Constitution? - answerallowed it to survive
and thrive
What does amending the Constitution provide citizens of the United States?
(Select all that apply.) - answerallows them to participate in government
lets their opinions be known about the government
How are amendments to the US Constitution ratified? - answerby vote
Who actually wrote the Declaration of Independence? - answerThomas Jefferson
Why is Benjamin Franklin important in regard to the Declaration? - answerFranklin
recommended Jefferson to write the Declaration.
In its introduction, the Declaration of Independence states that decisions to dissolve
political bonds should be made quickly and without explanation. - answerFalse
The Declaration states. "A Prince whose character is thus marked by every act which
may define a _[blank]_, is unfit to be the ruler of a free people."
What word completes the quotation? - answertyrant
Who served in the House of Burgesses? - answerThomas Jefferson
In 1754, who proposed a government that would unite the colonies under the British
Crown? - answerBenjamin Franklin
, Which Founding Father is responsible for writing the Declaration of Independence? -
answerThomas Jefferson
Which form of government is ruled by a king, emperor, or other noble? -
answermonarchy
With the Declaration of Independence, the colonies claimed freedom from which nation?
- answerEngland
What is an assembly of elected representatives in the United States referred to as? -
answerCongress
What type of government is characterized by the oppressive rule of a monarch? -
answerdespotism
Which racial practice in America was finally outlawed? - answersegregation
Where is mention found of the rights to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness? -
answerDeclaration of Independence
Who recommended that Thomas Jefferson write the Declaration of independence? -
answerBenjamin Franklin
Which rights does the Declaration of Independence list specifically?
(Select all that apply.) - answerlife
pursuit of happiness
liberty
When was the Declaration of Independence ratified? - answerJuly 2
Which economic practices are combined in the United States?
(Select all that apply.) - answerfree market economy
capitalist economy
What two economic entities does government regulation and oversight seek to protect?
(Select all that apply). - answerconsumers
producers
The national economy in the United States closely aligns with what ideal? - answerthe
democratic principles of the federal government
What is a hybrid? - answercombination that forms a new item
What kind of a government is practiced in the United States? - answerrepresentative
democracy
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