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What is the Supreme Law of the Land? |
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What does the Constitution do? |
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Set up and define the government and protect the basic rights of Americans |
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The idea of self-government is in the first three words of the Constitution. What are these words? |
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A change or addition to the Constitution |
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What do we call the first ten commandments to the Constitution? |
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How many amendments does the Constitution have? |
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What did the Declaration of Independence do? |
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Declared our independence from Great Britain |
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What are the rights or freedoms from the First Amendment? |
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Speech
Religion
Assembly
Press
Petition the government |
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What are the rights declared in the Declaration of Independence? |
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Life
Liberty
Pursuit of happiness |
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What is freedom of religion? |
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A person can practice any religion or no religion
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What is the economic system in the United States? |
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A capitalist or market economy |
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The idea that everyone, including leaders, must obey the law |
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Name the 3 branches of government. |
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Legislative
Executive
Judicial |
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What stops one branch from becoming too powerful? |
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Who is in charge of the executive branch? |
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What are the two parts of the government? |
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The Senate
The House of Representatives |
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How many US Senators are there? |
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We elect a US Senator for how may years? |
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Who is one of your US Senators now? |
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The House of Representative has how many voting members? |
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We elect a US Representative for how many years? |
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Why do some states have more House of Representatives than others? |
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Because some state have more people than others |
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We elect a President for how many years? |
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In what month do we vote for President? |
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What is the name of our current President? |
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What is the name of our current Vice-President?
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If the President can no longer serve, who takes over? |
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If the President and Vice-president can no longer serve, who steps in? |
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Who is commander in chief of the military? |
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Who signs bills to become laws? |
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What does the President's cabinet do? |
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What are 2 cabinet level positions? |
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Secretary of Education
Attorney General |
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What does the judicial branch do? |
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Review laws
Resolve disputes
Decide if the law goes against the constitution |
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What is the highest court in the United States? |
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How many justices are on the Supreme Court? |
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Who is the chief justice of the United States right now? |
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Under our Constitution, some powers belong to the federal government. Name one. |
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to print money
to declare war
to create an army
to make treaties |
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Name one power that belongs to the states. |
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to provide schooling and an education
to provide safety and protection
to give a drivers license
to approve zoning and land use |
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Who is the governor of your state now? |
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What is the capital of your state? |
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What is the political party of the current President?
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What is the name of the current Speaker of the House? |
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