Freedom Week and Westward Expansion Review 2025-2026

Which event happened first?

• Declaration of Independence

• United States Constitution

• Bill of Rights

What event happened at the end?

• Declaration of Independence

• United States Constitution

• Bill of Rights

The First Amendment protects your right to freedom of speech, including your right to speak out against the government. True or false

• True

• False

What rights were created to protect the Bill of Rights?

• all rights known to humanity

• inalienable rights

• protection against aliens

• your right to participate in government

Why did the framers of the Constitution include the Separation of Powers in the Constitution?

• so that each member of our government would understand their responsibilities to the people

• to prevent conflicts between the federal government and state governments

• to protect the rights of citizens in the United States

• to prevent any area of government from becoming too powerful

"We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness.--That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed,--That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness."

In which document is the above excerpt found?

• Bill of Rights

• Constitution

• Declaration of Independence

• Articles of Confederation

The idea that the power of government comes from the people is called?

• Limited government

• Popular sovereignty

• Liberty

• Republicanism

How can an amendment be defined?

• a law

• a change to the Constitution

• a change to the Declaration of Independence

• an inalienable right

What was created to encourage settlers to move West?

• Interstate Commerce Act

• Dawes Act

• Manifest Destiny

• Homestead Act

What was the goal of assimilation?

• to force settlers to get along with Native Americans

• to permanently destroy Native American customs

• to force Native Americans to become more like Eastern European Americans

• to encourage Native Americans to move to reservations