Freedom Week and Westward Expansion Review 2023-24

Which event occurred first?

• Declaration of Independence

• US Constitution

• Bill of Rights

Which event occurred last?

• Declaration of Independence

• US Constitution

• Bill of Rights

The first amendment protects your right to free speech including your right to speak out against the government. True or False

• True

• False

What rights were the Bill of Rights created to protect?

• all rights known to mankind

• unalienable rights

• protection from aliens

• your right to participate in government

Why did the framers (writers) of the Constitution put Separation of Powers in the Constitution?

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

• prevent conflict between the federal government and the state governments

• to protect the rights of the citizens in the US

• to prevent any one area of government from becoming too strong

"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 does the above excerpt come from?

• Bill of Rights

• Constitution

• Declaration of Independence

• Articles of Confederation

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

• Limited Government

• Popular Sovereignty

• Liberty

• Republicanism

Amendment can be defined as?

• a law

• a change to the Constitution

• a change to the Declaration of Independence

• an unalienable 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 the settlers to get along with the Native Americans

• to permanently destroy the Native American customs

• to force the Native Americans to become more like the European Americans in the East

• to encourage the Native Americans to move to reservations