Holiday Facts and Fun: Constitution Day

What is a constitution?

• A document that contains the most important rules for an organization.

• A document that contains the least least important rules for an organization

The three parts of a constitution are the

• rules, articles, and preamble

• preamble, amendments and rules

• articles, preamble and amendments

True or False

The "Mayflower Compact" was the first example of a constitution for a government.

• True

• False

Before the Constitution was written, the primary law of the United States was the

• Articles of Confederation

• Articles of the United States

• Newspaper Articles

Which person was not at the Constitutional Convention?

• James Madison

• Abraham Lincoln

• George Washington

Name five freedoms of the Bill of Rights

• freedom of speech, freedom of religion, freedom of the press, freedom of the assembly, right to a trial by jury

• freedom of speech, freedom of religion, freedom of not going to to college

• freedom of speech, freedom or religion, freedom of not going to college, freedom of cell phone use, the right to own a gun

The three branches of the U.S. government are the

• executive, judicial, legislative

• executive, social, legislative

• social, legislative, judicial

When is Constitution day celebrated?

• September 7th every other year

• September 17th, every year

• September 27th every five years

"Constitution Town" is ___________________, Ohio.

• Akron

• Chicago

• Washington DC

• Louisville

True or False

The National Constitution Center is located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

• True

• False