Civics Year In Review Megan/King

What does the Constitution do?

• sets up the government

• defines the government

• protects basic rights of Americans

• all of the above

The idea of self-government is in the first three words of the Constitution.  What are these words?

• For general welfare
• Life, Liberty, Happiness
• We the People
• The right to

What do we call the first ten amendments to the Constitution?

• The Bill of Rights
• The First Ten Amendments
• The Rights of the People
• The Amendments of the Constitution

How many amendments does the Constitution have?

• 10
• 12
• 27
• 50

What did the Declaration of Independence do?

• set up the government
• announced our independence
• freed the slaves
• lowered the voting age to 18

What is the "rule of law"?

• No one is above the law
• Leaders and Government must obey the law
• Everyone must follow the law
• All of the above

What is one reason colonists came to America?

• expansion of slavery
• take land from the natives
• religious freedom
• following the king's orders

Which was the group of people that supported the ratification of the new Constitution after the Constitutional Convention?

• Federalists

• Anti-Federalists

• Republicans

• Democrats

What is another meaning for popular sovereignty?

• "Power of the people"
• "Power of the government"
• "Power of the President"
• "Power of the Upper Class"

The Preamble of the U.S. Constitution introduces everything that is to follow in the Constitution's seven articles and twenty-seven amendments.

• True

• False