United States Constitution

What are the first 10 amendments called?

• Electoral College
• Congress
• Bill of Rights
• amendment

The three branches of the national government are:

• The House of Representatives, the Supreme Court, the National Archives
• judicial, legislative, executive
• executive, the house, military
• president, cabinet, congress

Which nation colonized what is now called America and ruled for the first 150 years?

• France

• Great Britain

• Spain

• China

Who was the primary author of The Declaration of Independence?

• John Jay

• James Madison

• George Washington

• Thomas Jefferson

This document influenced the writing of the Constitution by having ideas such as, "unalienable rights", that governments get their power from the people, and that government should protect the rights of its citizens.

• Magna Carta

• Declaration of Independence

• Virginia Declaration of Rights

• Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom

When the Constitution was being ratified by the states, some states wanted a written guarantee of peoples' rights. These first ten amendments are known as the:

• Declarations of Rights

• Statement of Rights

• Bill of Rights

• Standards for Peoples' Rights

This document in referred to as the Supreme Law of the Land.

• Declaration of Independence

• The United States Constitution

• Magna Carta

• The Articles of Confederation

Our government balances power through how many branches of government?

• 5

• 13

• 3

• 9

How many branches make up the federal government of United States of America?

• 12

• 7

• 3

• 10

The first _____ Amendments make up the Bill of Rights.

• 14

• 7

• 12

• 10