Civics Year End

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

Who is known as the "Father of the Constitution"?

• Patrick Henry

• James Madison

• Alexander Hamilton

• John Adams

• Thomas Jefferson

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

The U.S Constitution divided the government into what three branches of government?

• Judicial, Legislative and Executive
• State, Judicial, and Federal
• Parliament, Legislative, and Judicial
• Democracy, Communism, and Executive

The name given to the House of Representatives and the Senate together.

• Judicial Branch

• Congress

• Executive Branch

• Parliament

The US Constitution contains a preamble and 7 parts that are called ______________.

• branches

• legislatures

• articles

• colonies

What does the name Massachusetts mean in the Algonquian language?

• Large Hill Place
• Wide Bay Place
• Hilly Forest Place
• Sweet Cranberry Place

What are the 3 parts of the Constitution?

• Rights, complaints, signatures

• Preamble, Articles, Amendments

• Articles, signatures, rights