Lesson 16 - Our Role in Government

When the Constitution and BIll of Rights were ratified, this made the US a_____________

• A rockin' federation of states

• A dictatorship

• Constitutional Republic

• A monarchy

The Founding Fathers wanted a system that treated everyone fairly, so they used ____________'s laws as a foundation for their own systems of laws

• France

• California

• Australia

• Great Britain

Democratic responsibilities are ______________

• The chores everyone in their home needs to take part in.

• Duties that citizens are expected to perform, like educating themselves, participating, and working together.

• laws that tell businesses how to do their jobs

• governmental laws that democrats create.

How many amendments does the Constitution have?

• 27

• 45

• 10

• 412

A political party is __________

• A giant party that only politicians may attend

• People who have parties where everyone dresses up as former presidents

• A group who likes to throw parties on the weekends

• a group of people who work together to have political power

interest groups work to change ______

• One type of policy in the country

• People's bad hair styles

• Things that aren't interesting

• The way people behave

Civic values are__________

• values for certain types of Honda vehicles

• values regarding oral hygiene

• the value we place on our belongings

• values that a citizen should have that make a society better

For someone to be patriotic, someone has to have a strong ______

• commitment to sing National Anthem every morning

• love for their country and be willing to support it and defend it.

• body odor

• sense of themselves

The Rules of Civility and Decent Behavior were written by ________

• Thomas Jefferson

• Alexander Hamilton

• Ms. Liz and Ms. Katie

• George Washington

Some ways, according to our text, that people can show civility are by ____________ (choose all that apply)

• being polite

• apologizing for mistakes

• listening to what others have to say

• being respectful