100 Civics Q & A (2008 version) - American Citizenship part 1

What is the supreme law of the land?

• The constitution

• The Bible

• The declaration of independence

• The social security number

What does the Constitution do?

• Set up the government

• Defines the government

• Protects basic rights of Americans

• A Change to the Constitution

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

• Trust in God

• In God we Trust

• We the people

• The Bill of Rights

What is an amendment?

• A change to the Constitution

• An addition to the Constitution

• It is a represent of the congress

• It is a senate

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

• Freedom

• The Bill of Rights

What is one or two rights or freedom from the First Amendment?

• Speech,

  Religion

• Assembly,

  Press

• Petition the government

• All the previous answers are correct

How many amendments does the Constitution have?

• 21

• 37

• 27

• 9

What did the Declaration of Independence do?

• Announced our independece (from Great Britain)

• Declared our independence (from Great Britain)

• Said that the United States is free (from Great Britain)

• All the answers are correct

What are the three rights in the Declaration of independence?

• Life

  Liberty

  Freedom

• Check

  Balance

  Liberty

• Life

  Liberty

  Pursuit of happiness

• Speech

  Religion

  Expression

What is freedom of religion?

• You have to obey a religion

• You have to be a athist

• You are godless

• You can practice any religion, or not practice a religion