5th Grade Social Studies

The 5 basic rights in the Bill of Rights are: Speech, Religion, Press, Assembly, & the Right to Petition the Government

• True

• False

The U.S. Constitution was WRITTEN in what year?

• 1712

• 1788

• 1787

• 1789

Why was the Bill of Rights created?

Answer explanation

to protect the people from the national government from having too much power

Who was one of the author's of the Declaration of Independence?

• Beyonce

• John Adams

• Abraham Lincoln

• Obama

The [blank] states the principles on which our government, and our identity as Americans, are based.

What day was the Declaration of Independence written?

• September 24th

• March 23rd

• January 1st

• July 4th

Explain the significance of important landmarks, including the White House, the Statue of Liberty, and Mount Rushmore.