The Constitution & Bill of Rights

What is an amendment?(Choose all that are correct.)

• when two people agree on the constitution

• a change to the consititution

• an addition to the constitution

• a debate about the constitution

Which of the following are rights or freedoms found in the First Amendment? (Choose all that are correct)

• Speech

• Religion

• Assembly

• Petition the government

To me the most important freedom in the First amendment is ( speech, religion, assembly, press or petition the government)

The Declaration of Independence argued that:

• Nations cannot be divided and a people must never secede from their mother nation.

• People should revolt when they suffer deep injustices.

• The British government was to blame for the evils experienced by the colonists.

• Revolution is justifiable whenever people become angry with their government for any reason.

The basic written set of rules of government in the US.

• constitution

• law

• bill of rights

• ballot

The right to choose in an election.

• vote

• law

• democracy

• government

Which excerpt from the Declaration of Independence describes the Enlightenment idea of natural rights?

• "... all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with ... Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness."

• "He has dissolved Representative Houses repeatedly, for opposing with manly firmness his invasions on the rights of people."

• "We have appealed to their native justice and magnanimity, and have conjured the by the ties of our common kindred to disavow these usurpations ..."

• "... whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute a new Government ..."

According to the Declaration of Independence, where does government get its power?

• From the Unite States Constitution

• From elected representatives

• From the consent of the governed (the people)

• From the military leaders

... that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain ___?___

• Unalienable rights

• Equalities of opportunity

• Repeated injuries and abuses

• Duties and responsibilities

This document created our current government and set up a system of checks and balances

• Constitution

• Declaration of Independence

• Bill of Rights

• Articles of Confederation