Citizenship Test

What does the Constitution do?

• protects basic rights of Americans

• defines the government

• gives government power

• sets up the government

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

• Rights for All

• Basic Human Rights

• Magna Carta

• Bill of Rights

What is one right or freedom from the First Amendment?

• speech

• religion

• bear arms

• petition the government

What did the Declaration of Independence do?

• declare independence from Great Britain

• establish laws for the USA

• created a new government

• established states independence from each other

Name ONE branch of government

What stops one branch of government from becoming too powerful?

• checks and balances

• the president

• separation of powers

• the people

Who makes federal laws?

• President

• Court System

• Congress

• The People

What are the two parts of the U.S. Congress?

• House and Senate

• Executive and Legislative

• Judicial and Legislative

• Parliament and The House of Commons

Why do some states have more Representatives than other states?

• (because of) the location of the state

• (because of) the states land mass

• (because of) the state’s population

• (because of) the history of the state

What is the name of the Vice President of the United States now?