The Principles of American Democracy.

What is an amendment?

• A change or addition to the constitution.

• The constitution.

• The Bill of Rights.

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What is the supreme law of the land?

• We the People.

• The constitution.

• The Bill of Rights.

What does the constitution do?

• Defines the government

• Ten amendments.

• Speech.

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

• We are the people.

• We the world.

• We the people

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

• The Constitution.

• The Bill of Rights

• We the people

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How many amendments does the Constitution have?

• 17 (seventeen)

• 27 (twenty seven)

• 37 (thirty seven)

What is one right or freedom from the First Amendment?*

• Rights

• Liberty

• Religion

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What did the Declaration of Independence do?

• announced our independence from Great Britain

• declared our independence from Great Britain

• said that the U.S. is free from Great Britain

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What are two rights in the Declaration of Independence?

• life and liberty

• pursuit of happiness

• liberty and rights

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What is freedom of religion?

• You are forced to practice a religion

• You can practice any religion or not practice a religion

• It's prohibited to practice a religion

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