Us citizens worksheet 1 for 2024 first 40

What is the supreme law of the land?

• The Bill of Rights

• The Constitution

• The Declaration of Independence

• Congress

What does the Constitution do?

• sets up the government

• defines the government

• protects basic rights of Americans

• All the above

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

• God we trust

• We the people

• Life and liberty

• Pursuit of happiness

What is an amendment?

• An introduction

• the Preamble to the Constitution

• a change (to the constitution)

• the beginning of the Declaration of Independence

What do we call the first ten amendments

to the Constitution?

(a)  

What is one freedom from the First Amendment?

• to vote

• trial by jury

• to bear arms

• speech

How many amendments does the constitution

(a)  

What did the Declaration of Independence

do?

(a)  

What are two rights in the Declaration of

Independence?

• Life

• Power

• Liberty

• Religion

What is freedom of religion?

• Religious leaders are exempt from the law.

• States may choose a religion for the people.

• Religious institutions do not have to pay taxes.

• People may or may not choose to practice a religion.