Boyd Final Study Guide

What is the supreme law of the land

What does the Constitution do?

• Sets up the government

• Defines the government

• Protects basic rights of Americans

• Gives the government all power

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

What is an amendment?

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

What is one right or freedom from the First Amendment?

• Speech

• Religion

• Assembly

• Press

• Petition the government

How many amendments does the Constitution have?

What did the Declaration of Independence do?

What are two rights in the Declaration of Independence?

• Pursuit of Happiness

• Life

• Liberty

• Equality

What is freedom of religion?