Understanding the U.S. Constitution

What is a constitution?

• A list of supplies for emergencies

• A document of laws that provide the ideas and rules for how an organization will be governed

• A type of government with a king

• A collection of poems

Which branch of government carries out laws?

• Judicial

• Legislative

• Executive

• Republic

What does the judicial branch do?

• Makes laws

• Interprets laws

• Carries out laws

• Approves laws

What does it mean to ratify a document?

• To destroy it

• To sign or approve it

• To rewrite it

• To ignore it

Who was Phillis Wheatley?

• The first president of the United States

• The first African American woman to publish a book of poetry

• A famous judge

• A government official

What is a contradiction?

• A type of government

• A stock of supplies

• Statements or ideas that are opposed to one another

• A law

What is a republic?

• A government ruled by a king or queen

• A government in which the people have the power to vote and where there is usually a president

• A group of judges

• A type of law

What is the main job of the legislative branch?

• To interpret laws

• To make laws

• To carry out laws

• To ratify laws

What is the purpose of a “Declaration of Rights”?

• To list all the things the government could NOT do

• To list all the things the government must do

• To describe how to make laws

• To explain how to elect a president

What are provisions?

• A type of government

• A stock of supplies

• A set of laws

• A group of judges