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  • the Constitution

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What is the supreme law of the land?
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  • sets up the government
  • defines the government
  • protects basic rights of Americans

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What does the Constitution do?
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  • We the People

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The idea of self-government is in the first three words of the Constitution. What are these words?
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  • a change (to the Constitution)
  • an addition (to the Constitution)

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What is an amendment?
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  • the Bill of Rights

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What do we call the first ten amendments to the Constitution?
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  • speech
  • religion
  • assembly
  • press
  • petition the government

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What is one right or freedom from the First Amendment?*
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  • twenty-seven (27)

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How many amendments does the Constitution have?
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  • announced our independence (from Great Britain)
  • declared our independence (from Great Britain)
  • said that the United States is free (from Great Britain)

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What did the Declaration of Independence do?
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  • life
  • liberty
  • pursuit of happiness

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What are two rights in the Declaration of Independence?
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  • You can practice any religion, or not practice a religion.

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What is freedom of religion?
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  • capitalist economy
  • market economy

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What is the economic system in the United States?*
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