Civics

  **Name: Paige H. **    **1. Name one important idea found in the ** **  Declaration of Independence  ** **. **   An important idea found in the Declaration of Independence is that all men are created equal.  <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;"> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;"> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;"> **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">2. What is the supreme law of the land? **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;"> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;"> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;"> The supreme law of the land is the Constitution. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;"> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;"> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;"> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;"> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">3. **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">What does the <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;"> Constitution <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;"> do? **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;"> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;"> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;"> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">The Constitution protects the natural rights of the citizens and states the roles of government while limiting them as well. It means the people of the United States really control the government. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;"> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;"> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;"> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;"> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">4. **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">What does "We the People" mean in the Constitution? **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;"> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;"> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;"> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">In the Constitution, "We the People" refers to the people of the United States of America. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;"> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;"> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;"> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;"> **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">5. What do we call changes to the Constitution? **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;"> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;"> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;"> We call changes to the Constitution amendments. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;"> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;"> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;"> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;"> **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">6. What is an amendment? **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;"> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;"> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;"> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">An amendment is a change or addition in our Constitution, to make it even better. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;"> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;"> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;"> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;"> **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">7. What do we call the first ten amendments to the Constitution? **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;"> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;"> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">We call the first ten amendments to the Constitution the Articles of Confederation. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;"> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;"> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;"> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;"> **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">8. Name one right or freedom from the First Amendment. **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;"> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;"> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;"> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">A freedom from the First Amendment is that we shall have the freedom of speech. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;"> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;"> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;"> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;"> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;"> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;"> **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">9. How many amendments does the Constitution have? **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;"> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;"> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;"> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">The Constitution has 27 amendments. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;"> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;"> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;"> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;"> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;"> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;"> **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">10. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;"> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">Name the 3 Branches of Government and identify 3 roles of each branch. **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;"> The three Branches of Government are the Judicial Branch, the Legislative Branch, and the Executive Branch. The Executive Branch consists of the President, Vice President, and the members of the Cabinet. The President passes or vetoes bills that are sent to him/her from the legislature. The Legislative Branch consists of the members of Congress, who writes laws on a bill and sends it first to the representatives and the Senator, and then to the President. Lastly, the Judicial Branch is in charge of the court system, which consists of the district courts, the court of appeals, and the Supreme Court, and they interpret the laws.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">Civics Test, Part 1 **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;"> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">