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  • 4. What is an amendment?
    a change to the constitution
  • 48.) There are four amendments to the Constitution about who can vote. Describe one of them.
    Women can vote, must be over 18, anyone of any race, you don't have to pay to vote
  • 68. What is one thing Benjamin Franklin is famous for?
    started the first free libraries, U.S. diplomat, first postmaster general
  • 51.) What are two rights of everyone living in the United States?
    Freedom of Speech, Freedom of Religion (1st Amendment Rights)
  • 7.) How many amendments does the Constitution have?
    27
  • 2. What does the Constitution do?
    establishes the governement
  • 3. The idea of self-government is in the first three words of the Constitution. What are these words?
    We the People
  • 66. When was the Constitution written?
    1787
  • 5.) What do we call the first ten amendments to the Constitution?
    the Bill of Rights
  • 54.) How old do citizens have to be to vote for President?
    18
  • 63. When was the Declaration of Independence written?
    July 4th, 1776
  • 65. What happened at the Constitutional Convention?
    The Constitution was written
  • 1. What is the supreme law of the land?
    the Constitution
  • 67. The Federalist Papers supported the passage of the US Constitution. Name one of the writers.
    James Madison, John Jay, Alexander Hamilton
  • 9. What are two rights in the Declaration of Independence?
    life & liberty
  • 10. What is freedom of religion?
    you can practice any religion or none
  • 62. Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?
    Thomas Jefferson
  • 6.) What is one right or freedom from the First Amendment?
    Freedom of Speech, Religion, Assembly, Press, and to Petition the Government
  • 8. What did the Declaration of Independence do?
    announced our independence from Great Britain
  • 50.) Name one right only for United States citizens.
    vote in a federal election