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  • What are two rights of everyone living in the United States?
    Freedom of Speech and Freedom of Religion
  • Under our Constitution, some powers belong to the states. What is one power of the states?
    Provide schooling and education, Provide public safety and protection, Land Zoning
  • What is freedom of religion?
    You can practice any religion or not practice a religion.
  • How old do citizens have to be to vote for President?
    18 years old or older
  • What is one right or freedom from the First Amendment?
    Freedom of Speech, Religion, Press, Assembly, or to Petition the Government
  • N400: Are either of your parents US Citizens?
    No
  • What stops one branch of government from becoming too powerful?
    Separation of Powers/ Checks and Balances
  • n400: Have you lived anywhere else in the last 5 years? What was your previous address?
    Answers Vary
  • What do we call the first ten amendments to the Constitution?
    The Bill of Rights
  • n400 vocabulary: What does "current" mean?
    Right now
  • n400: How long have you lived at your current address?
    Answers Vary
  • How many amendments does the Constitution have?
    27
  • n400: What is your city?
    Buffalo
  • n400: Do you have a different mailing address?
    No
  • Under our Constitution, some powers belong to the federal government. What is one power of the federal government?
    To print money, to declare war, to make treaties, to create an army
  • There are 4 amendments to the Constitution about who can vote. Describe one of them.
    Citizens 18 and older can vote; Men and Women can vote; Black and White Men can vote; There can be no poll taxes
  • Civics Vocabulary: What does "religion" mean? Give an example.
    Ways people think of God. Ex. Christian, Muslim, Jewish...
  • The idea of self government is in the first 3 words of the Constitution. What are these words?
    We the people
  • What is the supreme law of the land?
    The Constitution
  • n400: What county do you live in?
    Erie County