citizenship test (studying)
what is the supreme law of the land
the constitution
what does the constitution do
sets up the government, defines the government, protects basic right of americans
the idea of self government is in the first three words of the constitution, what are these three words?
we the people
what is an amendment
a change to the constitution an addition to the constitution
what do we call the first ten amendments to the constitution
the bill of rights
what are the rights or freedoms givin from the first amendment
speech, religion, assembly, press, and petition
how many amendments does the constitution have
twenty seven (27)
what did the declaration of independence do
announced our independence from great britain, decleared our independence from great britian, said that the unity states is free from great britian
what are two rights in the declaration of independence
live, liberty,pursuit of happiness
what is freedom of religion
you can practice any religion or none
what is the economic system in the states
capitalist, economy, market economy
what is the rule of law
everybody must obey they law, leaders must obey the law, goverment must obey the law
name one branch or part of the government
congress, legislative, president, executive, the courts, judicial
what stops one branch of government from being too powerful
checks and balances, seperation of powers
who is in charge of the executive branch
the president
who makes federal laws
senate and house of representatives, us or national legislative
what are the two parts of the us congress
the senate and house of represenatives
how many us seators are there
100
we elect a us senator for how many years
6
who is one of your us senators now
james lankford, markwayne mullin