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Social Studies quiz for book pages 42 -47 You may use your book to answer the questions in this quiz. The Constitution Make sure you use your book if you need help answering the questions! A Plan for Government What does the Constitution do? tells why people should not have rights describes why we should not be free tell why we broke away from England describes how the US government works Use page 42 of your SS book to help Type yes next to the ones that are branches of the government. Type no next to the ones that are not branches of our government. Page 43. Branches of Government legislative branch executive branch war branch peoples branch judicial branch leaders branch Use page 43. Type the beginning letter to show which branch fits the word or phrase. President is head of this branch carries out laws House of Representatives decides meanings of laws Supreme Court can raise money through taxes e for executive l for legislative j for judicial make laws Congress Senate The Supreme Court declaring the President's actions unconstitution is an example of ? Limits on Government government corruption Constitution crossing checks and balances political fighting pg 44 The Federal System collect taxes run elections borrow money set up an army type n for national government type s for state government type b for both goverments pg 45 pass laws set up courts set up schools issue money There is no federal system So both national and state government have powers It was an accident So no government had power The Federal System Why did the constitution set up a federal system? pg 45 What law has more autority when there is a disagreement between a federal law and a state law? The Federal System State Law Federal Law pg 45 Changing the Constitution An amendment is a change to the constitution. The first ten amendments are the bill of rights. What year was the Bill of Rights ratified. type the year pg 46 Type a lower case x next to the rights protected by the first amendment (there are five). The First Amendment freedom of press freedom of dance pg 48-49 freedom of petition freedom of assembly freedom of speech freedom of vote freedom of religion Study the Constitution and amendments to know your rights! |