What is the supreme law of the land the Constitution what does the Constitution do sets up the government defines the government protects basic rights of Americans the idea of self-government is in the first three words of the Constitution what are these 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 is one right or freedom from the First Amendment speech religion assembly press petition the government how many amendments does the Constitution have 27 what did the declaration of independence du announced our independence from Great Britain declared our independence from Great Britain said that the United States is free from Great Britain what our two rights in the Declaration of Independence life liberty pursuit of happiness what is freedom of religion you can practice any religion or not practice a religion what is the economic system in the United States capitalist economy market economy what is the rule of law everyone must follow the law leaders must obey the law government must obey the law no one is above the law name one branch or part of the government Congress legislative president executive the courts judicial what stops one branch of government from becoming too powerful checks and balances separation of powers who is in charge of the executive branch the president who makes federal laws Congress Senate and House of Representatives us or national legislature what are the two parts of the US Congress the Senate and House of Representatives how many US senators are there one hundred we elect a US senator for how many years six who is one you're States US senators now answers will vary District of Columbia residents and residents of US territories should answer the DC or the territory where the applicant lives has no US senators the House of Representatives has how many voting members 435 we elect a US Representative for how many years to name your US representative answers will vary residents of territories with non-voting delegates or resident commissioners may provide the name of that delegate or Commissioner also acceptable is any statement that the territory has no voting representatives in Congress who does the u.s. senator represent all people of the state why do some states have more Representatives than other states because of the state's population because they have more people because some states have more people we elect a president for how many years four in month do we vote for president November what is the name of the President of the United States now Barack Obama Obama what is the name of the Vice President of the United States now Joseph R Biden Jr Joe Biden Biden if the president can no longer serve who becomes president the vice president if both the president and the vice president can no longer serve who becomes president the Speaker of the House who is the commander-in-chief...
