Principles of government
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- Which document outranks every other law in the United States?
- If a state law conflicts with the Constitution, the state law wins.
- The Constitution begins with three words. What are they?
- The Declaration of Independence says governments get their just powers from what?
- The Declaration of Independence says people have the right to change a government that harms their rights.
- What does the Declaration of Independence say about all people at birth?
- The Declaration of Independence says that people's rights come from the government.
- The Constitution promises every state a government of which form?
- Which goal is named in the Preamble to the Constitution?
- The Preamble says the Constitution was established by the people of the United States.
- A formal change to the Constitution is called what?
- What share of the states must ratify a proposed amendment?
- How many amendments make up the Bill of Rights?
- A student counts every amendment, the Bill of Rights included. What total does the student get?
- Which article of the Constitution creates the legislative branch?
- Article II of the Constitution gives the executive power to whom?
- Which article of the Constitution sets up the judicial branch?
- The Constitution divides power among three branches. What is the main reason?
- A bill passes Congress, and the President vetoes it. What share of each house can pass it again?
- The President can make a treaty without the Senate.
- Which group must approve the President's choice of a Supreme Court judge?
- Which part of Congress has the sole power to impeach?
- Which body holds the trial after an official is impeached?
- What vote is needed in the Senate to convict an impeached official?
- The Tenth Amendment says that powers not given to the federal government belong to whom?
- A state may make a treaty with a foreign country on its own.
- Federal laws and treaties made under the Constitution are also part of the supreme law.
- A mayor breaks a city law. What does the rule of law say?
- Judges in every state must follow the U.S. Constitution.
- Which of these documents influenced the writing of the U.S. Constitution?
- "We the People" is an example of which idea?
- Because the Constitution lists some rights, people have no other rights.