Citizenship Flashcard #3

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What movement attempted to end racial discrimination? Options: Emancipation Proclamation Movement, Civil Rights Movement, Women's Suffrage Movement, Boston Tea Party Movement

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Civil Rights Movement

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What is an amendment?

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A change made to the Constitution

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What is the economic system in the United States? Options: Traditional, Market, Mixed, Command

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Mixed

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Who makes federal laws?

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Congress

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What does the Constitution do? Options: Gave the United States freedom from England/ Great Britain., Sets up the United States Government into 3 branches., Sets up the state governments., Sets up Great Britain's government

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Sets up the United States Government into 3 branches.

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How many amendments does the Constitution have?

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27

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What are the two parts of the United States Congress? Options: Senate, House of Representatives, Both of these, Neither of these

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Senate and House of Representatives

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What major event happened on September 11, 2001 in the United States?

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A terrorist attack that involved 4 planes- 2 crashing into the Twin Towers, 1 crashing into the Pentagon, and 1 crashing into a field in Pennsylvania.

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What do we call the first 10 amendments to the Constitution?

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The Bill of Rights

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What document is known as the Supreme Law of the Land? Options: The Federalist Papers, The Constitution, The Bill of Rights, The Declaration of Independence

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The Constitution