Unit 2

What is the main goal of the U.S. Constitution and Bill of Rights?

• to protect the rights of the people

• spell out the limits of the government

• to tell us what to do

• to make me learn stuff

Select all answers that apply to our Constitution

• Government officials may not do more than the Constitution allows.

• The power of any one branch is limited.

• The executive branch has more power than any other.

• Our Constitution provides for the freedom of law-abiding citizens.

Fill in the blanks: Our United States Constitution __________________________ the power of the government while __________________________ its citizens.

Fill in the blanks: The __________________________ of a responsible citizen can be __________________________ in the Constitution

Trial by __________________________ is a right under the law.

• jury

• the court system

• a judge

Mark all of the answers that apply to elections and elected officials.

• Voters should be well-informed.

• Elected officials do every thing voters tell them to do.

• Elected officials should listen to voters.

• Citizens of all ages can communicate with elected officials.

The __________________________ Amendment protects a citizen’s right to bear arms.

• Second

• First

• Fourth

• Eight

When the government does something wrong, newspapers and reporters have the right to print stories about it

• True

• False

Sometimes leaders and citizens have to __________________________ to get things done for the common good

• fight

• compromise

• learn

• argue

Why is the First Amendment of the Bill of Rights so important?

• list 5 freedoms

• starts the bill of rights

• without it our lives as citizens would be limited

• because it is number one