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Government, Derrick
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What are the 3 levels of Government? | Federal, State, Local |
| The Federal Government | Involves the country, Leader is the elected president, Our current president, Barak Obama |
| The State Government | Involves a specific state, leader is the elected Governor, Our current governor is John Kasich |
| The Local Government | Involves a specific city or town, Leader is the elected mayor, Current mayor of columbus is Michael Coleman and Westerville's current mayor is Dianne Fosselman |
| 3 Types of Government | Democracy, Republic, Monarchy |
| Government where a king, queen, or emperor has supreme power | Monarchy |
| Government that is run by the people who live under it | Deomcracy |
| Government in which citizens elect representatives to speak for them | Republic |
| The United States has this type of government | Republic |
| Led the army in the war with England, He was the first president of the United States, He is known as the father of our country | George Washington |
| He was an inventor, writer, and publisher, He worked on BOTH the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution | Benjamin Franklin |
| He helped write the Declaration of Independence, He became the third president of the United States | Thomas Jefferson |
| He wrote a large part of the Constitution, He became the 4th president of the United States | James Madison |
| What important United States document can be divided into 3 parts | Declaration of Indepenedence |
| This part of the Declaration of Independence lists complaints the colonies had against the king | Part II |
| Tells the world the colonies are declaring independence and no longer a part of England | Part III |
| This part of the DOI says people have rights that the government must protect | Part I |
| This was written over 200 years ago to set up rules and guidelines for the US government | The United States Constitution |
| The Constitution established these three branches of government | Legislative, Executive, Judicial |
| An amendment is | a change to a document |
| In 1791, 10 amendments were made to the Constitution. These are called | The bill of rights |
| The Bill of Rights | to protect the rights of people |
| The first amendment says: | we can say, think, believe, and write what we like |
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