Social Studies
Quiz yourself by thinking what should be in
each of the black spaces below before clicking
on it to display the answer.
Help!
|
|
||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Declaration of Independence | Protects your natural rights, the right to life, and the pursuit of happiness.
🗑
|
||||
| We The People | Means EVERYONE in the United States (because the bill of rights).
🗑
|
||||
| Executive Branch | Enforces the laws(President).
🗑
|
||||
| Legislative Branch | Makes the laws (Congress).
🗑
|
||||
| Judicial Branch | Interprets the laws (Judges).
🗑
|
||||
| How a bill becomes a law | Congress ideas, Congress votes(goes to the president),President can sign/veto,President vetoes it, Congress can overturn the veto with 2/3 vote.
🗑
|
||||
| Checks and Balances, President | The President can veto a Congress bill/law.
🗑
|
||||
| Checks and Balances, New Judges | The President can nominate new judges.
🗑
|
||||
| Checks and Balances, Judicial Branch | The Judicial branch can say a law from Congress is unconstitutional (bad ect).
🗑
|
||||
| Smallest to largest forms of the government to largest, local | Local(Atlanta)- keeps streets looking good, provides police and firemen, public schools and libraries, public transportation.
🗑
|
||||
| Smallest to largest forms of the government to largest, state | State (Georgia)- issues driver's licenses, run election, set up local governments.
🗑
|
||||
| Smallest to largest forms of the government to largest, federal | Federal (United States)- protection from other countries; prints money, collects income tax.
🗑
|
||||
| Freedom of Expression | Means you can do what you want to do; but if you do things illegal, or bad, there will be consequences (jail ect).
🗑
|
||||
| The Articles of Confederation | Written before the Constitution- it changed because it gave the states too much power, and made the federal government weak.
🗑
|
||||
| Republic | A goverment in whitch citizens elect leaders (like the U.S.).
🗑
|
||||
| Compromise | Both sides give up something to come to an agreement.
🗑
|
||||
| Ratify | Means to accept it.
🗑
|
||||
| Amendment | Means to change it.
🗑
|
||||
| We live in a Democracy | People have the power to make decisions.
🗑
|
||||
| Amendment 1 | You can worship who/what you want; freedom of speech; freedom of expression.
🗑
|
||||
| Amendment 2 | Right to own guns (when you are 18 years old).
🗑
|
||||
| Amendment 3 | You don't have to keep soldiers in our house if you don't want to.
🗑
|
||||
| Amendment 4 | The police need a warrant (reason) to search your home.
🗑
|
||||
| Amendment 5 | You don't have to speak in a trail (tell on yourself).
🗑
|
||||
| Amendment 6 | You have the right to a speedy trail (so you don't sit in jail for years waiting for a trail-go to court.
🗑
|
||||
| Amendment 7 | If you go to trail, and the problem is worth more than $20, you have a right to a jury (where people say if you are guilty/not guilty; and NOT the judge).
🗑
|
||||
| Amendment 8 | You have the right to bail if you go to jail (pay to get out of jail until you go to court).
🗑
|
||||
| Amendment 9 |
🗑
|
Review the information in the table. When you are ready to quiz yourself you can hide individual columns or the entire table. Then you can click on the empty cells to reveal the answer. Try to recall what will be displayed before clicking the empty cell.
To hide a column, click on the column name.
To hide the entire table, click on the "Hide All" button.
You may also shuffle the rows of the table by clicking on the "Shuffle" button.
Or sort by any of the columns using the down arrow next to any column heading.
If you know all the data on any row, you can temporarily remove it by tapping the trash can to the right of the row.
To hide a column, click on the column name.
To hide the entire table, click on the "Hide All" button.
You may also shuffle the rows of the table by clicking on the "Shuffle" button.
Or sort by any of the columns using the down arrow next to any column heading.
If you know all the data on any row, you can temporarily remove it by tapping the trash can to the right of the row.
Embed Code - If you would like this activity on your web page, copy the script below and paste it into your web page.
Normal Size Small Size show me how
Normal Size Small Size show me how
Created by:
27847
Popular History sets