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Social Studies 1
Bill of Rights, Constitution
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4th Grade
02/08/2009

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Right
Definition
Basic Freedom that no one can take away.
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How does cooperation help community groups become more successful?
Definition
Everyone uses their skills and ideas to help complete a project.
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How is state government similar to the federal government?
Definition
Both the state government and the federal government have three branches of government.
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What might happen in people in communities stopped volunteering their time and work?
Definition
Fewer projects would be completed.
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What might happen in people in communities stopped volunteering their time and work?
Definition
Fewer projects would be completed.
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If people wanted to have a new law passed, who should they write or speak to in the federal government?
Definition
Representatives in Congress.
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The Constitution
Definition
The Plan of Government for the United States.
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Democracy
Definition
A system of government in which the people rule.
Term
The Bill of Rights
Definition
A list of basic freedoms of every American.
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Right of Religion
Definition
Freedom to follow any religion or belief.
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Right of Speech
Definition
Free to speak their opinions about the government.
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Right of Press
Definition
Free to write their opinions about the government.
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Right of Assembly
Definition
The right to hold a peaceful public meeting.
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Why is voting a part of a citizen's responsibility?
Definition
Voters elect the people who represent them in government.
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What is the job of the Supreme Court?
Definition
It's the branch of government which decides if a law does not follow the constitution and has to be changed.
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What did the Americans decide to do after winning the American Revolution?
Definition
Americans decided to send representatives from each colony to meet to create a new government.
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Is the right to have a job, to travel and own a home found in the Bill of Rights? Why or why not?
Definition
No, because these are privileges not necessaties or something one needs to work for.
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What document declared that the United States was a nation separate from Great Britain?
Definition
Declaration of Independence
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Citizen
Definition
Someone who was born in a country, or comes from another country and meets the requirements for citizenship.
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Federalism
Definition
A system of government in which the states share power with a national government.
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Who makes the laws?
Definition
Congress
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Who carries out the laws?
Definition
The President.
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Jury
Definition
A group of people who listen to evidence in a court case and decide innocence or guilt.
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What groups of people work for local government?
Definition
Police officers, public librarians, and firefighters.
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