Study Guide for Social Studies.
Test will be on Tuesday!!!

What does the Bill of rights do for citizens?
sentences
Why do we have checks and balances?
sentences
List the 3 branches.
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What does the first 7 articles stand for? (multiple choice)

Article 1 establishes the legislative branch.
Article 2 establishes the executive branch.
Article 3 establishes the judicial branch.
Article 4 establishes the balance between the states and the federal government.
Article 5 describes how to change the constitution. Article 6 establishes the constitution on supreme law of the land.
Article 7 lists requirements to ratify the constitution.

What are the first 5 amendments? (multiple choice)

Amendment 1 : Freedom of religion, speech, press, assembly, and petition.
Amendment 2 : Right to bear arms.
Amendment 3 : Prohibits the quartering of soldiers in homes in peacetime.
Amendment 4 : No unreasonable searches or seizures.
Amendment 5 : Right to grand jury, indictment, no double jeopardy, freedom from self-incrimination, due process of law.
The first ten amendments of the constitution are the Bill of Right.