US Government & Founding Documents
Name: _________________________ Date: _____________
1. Which document states the rights of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness?
2. Which document protects individual rights?
3. Which document sets up the government and defines the three branches?
4. Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?
5. The Senate and House of Representatives are part of which branch of government?
6. What is a change to the Constitution called?
7. Why did the Second Continental Congress decide to declare independence from England?
8. What are the three branches of government?
1. C - Declaration of Independence (states life, liberty, pursuit of happiness)
2. B - Bill of Rights (protects individual rights)
3. C - Constitution (sets up the government)
4. D - Thomas Jefferson
5. C - Legislative Branch (Congress = Senate + House)
6. B - Amendment (a change to the Constitution)
7. B - King George III was unfair to his people
8. C - Legislative, Executive, and Judicial
Score: _____ / 8