United StatesQuestion 1 (2008 list) · Principles of American government
What is the supreme law of the land?
- aThe Declaration of Independence
- bThe Articles of Confederation
- cThe ConstitutionCorrect answer
- dThe Emancipation Proclamation
Why?
The Constitution is the supreme law of the land. No federal or state law may go against it. The Declaration of Independence is a famous document, but it is not the law of the land.
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What does the Constitution do?Correct answer:Sets up the government
Question 3 (2008 list)
The idea of self-government is in the first three words of the Constitution. What are these words?Correct answer:We the People
Question 4 (2008 list)
What is an amendment?Correct answer:A change to the Constitution
Question 5 (2008 list)
What do we call the first ten amendments to the Constitution?Correct answer:The Bill of Rights
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Questions and answers: U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), 128 Civics Questions and Answers (2025 version), M-1778, and Civics Questions and Answers (2008 version), rev. 08/21 — public domain. USCIS accepts other answers too; we show one of them. The wrong options and the explanations are ours. Not affiliated with or endorsed by USCIS.
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