1. Warm – up 1 Warm-ups for the Constitution Unit will be collected once a week on Fridays. Please label each warm-up and skip a line between each day. 1.What do the stars on the flag mean? 2.What do the stripes on the flag represent? 3.What do we celebrate on the 4 th of July? 4.What country did we fight during the Revolutionary War? 5.Who was the first president of the United States?

2. Warm – up 2 Please label each warm-up and skip a line between each day. 1.How many stars are there on our flag? 2.How many stripes are there on our flag? 3.How many states are there in the Union (the United States) 4.Independence Day celebrates independence from whom? 5.Who is the President of the United States today? 6.Who is the Vice President of the United States today? 7.Who elects the President of the United States? 8.Who becomes President if the President dies?

3. Warm – up 3 Please label each warm-up and skip a line between each day. 1.What is the Constitution? 2.What do we call changes to the Constitution? 3.How many changes, or amendments, are there to the Constitution? 4.What are the three branches of our government 5.What is the legislative branch of our Government? 6.What makes up Congress?

4. Warm – up 4 Please label each warm-up and skip a line between each day 1.Who makes the Federal laws in the United States? 2.Who elects Congress? 3.How many Senators are there in Congress? 4.For how long do we elect each Senator? 5.Name the two Senators from your state.

5. Warm – up 5 Please label each warm-up and skip a line between each day 1.How many voting members are in the House of Representatives? 2.For how long do we elect each member of the House of Representatives? 3.Who is the head of the Executive Branch of the U.S. Government?

6. Warm – up 6 Please label each warm-up and skip a line between each day. 1.For how long is the President elected? 2.What is the highest part of the Judiciary Branch of our government? 3.What are the duties of the Supreme Court? 4.What is the supreme law of the United States? 5.What is the Bill of Rights?

7. Warm – up 7. Please label each warm-up and skip a line between each day. 1.What is the capitol of the state you live in? 2.Who is the current governor of the state you live in? 3.Who becomes president if both the President and Vice President die? 4.Who is Chief Justice of the Supreme Court? 5.What were the original 13 states?

8. Warm – up 8 Please label each warm-up and skip a line between each day 1.Who said, “Give me liberty or give me death”? 2.Name some countries that were our enemies during World War II? 3.What was the 49 th state added to our Union (the United States)? 4.How many full terms can a president serve? 5.Who was Martin Luther King Jr. ?

9. Warm – up 9 Please label each warm-up and skip a line between each day 1.What are some of the requirements to be eligible to become President? 2.Why are there 100 Senators in the United States Senate? 3.Who nominates judges to the Supreme Court? 4.How many Supreme Court justices are there? 5.Why did the Pilgrims come to America? 6.What were the 13 original states of the United States before they were states?

10. Warm – up 10 Please label each warm-up and skip a line between each day 1.What is the executive of a state government called? 2.What is the head executive of a city government called? 3.What holiday was celebrated for the first time by American colonists? 4.Who was the main writer of the Declaration of Independence? 5.When was the Declaration of Independence adopted? 6.What is the name of the ship that brought the Pilgrims to America?

11. Warm – up 11 Please label each warm-up and skip a line between each day 1.What are some of the basic beliefs of the Declaration of Independence? 2.What is the national anthem of the United States? 3.What is the minimum voting age in the United States? 4.Who signs bills into law? 5.What is the highest court in the United States? 6.Who helped the Pilgrims in America?

12. Warm – up 12 Please label each warm-up and skip a line between each day 1.Who wrote the Star-Spangled Banner? 2.Who was president during the Civil War? 3.What did the Emancipation Proclamation do? 4.What special group advises the President? 5.Which President is called the “Father of our Country? 6.Which President was the first Commander-in-Chief of the U.S. Army and Navy?

13. Warm – up 13 Please label each warm-up and skip a line between each day 1.What group has the power to declare war? 2.Name the amendments that guarantee or address voting rights? 3.In what year was the Constitution written? 4.Whose rights are guaranteed by the Constitution and the Bill of Rights? 5.What is the introduction to the Constitution called?

14. Warm – up 14 Please label each warm-up and skip a line between each day 1.Who meets in the U.S. Capitol building? 2.What is the name of the President’s official home 3.Name one right or freedom guaranteed by the first amendment. 4.Who is the Commander-in-Chief of the United States military? 5.In what month do we vote for the President?

15. Warm – up 15. Please label each warm-up and skip a line between each day. 1.In what month is the new President inaugurated? 2.How many times may a Senator or Congressman be re-elected? 3.What are the two major political parties in the U.S. today? 4.What kind of government does the United States have? 5.What is the most important right granted to United States citizens?

16. Warm – up 16 Please label each warm-up and skip a line between each day 1.Who was the first president of the United States? 2.What was the 50 th state to be added to our Union (the United States)? 3.Where is the White House located? 4.What is the executive branch of our government called? 5.Where does freedom of speech come from?