2. The law is the __________ that we live by. The Constitution is the highest _______. It belongs to the ___________. It belongs to all ___________________.
3. The Constitution says how ________________. It creates the _____________. It creates the _____________. It creates the _______________.
4. The Constitution lists some ____________. Rights are things that all people have just because they are alive. By listing the rights, they are made special. They are made safe. The Bill of Rights is a part of the _____________. ______________ lists many rights of the people.
5. The Constitution was written in ____________. Yes, it is over ________ years old.
6. In 1787, a group of men met to write the Constitution. They did not like the way the country was going. They fixed it by creating the Constitution. We call these men __________________.
7. Some of the framers are very famous. ______________was a Framer. So was _________________.
8. The Framers met during a hotsummer. They had a lot of arguments. In the end, they agreed to the words in the _____________. They knew they had to agree. If they did not agree, the fighting would keep going.
9. After the Framers wrote the Constitution, they asked the ________ to approve it. It took some time, but all the states did approve it.
10. Some people did not like the Constitution. Some were afraid because it did not do enough to ______________ of the people. It had no bill of rights.
11. Promises were made to add a __________________ . After the Constitution passed, the Bill of Rights was added. The Bill of Rights is the first _____________________ to the Constitution.
12. The Bill of Rights is very important. It protects important ideas. It protects your right to _____ what you want. It lets you _________ for yourself. It keeps the laws from being _________ . It gives rules for the __________.
13. It lets you believe in ________ if you want. No one can tell you not to believe. It lets you gather with your ________ to talk. It makes sure you can read ____________ .
14. The Bill of Rights also protects your ________ . It helps keep ________________ . Today, we are very happy the ___________________ was added to the Constitution.
15. The Constitution is not perfect. When it was written, they knew that it would have to be improved. The Framers added a way to make changes. This is called “ __________".
16. The Bill of Rights was actually added as a set of amendments. The Constitution has been changed _____ times since it was written. The amendments added things that the Framers didn't think of.
17. One amendment says that all ________ can vote. Another says that all _______ can vote. One more says that the President can only be elected ________________ .
18. The first amendments, the Bill of Rights, were added in ________. The last amendment was added in ________. Lots of people have ideas for new amendments. Adding an amendment is hard — it takes lots of agreement. Maybe you have a good idea for a change to the Constitution.
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