Tenses in the Civics English
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The Bill of Rights is the first 10 amendments to the Constitution. When the Framers wrote the Constitution, they [____________] on individual rights.
The Constitution established the judicial branch of government with the creation of the Supreme Court. Congress created the other federal courts. All these courts together [____________] the judicial branch.
The first 10 amendments to the Constitution are called the Bill of Rights. They were added in 1791. Since then, 17 more amendments [____________].
If the president dies, resigns, or cannot work while still in office, the vice president [____________] president.
An amendment is a change or addition to the Constitution. The Framers of the Constitution knew that laws [____________] as a country grows. They did not want to make it too easy to modify the Constitution, the supreme law of the land.
Early American leaders thought that the head of the British government, the king, had too much power. Because of this, they [____________] the powers of the head of the new U.S. government.
Since 1912, the House of Representatives [____________] 435 voting members.
The Framers of the Constitution made sure that the Senate would be small. This [____________] it more orderly than the larger House of Representatives.
The War Powers Act gave Congress a stronger voice in decisions about the use of U.S. troops. President Richard Nixon vetoed this bill, but Congress [____________] his veto. Because we have a system of checks and balances, one branch of government is able to check the other branches.
Throughout U.S. history, there have been other parties. These parties [____________] the Know-Nothing (also called American Party), Bull-Moose (also called Progressive), Reform, and Green parties.
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