| 1. What is the Constitution?
問 : 何謂憲法?
Answer: The highest law of the land.
答 : 是國家的最高法律.
2. What is the Bill of Rights?
問 : 什麼是民權法案?
Answer: The first ten amendments . They guarantee to all the
people.
答 : 是最初的十條修正法案. 這是保證所以人民有:
Freedom of speech
言論自由
Freedom of religion
信仰自由
Freedom of the press
出版自由
The right of peaceable assembly and petition.
和平集會與請願的權利
The right to a fair and speedy trial
公正和快速審判的權利
The right to have bail
保釋的權利
The right to a jury trial
陪審團陪審的權利
3. What are the principles of the Constitution.
問: 憲法的原則是什麼?
Answer:Liberty, equity, and justice.
答 : 自由,平等和公正.
4. What does freedom of religion mean?
問 何謂信仰自由?
Answer: It means freedom to believe in any religion we choose
答 : 意思是人民可以自由選擇自己的信仰.
5. What is an amendment?
問 : 何謂修正案?
Answer: It is a change or addition to the Constitution.
答 : 它是指憲法的修正或增訂.
6. How many amendments does the Constitution have?
問 : 憲法修正案一共有幾次?
Answer: Twenty-six.
答 : 二十六次.
7. What is the 19th Amendment?
問 : 什麼是第十九條修正案?
Answer: It gives women the right to vote.
答 : 它是給予婦女選舉權.
8. How many states are there in the United States?
問 : 在美國有多少州?
Answer: Fifty.
答 : 五十個州.
9. Which was the last state admitted to the Union and when?
問 :最後加入聯邦的是那一個州?什麼時候?
Answer: Hawaii in 1959.
答 : 夏威夷州在一九五九年.
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