Test your knowledge

Think you know all about voting rights? Play an interactive game to find out. Challenge your friends!

Play Seize the Vote

Rock the Vote

Rock the Vote is an organization with the mission of getting young adults to become informed and empowered voters. Check out Rock the Vote for information about various programs and issues. Find out why you should vote.

Question: Suppose a friend told you that he or she did not know anything about either Presidential candidate but was going to vote for one of them anyway. Would you encourage an uninformed voter to vote for the sake of having a say? Or would you discourage an uninformed voter from voting in order to prevent that person from casting a poor vote? I'd like to hear your reasons.

Interactive Constitution

The Constitution was signed on September 17, 1787. That was a long time ago. Do you ever wonder if it's still relevant to today?

Explore the Constitution for yourself! Search the Constitution by a related topic or a Supreme Court case to see how the Constitution affects our daily lives. Check out The National Constitution Center's Interactive Constitution.

View the Constitution

Have you ever seen the actual Constituion?

View high-resolution images and a transcript of the original Constitution at the National Archives website.

Quick fact: The original Constitution contained 4,543 words, including the signatures.

Do you know the Preamble?

Barney Fife tries to recite the Preamble to the Constitution...

from the Andy Griffith Show

Question: What do you think is the most important idea expressed in the Preamble? Why?