The United States Constitution Question Preview (ID: 42088)


Review Of The Constitutional, Articles, Amendments, Bill Of Rights, And The Six Principles Of American Government. TEACHERS: click here for quick copy question ID numbers.

Article 2 of the United States Constitution establishes:
a) The legislative Branch
b) The Executive Branch
c) the Judicial Branch
d) the right to bear arms

Impeachment is
a) When a politician such as the president is removed from office fror breaking the law
b) When congress doesn't meet because of an unbalanced budget
c) The creation of a new state
d) none of these

The main function of the executive branch is to
a) Write warrants
b) Execute the laws
c) Execute criminals
d) Make laws

One of the major problems with the Articles of the Confederation was:
a) It gave the colonists taxation without representation
b) It did not allow the states to create a military
c) It did not give the government the power to tax citizens
d) It took power away from the states

The 5th amendment protects one's right to:
a) A fair and speedy trial by jury
b) Not self incriminate oneself
c) Freedom of Religion
d) not be searched without a warrant

Federalism is the idea that
a) The legislative branch must pass a yearly budget on time or the government will shut down
b) State and national government must share power
c) the economy works best when managed by the government
d) Only congress has the right to declare war

The United States Constitution is:
a) The first government created by the colonies
b) Our nation's founding document
c) The basis for our government and its structure
d) An old lost letter between George Washington and John Adams

Limited Government or republicanism is the idea that
a) Your rights are handed down to you from the state
b) Rights come from the creator rather than the government and it is the governments job to protect these rights
c) You rights are limited to only what the government says you can do
d) Might makes right and the King has all of the power

The job of the Judicial Branch is to
a) Conduct Criminal trials
b) Conduct hearings on important issues that the nation faces
c) Judge the law and ensure that it is not in violation of the United States constitution
d) all of these

This is the branch that is charged with the duty of making laws
a) Legislative
b) Executive
c) Local
d) States

Article I of the Constitution established
a) The legislative branch (Congress)
b) Judicial Review
c) Freedom of Speech
d) The Judicial Branch

The 2nd Amendment is also known as
a) The Bill of Rights
b) The right to bear arms
c) No search and seizure without a warrant
d) None of these

Popular Sovereignty means:
a) Power to the people
b) A president's years in office is limited
c) The three branches will check to ensure there is no abuse of power
d) Government is not made to give people rights but rather to protect their rights

The first amendment does NOT protect which of the following rights?
a) Freedom of speech
b) Right to a fair and speedy trial
c) freedom of religion
d) freedom of the press

Which of the following amendments repealed prohibition?
a) 21st
b) 18th
c) 14th
d) 22nd

The three branches of the US government are:
a) Federal, criminal, and appeals
b) National, state, local
c) Legislative, executive, judicial
d) none of these

Which of the following amendments abolished slavery in the United States?
a) 13th
b) 14th
c) 3rd
d) 18th

The 19th amendment officially
a) ended women's suffrage
b) gave women suffrage
c) abolished the sale and consumption of alcohol
d) created the income tax

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