Constitution Kenwood Re-take Test
- 1.Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?
- A.
Benjamin Franklin
- B.
George Washington
- C.
Thomas Jefferson
- 2.The Declaration of Independence guaranteed that God gave the following rights to people
- A.
Life
- B.
Liberty
- C.
Property
- D.
Pursuit of Happines
- 3.The ability of a government to get its power from its citizens in called
- A.
Popular sovereignty
- B.
Democracy
- C.
Republicanism
- 4.The colonies first formed body of government was known as
- A.
The Dumas
- B.
The First Continental Congress
- C.
The House of Burgess
- 5.What did the King of England do that the colonist hated and felt unfair?
- A.
Allow women to vote
- B.
Control their resources
- C.
Raise their taxes without their consent
- 6.The following quote "It is thier right, their duty to throw off such Government" meant
- A.
The colonist felt that England and the had abused their power
- B.
It was ok to rebel against the government any time you are unhappy
- C.
That government sometime became too big and you had to get rid of it
- 7.Congress was divided into the Senate and the House of Reprepresntatives as a result of what?
- A.
Marbury vs. Madison
- B.
The Great Compromise
- C.
Ex Post Facto Laws
- D.
Laws passed immediately following the ratification of the Constitution
- 8.Which of the following are powers delegated to Congress in Article I of the Constitution?
- A.
Collect taxes
- B.
Establish public schools
- C.
Admit new states
- D.
Pass Bills of Attainder
- E.
Pass Ex Post Facto laws
- 9.What is an Ex Post Facto law?
- A.
A law that punishes a person without a trial
- B.
A law that makes an act illegal after it has been done
- C.
A law that splits Congress into two groups
- D.
A law requiring the reason splits Congress into two groups
- E.
A law requiring the reason for arrest to be explained to the person
- 10.Which of the following pertain to the Senate?
- A.
100 members
- B.
Two-year terms
- C.
Power to impeach the president
- D.
The vice-president is the presiding officer
- 11.What determines the number of representatives in the House of Representatives?
- A.
All states have the same number
- B.
Population
- C.
State economies
- D.
Size of the state
- 12.Which of the following pertain to the House of Representatives?
- A.
435 members
- B.
Approves or disapproves presidential appointments
- C.
Two-year terms
- D.
The Speaker of the House is the presiding officer
- 13.What is the function of the US Constitution?
- A.
Give all the laws that citizens need
- B.
Provide the basic principles which guide our country's government and laws
- C.
Decide who our government leaders are
- 14.The Constitution states that the United States can do the following (check all that apply)
- A.
President and Vice President
- B.
People elect other people to represent
- C.
Form a Congress
- D.
Guarantees the rights and liberties of people
- E.
Provide education to all citizens
- 15.The US Constitution divides the power of government between two main groups: The national government and the state governments. This is known as
- A.
Federalism
- B.
Seperation of Powers
- C.
Popular Sovereignty
- D.
Concurrent Powers
- 16.Which of the following are Concurrent Powers? (Check all that apply)
- A.
Declaring War
- B.
Collecting Taxes
- C.
Creating Courts
- D.
Punishing Criminals
- E.
Creating Marriage Laws
- 17.Which Amendment quarantees the states Reserved Powers which give states powers not given to the National Government and NOT FORBIDDEN to the states?
- A.
Amendment 1
- B.
Amendment 5
- C.
Amendment 7
- D.
Amendment 10
- 18.The idea of dividing the government's powers into three branches is known as
- A.
Federalism
- B.
Separation of Powers
- C.
Concurrent Powers
- 19.Which of the following are branches of the US government? (check all that apply)
- A.
Judicial
- B.
Executive
- C.
Economic
- D.
Social
- E.
Legislative
- 20.The first formal constitution of the United States was
- A.
The Mayflower Compact
- B.
The Magna Carta
- C.
The Constituion
- D.
The Articles of Confederation
- 21.The Great Compromise addressed a disagreement among states on
- A.
How to elect the president
- B.
How to become a state
- C.
How to collect taxes
- D.
How to create a fair representative government
- 22.What are the three main parts of the US Constitution? (check all that apply)
- A.
Signatures
- B.
Preamble
- C.
Articles
- D.
Introduction
- E.
Amendments
- 23.The Bill of Rights are
- A.
Part of the Preamble
- B.
The first 10 amendments
- C.
Are part of the Declaration of Independence
- D.
The first 10 articles
- 24.The system that balances the powersof the government's three branches is known as
- A.
Concurrent Powers
- B.
Checks and Balances
- C.
Separation of Powers
- 25.How many judges are there in the Supreme Court
- A.
1
- B.
7
- C.
9
- D.
50
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