Constitution Test Part 2 Review
"We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America." What part of the Constitution contains these words?
Preamble
How many members are in the Senate?
100 members
What year was the Constitution written?
1787
"Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances." This excerpt is from which amendment?
1st Amendment
A certain small town has many choices for people who want to attend religious services, including 5 churches, a synagogue, and a mosque. Which amendment protects your right to choose your religion?
1st amendment
How many members are currently in the House of Representatives?
438 members
Which amendment is represented by this political cartoon?
4th amendment
Which amendment provides for the protection depicted in the image?
4th amendment
Peter Madoff, who is serving a 10-year sentence in a U.S. federal prison for conspiracy and falsifying records, recently appeared as witness in a trial. People were trying to sue him for money they had lost. During the testimony, he refused to speak against himself and claimed a right guaranteed in the Bill of Rights. Which amendment gave him this right?
5th Amendment
When citizens report for jury duty, they are helping uphold which Constitutional amendment?
7th amendment
Which amendment includes provisions against excessive fines, excessive bail, and cruel or unusual punishments?
8th amendment
Which amendment is represented by this image?
8th amendment
What process is depicted in this image?
Amending the constitution
"For suspending our own Legislatures, and declaring themselves invested in power to legislate . . " What article and section of the U.S. Constitution addressed this grievance from the Declaration of Independence?
Article 1 Section 1
"This country, with its institutions, belongs to the people who inhabit it. Whenever they shall grow weary of the existing government, they can exercise their constitutional right of amending it . . ." Which article in the constitution would give Lincoln this right?
Article V (amending the Constitution)
What process begins with the filing of an application, and ends with taking an oath of allegiance?
Becoming a naturalized citizen
During the formation of the United States, the Founders were very concerned about protecting people against abuses from the government. What was added to the Constitution by the Founding Fathers to ensure most power remained with the states and the people?
Bill of Rights
"Every bill which shall have passed the House of Representatives and the Senate, shall, before it become a law, be presented to the President of the United States." This excerpt from the Constitution is an example of which principal of government?
Checks and Balances
The purpose of the _______________________________ was to create our nation's laws and form of government.
Constitution
The grievances listed in the Declaration of Independence were addressed in which two founding documents?
Constitution and Bill of Rights
"No free man shall be seized or impriosned, or stripped of right or possessions, except by the lawful judgement of his equals or by the law of the land." - Magna Carta, 1215 What political idea was influenced by this section of the Magna Cart?
Due process
The United States government shares powers between the federal government and state governments. What is this constitutional principle?
Federalism
"No Title of Nobility shall be granted by the United States: And no person holding any office of profit or trust under them, small, without the consent of Congress, accept of any present or title of any kind, from any King, Prince, or foreign state." This excerpt from the Constitution explains which principle of government?
Limited Government
The purpose of the Bill of Rights in the U.S. Constitution is to . . .
Protect the rights of individuals
What does the Third Amendment protect against?
Quartering of soldiers
Obeying the laws, serving on a jury and paying taxes are --
Responsibilities of being a citizen
The federal government is divided into the executive, legislative, and judicial branches. Which constitutional principle is represented in the three branches?
Separation of powers
Which Constitutional principle is represented in this image?
Separation of powers
Why did the framers of the U.S. Constitution create a system of government with three branches (separation of powers)?
To prevent one person or group from having too much power
Which branch of government is the president in?
executive
What is the constitutional principle that divides power between the national and state governments?
federalism
The chief justice is a part of the _____________________________ branch.
judicial
Which branch of government is responsible for making laws?
legislative
Which Constitutional principle is represented in this image?
Popular sovereignty or republicanism