Constitution Review

The main job of the legislative branch is to

• resolve disputes involving the law.
• enforce and carry out federal laws.
• make laws needed for the country.
• obey laws once they are passed.

The framers designed a system of checks and balances to

• share power between the national and state governments.
• make it difficult but not impossible to amend the Constitution.
• make sure that the Constitution was the supreme law of the land.
• keep any one branch of government from becoming too powerful.

The Supreme Court's power to declare a law unconstitutional is known as

• judicial review.
• veto power.
• federalism.
• the amendment process.

A bill cannot become a law until it is

• approved by Congress and judged constitutional by the Supreme Court.
• proposed by the president and approved by Congress.
• approved by Congress and signed by the president.
• proposed by Congress and ratified by the states.

The most important task of the executive branch is to

• resolve disputes involving the law.
• enforce and carry out federal laws.
• decide which laws are constitutional.
• change laws to fit changing needs.

The "elastic clause" gives Congress the power to

• amend the Constitution as times change.
• declare actions of the president unconstitutional.
• veto decisions of the Supreme Court.
• pass laws needed to carry out its other powers.

The judicial branch is responsible for

• resolving disputes under the law.
• putting federal laws into effect.
• vetoing laws it doesn't like.
• making new laws to stop crime.

The Constitution has survived for more than 200 years because it

• gives more power to the states than to the national government.
• combines a strong framework for the government with flexibility.
• creates a framework for government that can never be changed.
• has been amended thousands of times to make it work better.

The Preamble lists the

• powers of the Congress.
• limits on government power.
• goals of the government.
• rights of the people.

The Preamble's first three words tell us that the authority of the Constitution comes from

• the Constitutional Convention.
• members of Congress.
• state legislatures.
• ordinary Americans.