A More Perfect Union

The Congress may pass laws and they go into effect if the President signs the law. However the Supreme Court can declare a law unconstitutional. This is an example of 

• A) Supremacy
• B) Veto power
• C) Federalism
• D) Checks and balances

This branch of government is responsible for carrying out the laws. 

• A) Executive
• B) Judicial
• C) Legislative
• D) Police

The highest court in the United States is the

• A) District Court
• B) Supreme Court
• C) State Court
• D) Military Court

Judicial review is most accurately described as the power of the

• A) President to override a decision of the Supreme Court
• B) State courts to overturn decisions of the Supreme Court
• C) Senate to approve all presidential appointments to federal courts
• D) Supreme Court to determine the constitutionality of laws

 Which of these is the main function of the legislative branch?

• A) Make laws
• B) Enforce laws
• C) Define laws
• D) Interpret laws

At the Constitutional Convention (1787), which issue was resolved by the Great Compromise?

• A) Method of electing the president
• B) Power of Congress to tax exports
• C) Regulation of interstate commerce
• D) Representation of states in Congress

The Great Compromise reached at the Constitutional Convention resulted in the

• A) Formation of the Supreme Court
• B) Creation of a bicameral legislature
• C) Development of a two-party system (Democrats and Republicans)
• D) Ban on the importation of enslaved Africans

What is the role/job of the judicial branch?

• Make laws
• Enforce laws
• Carry out laws
• Interpret laws

The first U.S. plan for government was the

• Declaration of Independence
• Magna Carta
• Articles of Confederation
• Constitution

The first U.S. plan for government was the

• Declaration of Independence
• Magna Carta
• Articles of Confederation
• Constitution