U.S. Constitution

Which of the following is one of the powers reserved for states in the Constitution?

• Printing money
• Managing elections
• Admitting new states to the country
• Collecting taxes

What is the primary duty of the Supreme Court?

• To act as the main check on executive branch 
• To accept or overturn rulings made by other courts 
• To create new laws according to the Constitution 
• To decide whether laws follow the Constitution

Which is an example of the system of checks and balances?

• The president vetoes a bill passed by Congress. 
• A governor sends the National Guard to stop a riot. 
• State and federal governments pass and collect taxes. 
• The Senate votes on a bill passed by the House of Representatives.

The founders tried to make the Constitution flexible, so it could take the country into the future. How did they accomplish this? 

• By allowing Congress to write a new Constitution every 100 years
• By allowing judges to write new laws 
• By making sure the Constitution was amendable 
• By allowing the President to ignore laws he opposes

How does the Constitution separate the powers of the federal government?  

• Into 50 states
• Into seven main principles
• Into 10 amendment
• Into three coequal branches

What would happen if a state law violated the U.S. Constitution? 

• The Constitutional law would be overturned.
• The state law would be overturned.
• Nothing; state laws are allowed to contradict the Constitution.
• The state would be expelled from the Union.

Which of the following is a power of the federal government?  

• The power to print money. 
• The power to pass school budgets.
• The power to issue state income taxes.
• The power to ratify local laws.

Which of the following is another of the powers reserved for states in the Constitution?  

• declaring war
• establishing post offices
• monitoring foreign trade
• making marriage laws