Constitutional Law Quiz

"The _____ shall have power....to declare war." 

• President
• Secretary of Defense
• Congress
• Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff

"______shall nominate, and by and with the Advice and Consent of the _______, shall appoint Judges of the supreme Court."

• The Attorney General, Senate
• The Supreme Court, Senate
• The President, House of Representatives
• The President, Senate

"_________ against the United States, shall consist only in levying War against them, or in adhering to their Enemies, giving them Aid and Comfort." (III, 3)

• Sabotage
• Terrorism
• Treason
• Corruption

"The ________ shall have Power...To regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among the several States."

• Secretary of Commerce
• President
• Secretary of the Treasury
• Congress

"Every bill which shall have passed the House of Representatives and the Senate, shall, before it becomes a Law, be presented to the _______; if he approve, he shall sign it, but if not, he shall return it." (I, 7)

• President of the Senate
• Speaker of the House of Representatives
• Prime Minister
• President of the United States

"[The President] shall have the Power, by and with the Advice and Consent of the _______, to make _________."

• House of Representatives, alliances
• Senate, alliances
• Senate, treaties
• Senate, trade deals

"The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution....are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people."

• separation of powers
• federalism
• popular sovereignty

"Every Bill for raising revenue shall originate in the _______."

• House of Representatives
• Senate
• Department of the Treasury
• Commerce Department

"We the people of the United States...do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America."

• federalism
• popular sovereignty 
• checks and balances/separation of powers
• rule of law

"The House of Representatives shall be composed of Members, chosen every Year by the People of the several States..."

• federalism
• popular sovereignty
• individual rights
• checks and balances/separation of powers