Constitution 3

Which of the following has been used to amend the Constitution?

• Proposed by 2/3 state legislatures, ratified by 3/4 of both houses of Congress

• Proposed by 3/4 state legislatures, ratified by 2/3 of both houses of Congress

• Proposed by 3/4 both houses of Congress, ratified by 2/3 state legislatures

• Proposed by 2/3 both houses of Congress, ratified by 3/4 of state legislatures

The concept of Federalism is outlined in which amendment to the Constitution?

• 1st Amendment - "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion or prohibiting the free exercise thereof..."

• 4th Amendment - "The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects against unreasonable searches and seizures shall not be violated, and no warrants shall issue upon probable cause"

• 8th Amendment - "Excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishment inflicted"

• 10th Amendment - "The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the states are reserved to the states respectively, or to the people"

Which of the following illustrated the concept of Checks and Balances?

• Legislative Branch makes laws, Executive Branch enforces laws, Judicial Branch interprets laws

• Congress passes a bill - The President vetoes the bill - Congress overrides the presidential veto

• We The People

• We elect members of the The House of Representatives and the Electoral College

Which of the following illustrated the concept of Separation of Powers?

• Legislative Branch makes laws, Executive Branch enforces laws, Judicial Branch interprets laws

• Congress passes a bill - The President vetoes the bill - Congress overrides the presidential veto

• We The People

• We elect members of the The House of Representatives and the Electoral College

Which of the following illustrated the concept of Federalism?

• Legislative Branch makes laws, Executive Branch enforces laws, Judicial Branch interprets laws

• Local Courts, States Courts, National Courts

• We The People

• We elect members of the The House of Representatives and the Electoral College

Which of the following illustrated the concept of Popular Sovereignty?

• Legislative Branch makes laws, Executive Branch enforces laws, Judicial Branch interprets laws

• Congress passes a bill - The President vetoes the bill - Congress overrides the presidential veto

• We The People

• We elect members of the The House of Representatives and the Electoral College

Which of the following illustrated the concept of Popular Sovereignty?

• Legislative Branch makes laws, Executive Branch enforces laws, Judicial Branch interprets laws

• Congress passes a bill - The President vetoes the bill - Congress overrides the presidential veto

• The Bill of Rights

• The Magna Carta, the English Bill of Rights and the Declaration of Independence are documents that are based upon the idea that legitimate government comes from the people.

What is the purpose of the amending process?

• It was added to the Constitution to insure that the government can respond to the need to change in the future.

• To protect the rights of individual citizens

• To limit the power of the federal government

• To limit the power of state governments

Who was responsible for writing the Constitution at the Philadelphia Convention in 1787?

• Thomas Jefferson

• John Adams

• James Madison

• James Monroe

The doctrine of popular sovereignty bestows ........ and also the civic duty to do so?

• The right to free worship of religion

• the right to keep and bear arms

• the right to a trial by jury

• the right to participate in republican government