Chapter 3: The United States Constitution Test

Government by the consent of the governed

• Popular Sovereignty 
• Limited Government 
• Preamble

• Rule of Law 

This article of the Constitution explains the amendment process

• 1

• 3

• 5

• 27

The President's power to veto an act of Congress is an example of

• Checks and Balances
• Separation of Powers 
• Limited Government 
• Federalism 

Article II created which branch? 

• Judicial
• Legislative
• Executive 
• None of the Above 

Through checks and balances this branch of the government has the power to create lower courts

• Legislative
• Judicial 
• Executive 
• None of the Above 

Which of the following is a method of amending the constitution?

• Proposal by three-fourths of the House of Representatives and ratification by conventions in three-fourths of State legislatures

• proposal by two-thirds of Congress and ratification by three-fourths of State legislatures

• Senate Votes Congress Agrees

• Proposal by two-thrids of the Senate and approval of three-fourths of the states.

The US Constitution has been amended or changed how many times? 

• 27
• 1
• 28
• 10

All of these are basic principles of the constitution except? 

• Limited Government 
• Federalism

• Checks and Balances 
• Gerrymandering

The court system is part of the

• Judicial Branch

• Executive Branch

• Legislative Branch

• Checks and balances

The _______________ is the head of the executive branch.

• President
• Senator
• Judge