Government Branches

Which of the following best describes the Bill of Rights?

• List of the men who signed the constitution

• List of rights and wrongs as spelled out in the Constitution

• Ten Constitutional amendments specifying freedoms

• List of laws governed by each state

The document that contains the basic rules used to run the United States government is?

• The Declaration of Independence

• The Magna Carta

• The Mayflower Compact

• The Constitution

Democracy is best described as?

• Letting each citizen have his or her own way

• Closing small businesses

• Allowing citizens to participate in government

• Allowing one person to make the most important decision

Why did the authors of the Constitution include a system of checks and balances?

• To make sure that every citizen would have the same freedoms

• To allow Congress to rewrite the Constitution every 20 years

• To guarantee that no one branch of the government become more powerful than the other two

• To make the state governments more powerful than the federal government

Which of the following is not a major goal of the Constitution?

• To defend the nation

• To control all laws in the states

• To ensure peace

• To establish justice

Who has the right to vote in the United States?

• Citizens of Mexico

• Everybody who reads English

• Citizens of the United States who are 18 years or older

• Anyone who takes the voting class

Which amendment allows citizens the right to bear arms?

• Amendment 1

• Amendment 2

• Amendment 3

• Amendment 4

Which amendment allows freedom of religion, speech, press and to assemble?

• Amendment 1

• Amendment 2

• Amendment 3

• Amendment 4

Why were the Bill of Rights added to the Constitution? (Written Question)

• It was added to protect the rights of the U.S citizens

• There is no Bill of RIghts

• They burned the Bill of Rights

What was the original purpose of the Constitutional Convention?

• To decide whether a king should lead the government

• To form a stronger government by changing the Articles of Confederation

• To get delegates to sign the new constitution

• To name a leader for the country's army