US Constitution Review

What did the constitution replace?

• articles of confederation

• declaration of independence

• bill of rights

• Magna Carta

The man who wrote the constituion was

• James Madison

• James Monroe

• Thomas Jefferson

• Thomas Paine

The plan based on population favored by large states

• florida plan

• great compromise

• New Jersey plan

• virginia plan

The war in which the colonies won their independence from England was the

• French and Indian War

• Civil War

• Revolutionary War

• Crimean War

The United States COnstituion went into effect

• June 21, 1787

• June 21, 1788

• June 21, 1791

• June 21, 1970

Power in the United States government is divided among

• 2 branches

• 7 branches

• 25 branches

• 3 branches

The number of Articles in the U.S. Constituion is

• 3

• 2

• 7

• 9

The number of amendments that have been added to the constitution is

• 25

• 27

• 10

• 16

Congress is divided into

• 2 branches

• 3 branches

• 2 houses

• 3 houses

What is the job of the Legislative branch?

• enforce laws

• interpret laws

• make laws