What are the two major political parties in the United States?

• Democratic-Republicans and Whigs

• American and Bull Moose

• Reform and Green

• Democrats and Republicans

How many amendments does the U.S. Constitution have?

• 21

• 27

• 10

• 7

Who makes federal laws?

• the states

• the President

• the Supreme Court

• Congress

What stops one branch of government from becoming too powerful?

• freedom of speech

• the people

• checks and balances

• the President

Who signs bills to become laws?

• the Secretary of State

• the President

• the Vice President

• the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court

If both the president and vice president can no longer serve, who becomes president?

• President Pro Tempore

• Secretary of the Treasury

• House Speaker

• Secretary of State

Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?

• Thomas Jefferson

• George Washington

• Benjamin Franklin

• James Madison

What are the two parts of the U.S. Congress?

• the House of Representatives and the courts

• the Senate and the courts

• the House of Lords and the House of Commons

• the Senate and the House of Representatives

We elect a U.S. House representative for how many years?

• 6

• 2

• 4

• 8

When was the U.S. Constitution written?

• 1776

• 1787

• 1789

• 1790