Constitution Day Quiz

WHAT WAS OUR COUNTRY'S FIRST CONSTITUTION CALLED?

• THE ARTICLES OF CONFEDERATION

• THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE

• THE "FEDERALIST PAPERS"

• THE EMANCIPATION PROCLAMATION

LAWS FOR THE UNITED STATES ARE MADE BY:

• THE PRESIDENT

• THE SENATE

• CONGRESS

• THE SUPREME COURT

THE LONGEST POSSIBLE TIME A PERSON CAN NOW SERVE AS A PRESIDENT IS:

• 4 YEARS

• 8 YEARS

• 10 YEARS

• 12 YEARS

A MAN ACCUSED OF A CRIME IN COURT HAS A RIGHT TO:

• HEAR THE WITNESSES AGAINST HIM

• BE TRIED WHERE THEY WANTS

• HAVE ANY JUDGE HE WANTS

• CHANGE COURTS

INVOKING THE 5TH AMENDMENT MEANS AN ACCUSED MAN:

• REFUSES TO TESTIFY AGAINST HIMSELF

• REFUSES TO BE TRIED AGAIN

• DEMANDS A GRAND JURY

• WANTS TO APPEAL HIS CASE

OUR FIRST VICE PRESIDENT WAS

• ALEXANDER HAMILTON

• THOMAS JEFFERSON

• BENJAMIN FRANKLIN

• JOHN ADAMS

THE BILL OF RIGHTS IS

• THE FIRST TEN AMENDMENTS

• THE FIFTEENTH AMENDMENT

• THE ENTIRE CONSTITUTION

• ALL OF THE AMENDMENTS

IF NEITHER THE PRESIDENT NOR THE VICE PRESIDENT CAN SERVE, THE POSITION WOULD BE FILLED BY:

• THE SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE

• THE CHIEF JUSTICE

• THE ELECTED PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE

• THE SECRETARY OF STATE

THE MAJOR DEPARTMENT HEAD WHO IS APPOINTED BY THE PRESIDENT TO DEAL WITH FOREIGN COUNTRIES IS THE:

• SECRETARY OF DEFENSE

• SECRETARY OF STATE

• ATTORNEY GENERAL

• SECRETARY OF COMMERCE

THE PRESIDENT IS ELECTED IF HE:

• WINS A MAJORITY OF THE ELECTORAL VOTES

• WINS MOST OF THE COUNTRY'S VOTE

• WINS ALL OF THE STATES' VOTES

• WINS MOST OF THE STATES' VOTES