U.S. Constitution

What determines how many representatives each state gets?

• size

• population

• location

• they all get the same amount

Which amendment protects your right to due process of law?

• 3rd amendment

• 5th amendment

• 4th amendment

• 6th amendment

Which amendment protects your individual liberties?

• 1st amendment

• 3rd amendment

• 2nd amendment

• 4th amendment

_____________________ is important because it allows laws that are inconsistent with the constitution (that violate the rights and liberties protected by the constitution) to be revised or expunged without a full act of the legislature.

• Judicial review

• Vetoing

• Limited Government

• Congress

Which U.S. Constitution Article explains the relationship of the states to one another and the national government?

• v

• IV

• III

• IIIV

What part of the Constitution allows for the legislature to make all laws "necessary and proper" to carry out its function?

• checks and balances
• reserved powers  
• elastic clause
• concurrent powers 

This event in 1786-87 showed how weak the central government was in responding to a crisis: 

• Whiskey Rebellion
• Bacon's Rebellion 
• Shays' Rebellion 
• Pontiac's Rebellion 

These powers are given to the states only: 

• concurrent
• enumerated 
• reserved
• all of the above

Powers directly stated in the US Constitution are called________powers.

• Denied
• Expressed
• Implied
• Reserved 

What are the first three words of the Constitution?

• In order to
• We the people
• Once upon a
• The United States