Constitution Review

The main job of the legislative branch is to

• resolve disputes involving the law.
• enforce and carry out federal laws.
• make laws needed for the country.
• obey laws once they are passed.

The framers designed a system of checks and balances to

• share power between the national and state governments.
• make it difficult but not impossible to amend the Constitution.
• make sure that the Constitution was the supreme law of the land.
• keep any one branch of government from becoming too powerful.

The Supreme Court's power to declare a law unconstitutional is known as

• judicial review.
• veto power.
• federalism.
• the amendment process.

A bill cannot become a law until it is

• approved by Congress and judged constitutional by the Supreme Court.
• proposed by the president and approved by Congress.
• approved by Congress and signed by the president.
• proposed by Congress and ratified by the states.

The most important task of the executive branch is to

• resolve disputes involving the law.
• enforce and carry out federal laws.
• decide which laws are constitutional.
• change laws to fit changing needs.

The Preamble lists the

• powers of the Congress.
• limits on government power.
• goals of the government.
• rights of the people.

The Preamble's first three words tell us that the authority of the Constitution comes from

• the Constitutional Convention.
• members of Congress.
• state legislatures.
• ordinary Americans.

Suggested by Roger Sherman it solved the most important disagreement at the Constitutional Convention, the issue of representation in Congress?

• The Great Compromise

• The 3/5 Compromise

• The Electoral College Compromise

• The Federalist Compromise

What keeps any one branch of government from gaining too much power?

• voting on a bill

• the executive branch

• vetoing

• checks and balances

What is the Bill of Rights?

• the preamble to the U.S. Constitution

• the first seven articles of the U.S. Constitution

• the first five amendments to the U.S. Constitution

• the first ten amendments to the U.S. Constitution