U.S. Constitution Review

What keeps any one branch of the U.S. government from gaining too much power?

• checks and balances

• the President

• free elections

• voting on bills

What is established by Article III of the Constitution?

• Executive Branch

• Legislative Branch

• Judicial Branch

• Electoral college

The branch of government headed by the President is named the

• Judicial Branch

• Executive Branch

• Legislative Branch

• Supreme Court

The division of powers between the national and the state governments is called a

• national system

• feudal system

• power system

• federal system

A government in which citizens rule through elected representatives is called a:

• monarchy

• republic

• sovereignty

• theocracy

The Federalist Papers

• faced opposition from George Washington and Ben Franklin

• warned that the government would favor the wealthy

• were sent to the governors of each state

• were written to persuade New York to ratify the Constitution

What's the name of the first 10 amendments to the Constitution?

• Bill of Rights

• the Citizens' Rights Act

• the Judiciary Act of 1789

• the Articles of Confederation

The president can check Congress through:

• lobbying Congressmen for more votes

• overriding a Congressional stimulus bill

• vetoing a law passed by Congress

• voting down a Constitutional amendment

How long is the President's term in office?

• 2 year

• 4 years

• 6 years

• 8 years

The strongest criticism of the Constitution during ratification was that it:

• favored state governments over the national government

• gave people little control over their local governments

• lacked a bill of rights to protect individual freedoms

• placed too much power in the hands of the common people