US Constitution

The main job of the legislative branch is to

• resolve disputes involving the law

• enforce and carry out federal law

• 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 the Constitution was the supreme law of the land

• keep any one branch of government from becoming too powerful

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 judicial branch is responsible for

• resolving disputes under the law.

• putting federal laws into effect.

• vetoing laws it doesn't like.

• making new laws to stop crime

The Constitution has survived for more than 200 years because it

• gives more power to the states than to the national government

• combines a strong framework for the government with flexibility.

• creates a framework for government that can never be changed.

• has been amended thousands of times to make it work better.

The first written form of government for the United States was

• Articles of Confederation

• Mayflower Compact

• Common Sense

• Olive Branch Petition

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

• amendment process.

• judicial review.

• federalism.

• veto power.

The Constitution was created in order to

• abolish slavery.

• declare American’s independence.

• establish our new government.

• protect the rights of the citizens.

Article IV of the Constitution says the following? (check all that apply)

• The President or Congress can admit new states.

• Each state must respect the legal actions of another state.

• A fugitive from the law will be extradited to the state they are wanted.

• States can form their own militias.