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 "elastic clause" gives Congress the power to

• amend the Constitution as times change.
• declare actions of the president unconstitutional.
• veto decisions of the Supreme Court.
• pass laws needed to carry out its other powers.

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.

As used in the Preamble, the word tranquility means

• stillness.
• peace and order.
• relaxation.
• calmness of minds.

To "provide for the common Defense" means to

• protect Americans from foreign enemies.
• keep law-abiding people safe from criminals.
• provide lawyers to people accused of crimes.
• apply the same laws to all people, rich or poor.