Unit 5 Review

Who has the power to enforce the laws?

• the supreme court

• the house

• the president

• the senate

Which of the following is a duty of the Vice President?

• To be Speaker Pro Tempore of the House of Representatives

• To preside over the Senate

• To be Chairman of the President’s Cabinet

• To be Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff

The power to declare war is vested in the:

• president

• congress

• united nations

• none of the choices

The right of trial by jury in criminal cases is preserved in which amendment?

• Fifth Amendment

• Sixth Amendment

• Seventh Amendment

• Twenty-First Amendment

What are the two parts of the U.S. Congress? Choose one:

• The House of Representatives and the courts.

• The House of Lords and the House of Commons.

• The Senate and House of Representatives.

• The Senate and the courts

What is one right or freedom granted by the First Amendment? Choose one:

• Trial by jury.

• To vote.

• To bear arms.

• Speech.

What does the Constitution do? Choose one:

• Defines the government.

• Sets up the government.

• Protects basic rights of Americans.

• All of these answers.

What is the “rule of law”? Choose one:

• Everyone but the President must follow the law.

• Government does not have to follow the law

• All laws must be the same in every state.

• Everyone must follow the law.

Who makes federal laws? Choose one:

• Congress.

• The states.

• The President.

• The Supreme Court.

The idea that our government’s power rests in the people is in the first three words of the Constitution. What are these words? Choose one:

• We the People.

• Congress shall make.

• We the British.

• We the Colonists