The Constitution and the Bill of Rights

After the Revolutionary War, the _________________ ___________________ wrote America's first system of rules.

• The Articles of Confederation

• The Federalist Papers

• Continental Congress

• Representatives

To make sure that no one person could get too much power, the writers of the Constitution created a system called ________________.

• legislative branch

• checks and balances

• senate

• Supreme Court

The first ____ words in the Constitution are called the Preamble.

• sentence

• 52

• 103

• 47

_______ was the first state to ratify the Constitution.

• Texas

• California

• Massachusetts

• Delaware

The __________ is home to the legislative branch.

• capitol building

• Congress

• Senate

• Strom Thurmond

Only two presidents have been impeached:

• Donald Trump and George Washington

• Andrew Johnson and Bill Clinton

• Barack Obama and Andrew Jackson

• Richard Nixon and Abraham Lincoln

The Constitution has special rules about who can become president. The candidate must be _____ years or older and born in the United States.

• 35

• 40

• 45

• 50

_________ judges are chosen by the president.

• Legislative

• Executive

• Judicial

• Federal

The Bill of Rights is the first _____ amendments, or changes, to the Constitution.

• 7

• 10

• 12

• 17

Many people think the _______ Amendment is the most important.

• Bill of Rights

• First

• Constitution

• Pleading the Fifth