US Constitution Review S1-4

How many houses make up the legislative branch under the Constitution?

• 1
• 2
• 3
• 4

Which branch of government is responsible for interpreting laws?

• Executive
• Judicial
• Legislative

Which branch of government is responsible for creating laws?

• Executive
• Judicial
• Legislative

Which branch of government is responsible for enforcing laws?

• Executive
• Judicial
• Legislative

What are the first three words of the Constitution?

• In order to
• We the people
• Once upon a
• The United States

What term refers to the idea that the national government shares power with state governments?

• Articles of Confederation
• Ratification
• Federalism
• Checks and Balances

The US Constitution is considered the-

• best document ever
• supreme law of the land
• outdated and old

A system of checks and balances was built into the Constitution to prevent...

• states from passing laws that duplicate federal laws
• individual states from deciding to leave the Union.
• any one branch of government from becoming too powerful.
• the federal government from spending more money than it collects in taxes.

Which is the BEST description of federalism?

• a government in which a Supreme Court is the highest level of the judicial branch
• a government with rules and laws that are spelled out by a constitution
• a system in which power is shared between a central government and state governments
• a type of government in which there are two legislative bodies of different sizes

The term separation of powers in the U.S. government refers to separate powers given to

• the president and the Cabinet.
• the Senate and the House of Representatives
• the federal, state, and local levels.
• the executive, legislative, and judicial branches