U.S. Government Study Guide

Match the vocabulary terms to their correct definitions.

• Preamble

• Introduction to the Constitution and the main goals of the American government

• Amendments

• The Supreme Court’s duty to review laws and judge whether they follow the Constitution

• Federalists

• changes allowed to a constitution

• Separation of Powers

• dividing the U.S. government into three branches to prevent any one branch from becoming too powerful

• Judicial Review

• American citizens that supported the passing of the Constitution

​ (a)   wrote the Federalist Papers that helped convince the states to ratify the Constitution.

• James Madison
• George Washington
• Alexander Hamilton
• Benjamin Franklin

Which amendment says that citizens have rights that may not be listed in the Bill of Rights but that still are protected?

• First

• Second

• Tenth

• Ninth

The first ten amendments to the Constitution is called the ____.

• Declaration of Independence

• Bill of Rights

• Constitution

• Articles of Confederation

The ​ (a)   Amendment says that citizens cannot be forced to quarter soldiers during times of peace.

• Third
• Fourth
• Sixth
• Second
• Seventh
• Eighth

The Bill of Rights guarantee to protect our basic rights and freedoms to the people while limiting the _____ of the federal government.

How many chief justices are there in the United States Supreme Court?

• One

• Two

• Eight

• Nine

Supreme Court Justices are appointed to the Supreme Court for life or until they retire.

• Yes

• No

People have the right to bear arms thanks to the Fourth Amendment.

• Yes

• No

The king of Britain that was a tyrant and made the colonies decide they wanted to be independent was known as _____.

• King George IV

• King Henry VIII

• King Louis XVI

• King George III