Constitution Review 1

The Preamble

• states the purpose of the Declaration on Independence
• states the purpose of the Constitution
• concludes the Constitution
• influenced the War for Independence

The war in which the colonies won their independence from England was the

• French and Indian War
• Revolutionary War
• Civil War
• Crimean War

The Preamble begins with

• When in the course of human events.....
• We the citizens need to form.....
• As the people of the United States....
• We the people of the United States.....

The plan of government proposed during the Constitutional Convention that called for a bicameral Congress based on population was the

• Florida Plan
• Great Compromise
• New Jersey Plan
• Virginia Plan

Power in the United States government is divided among

• two branches
• seven branches
• twenty-five branches
• three branches

The number of representatives each state has in the House depends on

• how big the state is
• when the state was admitted
• the population of the state
• how rich the state is

The total number of U.S. Senators is

• 435
• 453
• 100
• 50

The executive branch

• makes laws
• explains laws
• carries out laws
• declares laws unconstitutional

The executive branch checks (or controls) the legislative branch by

• vetoing laws
• passing laws over veto
• declaring laws unconstitutional
• controlling salaries

The legislative branch

• makes laws
• explains laws
• enforces laws
• vetoes laws