US Constitution Test

Under the Articles of Confederation, each state's power in Congress was based on:

• one vote per state.
• the state's size.
• the state's total population.
• the state's voting population.

The qualifications for a U.S. senator or representative require all the following except that he or she:

• be a U.S. citizen.
• be at least a certain age.
• live in the state he or she represents.
• belong to a registered political party

The person who serves as the president of the Senate is also:

• the Senate majority leader.
• a member elected by the Senate.
• the vice-president of the United States.
• the chief justice of the Supreme Court.

A U.S. senator serves for a term of:

• two years.
• four years.
• six years.
• eight years.

The president must have been a U.S. citizen:

• since birth.
• since the age of eighteen.
• for a minimum of ten years.
• for a minimum of twenty-five years.

If the president neither signs nor returns a bill to Congress during the time allowed, that bill:

• is vetoed.
• becomes law.
• goes to the state legislatures for consideration.
• must be signed by the vice-president to become law

To become the law of the land, the Constitution had to be ratified by:

• seven states.
• nine states.
• eleven states.
• all thirteen states.

Each of the following is a right guaranteed by the Bill of Rights except the right to

• vote.
• assemble.
• be tried publicly.
• voice an opinion.

A member of the House of Representatives is elected to a term of:

• one year.
• two years.
• four years.
• six years.

The last group to whom the Constitution granted the right to vote was:

• women.
• eighteen-year-olds.
• Native American men.
• African-American men