Constitution Quiz

The first ten amendments added to the Constitution are known as the __.

The words “We the people” are the first words of the __ to the Constitution.

If a state law __ the Constitution or federal law, the Constitution or federal law prevails.

• overrides
• ignores
• conflicts with
• supports

Ratified by the states in 1868, the __ Amendment granted full citizenship rights to formerly enslaved African Americans.

• 13th Amendment
• 14th Amendment
• 15th Amendment
• 16th Amendment

The U.S. Congress claims __, which are powers that are suggested but not directly stated in the Constitution.

• suggested powers
• unstated powers
• implicit powers
• implied powers

The Constitution, written in Philadelphia in 1787, included which of the following?

• concurrent powers for the judiciary and the states

• enumerated powers

• state power to maintain armed forces

• number of Supreme Court justices

The Americans formed a republic, a government in which people rule through 

• voting and electing representatives
• through military force
• by appointing leaders
• by inheriting power

The system established to maintain a balance of power between the three branches of government is called _______.

• separation of powers
• division of authority
• equal distribution of control
• checks and balances

For an amendment to be ratified, it must be approved by what fraction of the states?

• 1/3
• 3/4
• 1/2
• 2/3

The president is head of the executive branch of the federal government.

• True

• False