Citizenship and Government Quiz

Why does each branch of the government have checks on it?

• To prevent any one branch from becoming too powerful.

• To give each branch the same power.

• To allow one branch to dominate the others.

• To make the government more efficient.

The President is the Commander in Chief of the entire U.S. military, but who is in charge of all the branches except for the Coast Guard?

• Secretary of Defense
• Attorney General
• Vice President
• Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff

What are two ways Congress can check the power of the President?

• Appointing Supreme Court justices and pardoning criminals
• Advice and Consent and Impeachment

• Declaring war and negotiating treaties
• Passing state laws and issuing executive orders

What are three things the Constitution does that make it so important?

• The Constitution guarantees equal pay for all citizens, ensures free healthcare for everyone, and establishes a national religion.
• The Constitution limits the power of the government, promotes economic equality, and guarantees free education for all.
• The Constitution allows the government to discriminate based on race, and establishes a monarchy.

• The Constitution establishes the branches of the government, protects an individual's basic rights, and protects U.S. citizens.

Which branch of the government enforces laws, approves or vetoes Congress's bills, directs the military, makes foreign policy, and writes the federal budget?

• Judicial branch
• State governments
• Executive branch
• Legislative branch

What happens when a bill is sent to the President?

• The President can either sign the bill into law or veto it.
• The Vice President makes the final decision on the bill.
• The bill is sent back to Congress for revision.
• The President can ignore the bill and it becomes law automatically.

Which branch of the government creates bills, can overturn vetoes to pass bills, can impeach the President, can declare war, and approve or reject the President's appointments?

• Legislative branch
• Military branch
• Executive branch
• Judicial branch

Which branch of the government can interpret laws, decide if a law is constitutional, decide court cases, and settle cases between two or more states?

• Judicial branch
• Executive branch
• Legislative branch
• Administrative branch

Which of the following is a freedom guaranteed by the First Amendment to the Constitution?

• Freedom of speech, religion, press, assembly, and petition are not guaranteed by the First Amendment.
• Freedom of speech, religion, press, assembly, and petition.
• The First Amendment guarantees freedom of speech only.
• The First Amendment guarantees freedom of religion only.

Which of the following are rights of citizens?

• freedom of speech

• right to vote

• freedom of religion

• All choices presented