Social Studies-Unit 4

One purpose of the U.S. Constitution described in its Preamble is to "establish justice."

Which of these is one way the government formed by the Constitution meets this purpose?

• Hearing Supreme Court cases

• Collecting federal taxes

• Creating the Department of Education

• Limiting Presidential terms

According to the Preamble to the U.S. Constitution, what was one purpose of the Constitution?

• To create a better government

• To create a national church

• To allow citizens to vote

• To grant people the right to protest

Which document acts as the supreme law of the land and explains the basic functions of the branches of government for the United States of America?

• The Declaration of Independence

• The Peace Treaty

• The Articles of Confederation

• The Constitution

We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.

-Preamble to the U.S. Constitution, 1789

Which of the following is a purpose of the U.S. Constitution as is stated in the preamble?

• Ensure colonists are in charge of Britain

• Enable the government full and complee power over the states

• Secure the peace and freedom for the new country and the future

• Give the states the right to become their own country

The (a)   branch reviews laws.

• Judicial

• Legislative

• Executive

The (a)   branch enforces our country's laws.

• Legislative

• Executive

• Judicial

The (a)   branch creates the laws.

• Legislative

• Judicial

• Executive

Which group is responsible for what the Constitution means, determining whether a law passed by Congress is constitutional, and resolving disputes between states?

• Legislative

• Judicial

• Constitutional

• Executive

Checks and Balances

• The House of Representatives has the power to impeach the president.

• The president has the power to veto laws passed by Congress.

• The Senate must approve judicial appointments made by the president.

• Why were checks and balances written into the Constitution of the United States?

• To set up the electoral college

• So people could elect officials

• To keep one branch from becoming too powerful

• To decide if things are constitutional

In the constitutional system of  ^________
Congress can override a Presidential veto of a law.

• Checks and balances

• Presidential

• Repulblicanism

• separation of powers