Checks and Balances Quiz

Why did the founders included checks and balances in the Constitution?

• To give most of the power to the executive branch

• To ensure that government branches would operate without disagreement

• To continue concepts from the Articles of Confederation

• To prevent any one branch of government from becoming too powerful

How does the legislative branch check the executive branch?

• All of the above

• Power of the House to impeach the president or vice president

• Power to approve presidential appointments

• Power to over-ride the president’s veto

How does the judicial branch check the legislative branch?

• The power to impeach a congressional representative

• The power to set congressional salaries

• The power to veto laws

• The power to find laws unconstitutional

What is the purpose of checks and balances in the government?

• To give the executive branch more authority

• To prevent any branch from becoming too powerful

• To ensure equal distribution of power among the branches

• To continue the concepts from the Articles of Confederation

Which branch has the power to propose Constitutional amendments to overturn Supreme Court decisions?

• Judicial

• Legislative

• None of the above

• Executive

What is the main concern addressed by the system of checks and balances?

• Preventing disagreements among government branches

• Ensuring the executive branch has the most power

• Preventing any one branch from becoming too powerful

• Continuing concepts from the Articles of Confederation

Which branch has the power to declare laws unconstitutional?

• None of the above

• Judicial

• Executive

• Legislative

What is the purpose of the system of checks and balances?

• To give equal power to all branches

• To continue concepts from the Articles of Confederation

• To ensure the executive branch has the most power

• To prevent any branch from becoming too powerful

Which branch has the power to veto bills?

• None of the above

• Executive

• Legislative

• Judicial

What is the purpose of the United States Constitution?

• To ensure that government branches would operate without disagreement

• To continue concepts from the Articles of Confederation

• To prevent any one branch from becoming too powerful

• To give most of the power to the executive branch