Constitution Quiz

What was the name given to the first 10 amendments to the US Constitution that protect individual freedoms?

• Bill of Rights

• Articles of Confederation

• The Federalist Papers

• The Great Compromise

The elastic clause or the "necessary and proper" clause

• states that the Supreme Court can be flexible when interpreting the Constitution

• states that Congress can be flexible when considering laws it makes limiting states

• states that Congress can make laws limiting the powers of other branches

• states that Congress can make any law necessary for carrying out its duties

States have the power to 

• declare war
• establish schools
• print money
• foreign relations

The Legislative branch includes

• the House of Representatives and the Senate
• The Senate and the Supreme Court
• The House of Representatives and the President
• The Congress and the Senate

Which part of Congress is determined by population of the states?

• The House of Representatives
• The Senate
• The Legislative
• The Supreme Court

What does veto mean?

• The president is removed from office
• A law is unconstitutional
• The law is approved
• The president does not approve the law

What is the job of the Legislative branch?

• to enforce the laws
• to judge the laws
• to check the Congress
• to write the laws

What is the job of the Judicial Branch?

• to judge the laws
• to enforce the laws
• to write the laws
• to veto the laws

What is the job of the Executive Branch?

• to enforce the laws
• to write the laws
• to judge the laws
• to tax the people

The legislative branch can check the power of the executive branch by

• nominate judges

• declare laws unconstitutional

• Impeach the president

• veto laws