The Constitution

When was the Constitution written?

• 1776
• 1787
• 1790
• 1789

Congress is in the _________________________ branch.

• legislative
• judicial
• executive

Congress’ main job is to ______________________________.

• carry out laws
• interpret laws
• make laws

Each state has _________ Senators.

• 1
• 2
• 3
• 4

The House of Representatives has how many voting members?

• 345

• 200

• 435

• 100

What are the two parts of the U.S. Congress?

• the House of Representatives and the Courts

• the House of Lords and the House of Commons
• the Senate and the Courts

• the Senate and House of Representatives

Who does a U.S. Senator represent?

• only the people in the state who voted for the senator
• all the people of the state
• the state legislatures
• only the people who belong to the senator's political party

What does the Constitution do?

• protects basic rights of Americans
• sets up the government
• defines the government
• all of these answers

What happened at the Constitutional Convention?

• The Declaration of Independence was written.
• The Constitution was written.
• The Virginia Declaration of Rights was written.
• The Emancipation Proclamation was written.

What is the supreme law of the land?

• the Supreme Court
• the Bill of Rights
• the Declaration of Independence
• the Constitution