Constitution and Government Test

Although there was a wide variety of individuals present at the Constitutional Convention, who was missing and not considered part of the political process at that time?

• All of the answers

• Farmers, merchants, and lawyers

• Native Americans, African Americans, and women

• Doctors, generals, and governors

What is the supreme law of the land?

• Equal rights for all

• The Constitution

• The Supreme Court

• The Executive Branch

What is federalism or dual sovereignty?

• When the president and vice president split their power

• When someone is a citizen in more than one country

• Sharing power between the federal and state governments

• Sharing power between two different countries

What was the Three-Fifths Compromise?

• The president must have 3/5 of his cabinet agree to declare war

• It would take a vote of 3/5 of congress to pass a law

• Slaves would count as 3/5 of a person in the population

• When 3/5 of the delegates agreed to abolish slavery

How did the Great Compromise deal with state representation for the number of legislatures?

• All of the answers

• The lower house, called the House of Representatives, would vary in the number of representatives based on population

• The upper house, called the senate, would have two members from every state

• The new Congress could not interfere with the slave trade until 1808 and slaves were counted as 3/5 of a person

What three branches of government is the United States organized into?

• National, Central, and Federal

• Executive, Judicial, Legality

• Legislative, Executive, and Judicial

• Homeland, Legislative, and Executive

What is the role of the executive branch?

• All of the answers

• Makes the laws

• Carries out the laws

• Interprets the laws

What is the role of the legislative branch?

• All of the answers

• Makes the laws

• Carries out the laws

• Interprets the laws

What is the role of the Judicial Branch?

• All of the answers

• Interprets the laws

• Carries out the laws

• Makes the laws

How do Supreme Court justices get their position?

• All of the answers

• They apply with the Federal Government

• The president nominates an individual to fill the spot and the senate votes to confirm

• They are elected by the people with a majority vote