5th Grade Law exam

The judicial branch can decide whether a law is

• constitutional or illegal
• constitutional or not
• valid or invalid
• approved or rejected

Whose main job is to make laws?

• President
• Legislative branch
• Judicial branch
• Executive branch

What is the purpose of the legislative branch of government?

• To bake cookies, play video games, and watch movies
• To predict the weather, design clothing, and build houses
• To make laws, represent the interests of the people, and provide checks and balances.
• To perform surgery, repair cars, and fly airplanes

How does a bill become a law?

• By being ignored, forgotten, and never voted on
• By being eaten, torn, or lost
• By being whispered, shouted, and then ignored
• By being introduced, reviewed, debated, voted on, and signed

What is the purpose of the executive branch of government?

• To enforce laws, manage government operations, and implement policies.
• To oversee state governments, , and interpret the Constitution.

• To manage foreign relations, declare war, and regulate commerce.
• To interpret laws, create new policies, and oversee the judicial branch.

Why did the framers of the Constitution want to limit the power of the president?

• To allow for unlimited executive authority
• To establish a monarchy
• To increase the president's power
• To prevent being ruled by a KING and ensure checks and balances.

What is the purpose of the judicial branch of government?

• To conduct foreign affairs, negotiate treaties, and maintain national security.
• To interpret laws, settle disputes, and ensure fair application of laws.
• To execute laws, manage public finances, and regulate commerce.
• To enforce laws, create new legislation, and oversee government operations.

The system of checks and balances makes sure that

• it allows the president to make decisions without interference
• it prevents any one branch of government from becoming too powerful
• it ensures equal representation of all states in the government
• it gives the judicial branch authority over the other branches

Who has the power to declare war?

• Secretary of Defense
• Congress
• President
• Supreme Court

The President has many powers. Choose the answer with three of these powers.

• Veto legislation, grant pardons, appoint federal judges
• Command the military, set tax rates, appoint Supreme Court justices
• Issue passports, regulate interstate commerce, appoint ambassadors
• Declare war, control the stock market, appoint state governors