Constitution STAAR 20 Questions

Match the following Amendments to their rights

• Freedom of Speech, Press, Assembly, Petition, Religion

• 4th Amendment

• the Right to not have to quarter soliders

• 1st Amendment

• Right to Bear arms

• 5th Amendment

• the right against self-incrimination

• 3rd Amendment

• The right to no illegal search or seizures

• 2nd Amendment

Match the following

• Articles of Confederation

• Legislative Branch

• Interprets the Laws

• Our nations First Government System

• Enforces the Laws

• Judicial Branch

• Makes the Laws

• Each branch has the ability to check the others to keep one branch from becoming too powerful

• Check and Balances

• Executive Branch

Match the following

• Senate

• Representatives for each state are determined by population

• House of Representatives

• Each state gets two representatives

• The Great Compromise

• Solved the question "How should states be represented in the new government?".

This was an agreement between the states that created 2 houses of Congress based on both state population and equal representation for each state -

• Separation of Powers

• The Great Compromise

• Limited Government

Which principle of the Constitution allows each branch of government to limit the powers of the other two branches?

• federalism

• checks and balances

• limits and supports

• constitutionality

Which statement best explains the principle of federalism?

• the constitutional system that states that the national government can levy taxes

• the constitutional system that states that power will be divided between 3 branches

• the constitutional system that states the national government is supreme

• the constitutional system that shares power between the national and state governments

the idea that the government’s authority comes from the people

• popular sovereignty

• majority rule

• federalism

• populism

a key constitutional principle that divides the functions of government among three branches

• federalism

• sectionalism

• separation of duties

• separation of power

What is the name of the document that creates our Government ?

• The Constitution

• The Declaration of Independence

• The Magna Carta

• The Treaty of Paris

The 3/5 compromise dealt with what topics?

• representation & slavery

• representation & federal hate crimes

• Southern aggression

• Northern aggression