US Government Quiz

What was the first written plan of government for the United States?

• Articles of Confederation

• US Constitution

• The Bill of Rights

• The Great Compromise

What is an agreement or a settlement of an issue that is reached by each side giving something up?

• Compromise

• War

• The Bill of Rights

• Amendment

What is the system that provides each branch of government with individual powers to check the other branches and prevent any one branch from becoming too powerful?

• Checks and Balances

• Amendment

• Compromise

• Bill

What was the agreement made at the Constitutional Convention stating that enslaved persons would be counted as three-fifths of a person when determining a state’s population for representation in the House of Representatives?

• The Great Compromise

• The 3/5ths Compromise

• The Electoral College

• The Great Slave Compromise

What was the group established by the Constitution to elect the President and Vice President?

• The Electoral College

• The Bill of Rights

• The 3/5ths Compromise

• The Great American Electors

What branch of the US Government is the US Congress, which includes the House of Representatives and the Senate?

• Legislative Branch

• Judicial Branch

• Executive Branch

What branch of the US Government is headed by the President, and includes the VP and all of the Presidential Cabinet members?

• Legislative Branch

• Judicial Branch

• Executive Branch

What branch of the US Government is made up of judges and courts, such as the Supreme Court?

• Legislative Branch

• Judicial Branch

• Executive Branch

What is the formal listing of the basic rights of people in the United States, and is the first 10 Amendments in the US Constitution?

• The Bill of Rights

• The Articles of Confederation

• Checks and Balances

• The Electoral College

What is a minor change or addition designed to improve the US Constitution, or any other text or piece of legislation?

• Amendment

• Bill

• Law

• Checks and Balances