American Government and Symbols Quiz

Why is the U.S. Constitution important?

• Because it guarantees the American peoples basic rights, such as free speech, freedom of religion, and the right to an education.

• Because it makes sure the president has all of the power.

• It is not important, it is an old document that we do not use anymore.

• Because the presidents gets to create a new constitution every year

What are the 3 branches of government?

• Legislative, President, Congress

• Legislative, Judicial, Executive

• Senate, House of Representatives, Judicial

• Legislative, Judicial, Supreme Court

What problems does the judicial branch try to solve?

• It tries to solve problems that occur when laws do not follow what is in the Constitution.

• It fixes roads and bridges.

• It decides on new laws.

• It manages national parks.

Why is it important that people in the United States pay taxes?

• To buy toys and candy

• To support schools and hospitals

• To build more playgrounds

• To make the president happy

Why is it important to have three branches of government and not just one branch?

• So there are more people in charge

• To make sure everyone gets a turn being the boss

• To have different groups share the work and check on each other

• Because 3 is a lucky number

Explain why the total number of senators and representatives for each state is not the same.

• Because different states have different amounts of people that live there

• Because some states are more important than others

• Because the number is chosen randomly

• 
  This is not true, all states have the same amount

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Why does the president need the Senate to approve his or her choices of advisors?

• To make sure the advisors are good at playing games

• To give the Senate something to do

• To make sure the president doesn’t make decisions alone

• Because the Senate likes to give presents to advisors

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How are the Supreme Court justices picked?

• The president chooses someone to be a justice. Congress votes whether to approve the president’s choice.

• They are selected by the Vice president and then sent to Congress to be approved or denied.

• They are selected by the lottery.

• People in the community vote for them and the President approves them.

Why do we need the government to provide services?

• Because the government likes to boss people around

• Because it’s fun to have a lot of rules

• Because the government can help keep us safe, healthy by providing things like schools, roads and hospitals

• Because the government needs to spend money on toys

Why do you think the authors of the Constitution provide a way to amend or change it?

• Because they like to make things difficult.

• Because they don’t want anyone to have fun.

• Because they knew that times and situations might change, so they wanted to make sure the Constitution could change too if needed.

• Because they wanted to see how many words they could write.

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