Unit 2: The Constitution & Bill of Rights – Multiple Choice Test

What is the purpose of the Preamble to the Constitution?

• To set up the Bill of Rights

• To introduce the goals of the Constitution

• To list the powers of the states

• To describe how to amend the Constitution

Article I of the Constitution establishes which branch of government?

• Executive

• Judicial

• Legislative

• State

Which clause gives Congress the power to make all laws “necessary and proper” for carrying out its duties?

• Full Faith & Credit Clause

• Supremacy Clause

• Necessary and Proper Clause

• Due Process Clause

Article II of the Constitution establishes which branch?

• Judicial

• Executive

• Legislative

• State

Article III of the Constitution establishes which branch?

• Judicial

• Executive

• Legislative

• State

Which clause requires states to recognize the public acts, records, and court proceedings of other states?

• Supremacy Clause

• Necessary and Proper Clause

• Full Faith & Credit Clause

• Due Process Clause

How can amendments to the Constitution be proposed?

• By the President alone

• By a 2/3 vote of Congress or a national convention

The Supremacy Clause states:

• Federal law is the “supreme law of the land.”

• State laws always come first.

• Congress has the final say in elections.

• The President is more powerful than the courts.

Which principle means that government power comes from the people?

• Judicial Review

• Federalism

• Popular Sovereignty

• Separation of Powers

The power of the courts to declare laws unconstitutional is called:

• Checks and Balances

• Judicial Review

• Supremacy Clause

• Due Process