Unit 4 Quiz - Constitution

This is the name for the 7 sections (chapters) of the constitution.

Este es el nombre de las 7 secciones (capítulos) de la constitución.

• Preambles

• Articles

• Sections

• Amendments

The two houses of congress are the ​ (a)   and the ​ (b)  

• Senate
• House of Representatives
• Parliament, House of Lords
• Senate, House of Commons
• Congress, National Assembly

There are how many senators in total?

¿Cuántos senadores hay en total?

• 100

• 435

• 50

• 2

How many guiding principles to the constitution are listed in the preamble?

¿Cuántos principios rectores de la constitución se enumeran en el preámbulo?

• 5

• 4

• 6

• 13

The ​ (a)   is the introduction to the Constitution

• preamble
• appendix
• prologue
• foreword

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

¿Cuál fue el primer plan de gobierno escrito en los Estados Unidos?

• Magna Carta

• Declaration of Independence

• Constitution

• Articles of Confederation

​ (a)   demonstrated the weakness of the Articles of Confederation

• Shays' Rebellion
• The Boston Tea Party
• The War of 1812
• The Constitutional Convention

During World War 2, president Franklin Roosevelt deployed soldiers to Alaska to stop the Japanese invasion. Which constitutional principle is this an example of?

Durante la Segunda Guerra Mundial, el presidente Franklin Roosevelt desplegó soldados en Alaska para detener la invasión japonesa. ¿De qué principio constitucional se trata este caso?

• Promote the general welfare

• Form a more perfect Union

• Establish Justice

• Provide for the Common Defense

Why did the Preamble begin with the phrase “We the People”?

¿Por qué el Preámbulo comenzaba con la frase “Nosotros, el pueblo”?

• To indicate that the states were forming a constitutional republic

• To indicate that the American people were the ultimate source of government authority

• To indicate that the federal power was divided into three branches

• To indicate that the people would personally make all government decisions

The ​ (a)   divided the government in to ​ (b)   separate branches

• Baron de Montesquieu
• 3
• Thomas Hobbes
• John Locke
• Karl Marx
• 2
• 1