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WorksheetsAL HISTORY WEEK 8
Total questions: 14
Worksheet time: 7mins
A constitution is a body of laws that everyone agrees to obey
True
False
According to our U.S. Constitution, police can enter your home to gather evidence against you at any time if they suspect that you have committed a crime.
True
False
Not only does Alabama have the U.S. Constitution, but we also have our State Bill of Rights to protect your rights.
True
False
Because of our State Bill of Rights, if police think you have stolen a car, you are first locked up in jail and then given a trial to decide whether you are guilty.
True
False
The First Amendment in the Alabama Bill of Rights states that people have the right to freedom of speech
True
False
Part of the way a bill becomes a law is when...
The minority of the Senate votes for it.
The majority of the Senate votes for it.
Everyone in the Senate votes for it.
The system of one branch keeping an eye on the other branches of government is called:
watching the balance
checks and balances
the Supreme Court
Who is the head of the executive branch in our state?
the president
the mayor
the governor
The job of the judicial branch is to....
make laws
ask citizens for ideas for laws
interpret laws
In Alabama, we have __________ senators and __________ representatives.
35, 105
2, 10
5, 18
The highest court in the Alabama judicial system is the ______________ Court.
local
Supreme
county
There are three branches of government in the Alabama and U.S. systems. They are the __________________________, ___________________________, and ___________________________.
house, senate, congress
congress, judicial, white house
executive, legislative, judicial
The word _________________ means that Congress is divided into two houses: the Senate and the House of Representatives.
tripod
bicameral
legislative
In our U.S. legislative branch, each state has ______________ senators. The number of people in the House of Representatives is determined by __________________.
64, state color
2, population
12, state governor
