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Constitution

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What were the series of essays defending the constitution entitled? (Hint; written by Hamilton, Adams, and Jay)

a)

federalist’s papers

b)

Virginia plan

c)

New Jersey plan

d)

Articles of confederation

2.

What type of government did the constitution title the United States as?

a)

Democracy

b)

Federalist republic

c)

dictatorship

d)

communist

3.

What are the first ten amendments of the constitution?

a)

Federalist papers

b)

Articles of confederation

c)

The framers’ McDonald’s order

d)

Bill of rights

4.

What was the job of the judicial branch?

a)

Enforce the laws

b)

Interpret the laws

c)

Promote general welfare

d)

Makes laws

5.

What is another name for the constitution?

a)

Bill of rights

b)

Federalist papers

c)

Supreme law of the land

d)

Articles of confederation

6.

What is the constitution NOT divided into?

a)

Articles

b)

Clauses

c)

Sections

d)

Parts

7.

What is the purpose of the preamble?

a)

List of vendettas against Great Britain

b)

List of values

c)

Establish laws

d)

natural rights

8.

What is the purpose of the executive branch?

a)

Make laws

b)

Enforce laws

c)

carries out/executes laws

d)

Interprets laws

9.

What is the purpose for the legislative branch?

a)

Enforces laws

b)

makes laws

c)

Interprets laws

d)

Executes laws

10.

In which way is the government NOT divided?

a)

States

b)

National

c)

Local

d)

parliament

11.
What is the name for a change or addition to the Constitution?
a)
Federalism
b)
Amendment
c)
Ratification
d)
Veto
12.

Who is in charge of the executive branch?

a)

President

b)

Senate

c)

Congress

d)

Delegates

13.
This setup 3 branches of government, a Senate, and a House of Representatives
a)
Articles of Confederation
b)
Three-Fifths Compromise 
c)
New Jersey Plan
d)
The Great Compromise
14.
What house is based off of population?
a)
Senate
b)
White House
c)
Full House
d)
House of Representatives
15.

Which house of the senate represents the people? (Usually angry, feisty)

a)

Lower house

b)

Upper house

16.

Electoral college elected congress

a)

True

b)

False

17.

Where was the constitution created?

a)

Annapolis convention

b)

Philadelphia convention

18.

What was the constitution based off of?

a)

Federalist papers

b)

Declaration of Independence

c)

Virginia Plan

19.

a system in which power is divided between a central government and regional governments

a)

Democracy

b)

dictatorship

c)

Communism

d)

Federalism

20.

The constitution was easy to ratify.

a)

True

b)

false