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Жұмыс парақтарыChapter 8
Total сұрақ: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
What is the bill of rights?
Our system of checks and balances. It stops any branch from becoming too powerful.
The first ten amendments to the Constitution. It limits the government's power and protects our rights.
An explanation of why we pay taxes
It doesn't exist
How often do we reassign the amount of representatives a state gets in the House of Representatives?
Every year
Every two years
Every five years
Every ten years
What is the main job of the executive branch?
To enforce the laws passed by Congress
To be the most powerful branch
To make laws
To determine if something is constitutional
If a state law contradicts a federal law, which one wins?
Federal law
State law
Can the government ever limit your right to protest?
Yes, in a case of a risk to the public's health or safety
No, there are no circumstances where they can limit your right to protest
Who developed the Virginia Plan, which provides the basic framework and central ideas of the U.S. Constitution?
Benjamin Franklin
James Madison
John Adams
Thomas Jefferson
The system set up to maintain a balance of power among the three branches of government is called
Checks and balances
Equilibrium
Separation of powers
Veto and override system
The Constitution is based on how many key principles?
3
5
7
9
Justices of the Supreme Court listen to legal arguments about a case and then present and explain a decision called
The Court's Opinion
The Final Rule
The Last Decree
The Supreme Ruling
The process of changing the Constitution is started by
A popular vote
The Congress
The President
The Supreme Court
There are no term limits for
Senators
State representatives
The President
Both Senators and State Representatives
Which amendment to the Constitution provides protections for people accused of crimes?
First
Fourth
Fifth
Ninth
What must an immigrant to the United States agree to before he or she can become a U.S. citizen?
Recite the Pledge of Allegiance backwards
Immigrants must agree to accept the rights and responsibilities that go with citizenship
Shake hands with the President
Prove they are not a foreign spy
What are the first words of the preamble to the Constitution?
Go away Britain
This is a list of our rights
In this document we declare
We the People
Which section of the Constitution is the first amendment in?
The Bill of Rights
The Preamble
It's in the Declaration of Independence, not the Constitution
I didn't know we had a first amendment
