WorksheetsU.S. Judicial System
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
How are federal judges chosen?
Special Elections
Presidential Appointments
Congressional Hearings
A principle ruling or law established during a court case is called what?
Precedent
Primary Ruling
Habeas Corpus
Which court cannot be abolished?
Appeals court
Special court
Supreme Court
About how many cases does the Supreme Court hear each year?
100 to 150
300 to 350
500 to 1,000
How many judges are on the Supreme Court?
Six
Eight
Nine
What action gave the Supreme Court considerably more power by enabling it to declare acts unconstitutional?
Constitutionality
Judicial Review
Due Process
When the Supreme Court grants a request to hear a case, they issue what?
Voir dire
Habeas corpus
Writ of certiorari
What are the trial courts of the federal system called?
District Courts
Regional Courts
Federal Trial Courts
Where do grand juries indict the accused?
In criminal cases
In District Courts
In Judge Judy's court
What court would you attend to argue a traffic ticket?
Tennis court
Special jurisdiction court
General jurisdiction court
What was our country's first constitution called?
The Articles of Confederation
The Declaration of Independence
The "Federalist Paper"
The Emancipation Proclamation
Laws for the United States are made by:
The President
The Senate
Congress
The Supreme Court
The longest possible time a person can now serve as president is:
4 years
8 years
10 years
12 years
A man accused of a crime in court has a right to:
Hear the witnesses against him
Be tried wherever he wants
Have any judge he wants
Change courts
Invoking the Fifth Amendment means an accused man:
Refuses to testify against himself
Refuses to be tried again
Demands a grand jury
Wants to appeal his case
Our first vice-president was:
Alexander Hamilton
Thomas Jefferson
Benjamin Franklin
John Adams
The Bill of Rights is:
The First Ten Amendments
The Fifteenth Amendment
The Entire Constitution
All of the Amendments
If neither the President nor the Vice President can serve, the position would be filled by:
The Speaker of the House
The Chief Justice
The elected President of the Senate
The Secretary of State
The major department head who is appointed by the President to deal with foreign countries is the:
Secretary of Defense
Secretary of State
Attorney General
Secretary of Commerce
The President is elected if he/she:
Wins a majority of the electoral votes
Wins most of the country's vote
Wins all of the states' votes
Wins most of the states' votes
