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WorksheetsConstitution of the United States
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 13mins
The introduction to the Constitution that lists the goals for the new government and starts with the words, "We the People..."
Article I
Article II
The Bill of Rights
The Preamble
This document influenced the writing of the Constitution by having ideas such as, "unalienable rights", that governments get their power from the people, and that government should protect the rights of its citizens.
Magna Carta
Declaration of Independence
Virginia Declaration of Rights
Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom
Select every option that is true of the Constitution.
It replaced the Articles of Confederation
It established a federal system of government
There are 42 amendments
It has only been amended 27 times
It established a separation of powers, in the legislative, judicial and executive branches
Identify the items below that are correctly matched.
Article I created the Legislative Branch
Article I created the Executive Branch
Article II created the Executive Branch
Article III created the Legislative Branch
Article III created the Judicial Branch
The Constitution states that the federal government is supreme over the states. This is known as the supremacy clause.
True
False
The Constitution can be amended, or changed. However, it is a difficult process. Over time it has only been amended ___ times.
10
15
17
27
When the Constitution was being ratified by the states, some states wanted a written guarantee of peoples' rights. These first ten amendments are known as the:
Declarations of Rights
Statement of Rights
Bill of Rights
Standards for Peoples' Rights
The Constitution had to be ratified by at least 9 states before it went into effect. To ratify means to:
inspect
change
announce
approve
In Article I, Congress was delegated certain powers. Select all that were delegated to Congress.
Declare War
Establish and Maintain an Armed Forces
Print and Coin Money
Remove the President from Office
Appoint the President's Cabinet members
What is the job of the executive branch?
To carry out or enforce laws
To create courts to serve justice
To make laws
To have fun
What is the job of the legislative branch?
To make laws for the United States of America
To make laws for just the president
To create courts to enforce laws
To create a new government for the United States of America
What is the job of the judicial branch?
To create laws that everyone else needs to follow
To enforce the laws of the United States of America
To create courts to serve justice
To create amendments in the constitution
Article IV in the United States Constitution says that...
States have the power to do whatever they want
States need to follow only the laws created by the president
States have the power to create and enforce their own laws
States need to create new laws for the president to follow
The Constitution as it was written in 1787, was divided into numerous parts called articles. How many articles are there?
10
5
8
7
Article VI says the U.S. will pay its debts, that national laws are to be followed when in conflict with state laws, and that the government officials must take a(n)_____ in which they promise to support the U.S. Constitution.
oath
pledge of allegiance
action plan
test
Which group of people supported the ratification of The Constitution?
The Federalists
The Anti-Federalists
Democrats
Republicans
Which term refers to the split of authority between the legislative, executive, and judicial branches?
Checks
Sovereignty
Salutory neglect
Separation of Powers
Which legislative system has two houses?
Unicameral
Brocameral
Bicameral
Tricameral
Agreement stating that enslaved persons would count as three-fifths of a person when considering population and taxation under the Constitution.
The Great Compromise
The Virginia Plan
The New Jersey Plan
The Three-Fifths Compromise
