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Total questions: 22

Worksheet time: 17mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What are the five freedoms of the first amendment?

a)

The freedom of the press, speech, housing, assembly, and religion.

b)

The freedom of housing, religion, speech, assembly, and the press.

c)

The freedom of the press, assembly, petition, speech, and religion.

d)

The freedom of religion, housing, eating, petition, and speech.

e)

None of the above

2.

What does the Bill of Rights include?

a)

The first amendment.

b)

The first ten amendments

c)

The first eleven amendments

d)

The first five amendments

e)

None of the above

3.

The second amendment allows you to _________

(fill in the blank)

a)

Have bear arms

b)

Housing

c)

Food

d)

Keep and bear arms

e)

None of the above

4.

The third amendment prevents __________

(fill in the blank)

a)

..people from breaking glass.

b)

..you from having to quarter soldiers.

c)

..you from having to pay soldiers quarters

d)

..you being able to have a house

e)

..none of the above

5.

What is the preamble?

a)

The beginning to the constitution.

b)

The end of the constitution.

c)

The middle of the constitution.

d)

The beginning of the articles of the confederation.

e)

none of the above

6.

What year did all the original 13 colonies ratify the Constitution?

(a)  

7.

Why did Thomas Jefferson say, “educate and inform the whole mass of people”?

a)

If we are not educated, we will be taken over

b)

If we are educated, we will be taken over

c)

If we are not educated, we will probably will be taken over

d)

If we are educated, we will be probably taken over

e)

none of the above

8.

What oath do all presidents take when they are sworn in?

a)

To preserve, keep and defend the Constitution

b)

To preserve and defend the Constitution

c)

To keep, protect and defend the Constitution

d)

To preserve, protect and defend the Constitution

e)

none of the above

9.

What is the constitution?

a)

A written document our laws are based on

b)

A written document no laws are based on

c)

A written document nobody really cares about

d)

A piece of paper.

e)

none of the above.

10.

What document was signed by King John I and local barons in a meadow called Runnymede, in England in 1215 and what was its significance?

a)

The Magna Carta- first time the rights of the people were removed, began to turn to an absolute monarchy

b)

The Magna Carta- first time the rights of a king were limited, started England on path to democracy

c)

The Magma Carton- first time the rights of a king were limited, started England on path to democracy

d)

The Carton Carta- first time the rights of barons were limited.

e)

none of the above

11.

How did the Constitution take citizens' freedoms further than the Magna Carta, 500 years later?

a)

Gives even less rights to the citizens

b)

It made citizens rule over the nobility.

c)

Gives even more rights to the citizens

d)

It allowed citizens to have free housing

e)

none of the above

12.

In the Declaration, what truths did the Founders consider self evident?

a)

That all men are created equal

b)

Nobody was created equal

c)

None of the above.

13.

Do we have a Democracy in the U.S.?

a)

Yes, we have a democracy.

b)

No, we have a dictatorship.

c)

No, we have a representative republic.

d)

none of the above

14.

According to Ben, what sequence of events leads to the death of liberty?

a)

1st there’s a national crisis, people protest, laws are kept and tyranny takes over

b)

Liberty can't die

c)

1st there’s protesting, laws are bypassed and tyranny takes over

d)

1st there’s a national crisis, people protest, laws are bypassed and tyranny takes over

e)

none of the above

15.

To what can we trace nearly all of our problems in the US today? How can we fix it?

a)

Ignorance of the constitution, don't vote.

b)

There are no problems in the USA

c)

Ignorance of the constitution, vote.

d)

none of the above

16.

What powers does the President have?

a)

Commander of the Army, power to make treaties with other countries, enforces laws

b)

Commander in chief of the Army, power to make treaties with other countries, enforces laws

c)

Commander in chief of the Army, power to declare war on other countries, enforces laws

d)

Commander in chief of the Army, power to make treaties with other countries.

e)

none of the above

17.

What is the role of the supreme court

a)

To dis-interpret the constitution.

b)

To interpret the constitution.

c)

To keep the constitution.

d)

None of the above

18.

What are the two division of congress?

a)

Senate and the House of Representatives

b)

Representatives and the House of Senators

c)

Senate and the Home of Representatives

d)

Representatives and the House of Representatives

e)

none of the above

19.

How are the seats determined for the Senate

a)

3 per state- 150 total

House of Representatives- 435, determined by population of each state

b)

1 per state- 50 total

House of Representatives- 445, determined by population of each state

c)

2 per state- 100 total

House of Representatives- 445, determined by population of each state

d)

2 per state- 100 total

House of Representatives- 435, determined by population of each state

e)

none of the above

20.

Why did our Founder’s create three branches of government?

a)

To guarantee no separation of power and checks and balances

b)

To guarantee separation of power and checks and balances

c)

To guarantee separation of power and checking and balances

d)

To guarantee separation of power and balances

e)

none of the above

21.

How many amendments have been added to the Constitution?

a)

16

b)

18

c)

27

d)

17

e)

none of the above

22.

How many religions can Congress establish?

a)

Just one minor one

b)

Two

c)

Three

d)

None

e)

None of the above