WorksheetsS.S.
Total questions: 22
Worksheet time: 17mins
What are the five freedoms of the first amendment?
The freedom of the press, speech, housing, assembly, and religion.
The freedom of housing, religion, speech, assembly, and the press.
The freedom of the press, assembly, petition, speech, and religion.
The freedom of religion, housing, eating, petition, and speech.
None of the above
What does the Bill of Rights include?
The first amendment.
The first ten amendments
The first eleven amendments
The first five amendments
None of the above
The second amendment allows you to _________
(fill in the blank)
Have bear arms
Housing
Food
Keep and bear arms
None of the above
The third amendment prevents __________
(fill in the blank)
..people from breaking glass.
..you from having to quarter soldiers.
..you from having to pay soldiers quarters
..you being able to have a house
..none of the above
What is the preamble?
The beginning to the constitution.
The end of the constitution.
The middle of the constitution.
The beginning of the articles of the confederation.
none of the above
What year did all the original 13 colonies ratify the Constitution?
(a)
Why did Thomas Jefferson say, “educate and inform the whole mass of people”?
If we are not educated, we will be taken over
If we are educated, we will be taken over
If we are not educated, we will probably will be taken over
If we are educated, we will be probably taken over
none of the above
What oath do all presidents take when they are sworn in?
To preserve, keep and defend the Constitution
To preserve and defend the Constitution
To keep, protect and defend the Constitution
To preserve, protect and defend the Constitution
none of the above
What is the constitution?
A written document our laws are based on
A written document no laws are based on
A written document nobody really cares about
A piece of paper.
none of the above.
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?
The Magna Carta- first time the rights of the people were removed, began to turn to an absolute monarchy
The Magna Carta- first time the rights of a king were limited, started England on path to democracy
The Magma Carton- first time the rights of a king were limited, started England on path to democracy
The Carton Carta- first time the rights of barons were limited.
none of the above
How did the Constitution take citizens' freedoms further than the Magna Carta, 500 years later?
Gives even less rights to the citizens
It made citizens rule over the nobility.
Gives even more rights to the citizens
It allowed citizens to have free housing
none of the above
In the Declaration, what truths did the Founders consider self evident?
That all men are created equal
Nobody was created equal
None of the above.
Do we have a Democracy in the U.S.?
Yes, we have a democracy.
No, we have a dictatorship.
No, we have a representative republic.
none of the above
According to Ben, what sequence of events leads to the death of liberty?
1st there’s a national crisis, people protest, laws are kept and tyranny takes over
Liberty can't die
1st there’s protesting, laws are bypassed and tyranny takes over
1st there’s a national crisis, people protest, laws are bypassed and tyranny takes over
none of the above
To what can we trace nearly all of our problems in the US today? How can we fix it?
Ignorance of the constitution, don't vote.
There are no problems in the USA
Ignorance of the constitution, vote.
none of the above
What powers does the President have?
Commander of the Army, power to make treaties with other countries, enforces laws
Commander in chief of the Army, power to make treaties with other countries, enforces laws
Commander in chief of the Army, power to declare war on other countries, enforces laws
Commander in chief of the Army, power to make treaties with other countries.
none of the above
What is the role of the supreme court
To dis-interpret the constitution.
To interpret the constitution.
To keep the constitution.
None of the above
What are the two division of congress?
Senate and the House of Representatives
Representatives and the House of Senators
Senate and the Home of Representatives
Representatives and the House of Representatives
none of the above
How are the seats determined for the Senate
3 per state- 150 total
House of Representatives- 435, determined by population of each state
1 per state- 50 total
House of Representatives- 445, determined by population of each state
2 per state- 100 total
House of Representatives- 445, determined by population of each state
2 per state- 100 total
House of Representatives- 435, determined by population of each state
none of the above
Why did our Founder’s create three branches of government?
To guarantee no separation of power and checks and balances
To guarantee separation of power and checks and balances
To guarantee separation of power and checking and balances
To guarantee separation of power and balances
none of the above
How many amendments have been added to the Constitution?
16
18
27
17
none of the above
How many religions can Congress establish?
Just one minor one
Two
Three
None
None of the above
