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Total questions: 80
Worksheet time: 27mins
What was the first constitution or government of the United States?
Articles of Confederation
First Continental Congress
Second Continental Congress
Constitutional Convention
Who created the Articles of Confederation?
Second Continental Congress
First Continental Congress
Albany Congress
Constitutional Convention
What was the overall problem with the Articles of Confederation?
Federal government was too weak
There were no state governments
Federal government was too strong
State governments were too weak
Where was the Constitutional Convention held?
Philadelphia
New York
Boston
Washington, DC
Hanover Park
Which state boycotted the Constitutional Convention?
Rhode Island
Georgia
Illinois
New York
Who was President of the Constitutional Convention?
George Washington
James Madision
Alexander Hamilton
Benjamin Franklin
Who is considered to be "Father of the Constitution?"
James Madison
George Washington
Thomas Jefferson
Benjamin Franklin
Alexander Hamilton
The Virginia Plan was also known as the
Large State Plan
Small State Plan
Connecticut Compromise
3/5 Compromise
The New Jersey Plan was also known as the
Small State Plan
Large State Plan
Great Compromise
Connecticut Compromise
According the the Virginia Plan, how would states we represented in the legislature?
By population
Equally
Both equally and by population
1 per state
According to the New Jersey Plan, how would states be represented in the legislature?
Equally
By population
Both equally and by population
Neither equally or by population
How did the Great Compromise solve the dispute as to how states would be represented in the legislature?
Created a bicameral legislature using both plans
Created a legislature with representation based on population
Created a legislature with equal representation
Created the Articles of Confederation
Solved the dispute regarding the counting of slave populations for representation in Congress and taxation
3/5 Compromise
Great Compromise
New Jersey Plan
Virginia Plan
The Great Compromise is also known as the
Connecticut Compromise
3/5 Compromise
New Jersey Plan
Virginia Plan
Wealthy and well-educated who wanted to create a more powerful federal government
Federalists
Anti-Federalists
Patriots
Loyalists
Farmers who were loyal to their state governments and feared a more powerful federal government
Anti-Federalists
Federalists
Loyalists
Patriots
Influential political literature printed in newspapers which argued that the Constitution would guaranteed limits on government power
Federalist Papers
Preamble
Bill of Rights
Common Sense
The Constitution is made up of:
Preamble
Articles
Amendments
All answers are correct
What is Article 1 (I)?
Legislative Branch
Executive Branch
Five Freedoms
Right to Bear Arms
What is Article 2 (II)?
Executive Branch
Legislative Branch
Right to Bear Arms
No Quartering of Soldiers
What is Article 3 (III)?
Judicial Branch
No Quartering of Soldiers
Executive Branch
No Unreasonable Search and Seizure
What is Article 4 (IV)?
States and Union
No Unreasonable Search and Seizure
No Quartering of Soldiers
Amending the Constitution
What is Article 5 (V)?
Amending the Constitution
Rights of the Accused
Right to a Speedy Trial by Jury
States and Union
What is Article 6 (VI)?
National Supremacy
Right to a Speedy Trial by Jury
Right to a Jury Trial in Civil Cases
Ratificatiobin
What is Article 7 (VII)?
Ratificatation
Right to a Speedy Trial by Jury
Right to a Jury in Civil Cases
National Supremacy
What is Article 8 (VIII)?
There is no Article 8 (VIII)
Bail and Punishment
Ratification
Powers Reserved to the States
What is the duty of the Legislative Branch?
Make laws
Enforce laws
Interpret laws
Break laws
How many total members are there in the Senate?
100
435
535
538
270
How do you determine how many Senators there are in a state?
2 per state
By population
At least 1
At least 3
Can you name all seven Articles to the Constitution without using your notes?
Yes
No
How many total members are there in the House of Representatives?
435
100
535
270
538
How many total members are there in Congress?
535
538
270
435
100
Every state must have at least how many members in Congress?
3
1
2
Depends on population
Requirements:
25 years old, citizen for 7 years, live in district
House of Representatives
Senate
President
Supreme Court
Requirements:
30 years old, citizen for 9 years, resident of state
Senate
House of Representatives
President
Supreme Court
Requirements:
35 years old, natural born citizen, live in U.S. for 14 years
President
Senate
House of Representatives
Supreme Court
What is the current Number of Congress?
118
535
538
270
Current Speaker of the House?
Kevin McCarthy
Kamala Harris
Richard Durbin
Tammy Duckworth
Who is President of the Senate?
Kamala Harris
Nancy Pelosi
Joe Biden
John Roberts, Jr.
Who are the two Senators from Illinois?
Richard Durbin and Tammy Duckworth
JB Pritzker and Lori Lightfoot
Joe Biden and Kamala Harris
Raja Krishnamoorthi and Sean Casten
Who has the power to declare war?
Congress
President
Commander-In-Chief
Secretary of Defense
Who has the power to approve Presidential appointments?
Senate
House of Representatives
Congress
Supreme Court
Who has the power to approve Presidential treaties?
Senate
House of Representatives
Congress
Supreme Court
Who has the duty to act as the jury for impeachment cases?
Senate
House of Representatives
Congress
Supreme Court
Who has the power to start all revenue (money) bills?
House of Representatives
Senate
Congress
Department of the Treasury
Who has the sole power to start impeachment cases?
House of Representatives
Senate
Congress
Supreme Court
Who has the duty to select the President if there is no majority in the Electoral College?
House of Representatives
Senate
Supreme Court
Congress
Duty of the Executive Branch?
Enforce the laws
Make the laws
Interpret the laws
Break the laws
A law which punishes someone for an act committed before the act was a crime
Ex Post Facto Law
Bill of Attainder
Writ of Assistance
Habeas Corpus
The right of the accused to be free from imprisonment until they have been legally tried and convicted
Habeas Corpus
Double Jeopardy
Ex Post Facto
Bill of Attainder
A law punishing someone without a jury trial
Bill of Attainder
Writ of Assistance
Habeas Corpus
Ex Post Facto Law
Duty of the Judicial Branch?
Interpret the laws
Make the laws
Enforce the laws
Carry out the laws
How many Supreme Court Justices are there?
9
7
5
3
Who is Chief Justice of the Supreme Court?
John Roberts, Jr.
Kamala Harris
Nancy Pelosi
Anne Burke
What is Amendment 1 (I)?
Five Freedoms
Legislative Branch
Executive Branch
Right to Bear Arms
Where in the Constitution will you find the six goals?
Preamble
Articles
Amendments
Bill of Rights
What is Amendment 2 (II)?
Right to Bear Arms
Executive Branch
Legislative Branch
No Quartering of Soldiers
What is Amendment 3 (III)?
No Quartering of Soldiers
Judicial Branch
No Unreasonable Search and Seizure
States and Union
What is Amendment 4 (IV)?
No Unreasonable Search and Seizure
States and Union
No Quartering of Soldiers
Rights of the Accused
What is Amendment 5 (V)?
Rights of the Accused
Amending the Constitution
Right to a Speedy Trial by Jury
States and Union
What is Amendment 6 (VI)?
Right to a Speedy Trial by Jury
Right to a Jury Trial in Civil Cases
National Supremacy
Ratification
What is Amendment 7 (VII)?
Right to a Jury in Civil Cases
Ratification
Right to a Speedy Trial by Jury
Bail and Punishment
What is Amendment 8 (VIII)?
Bail and Punishment
There is no Amendment 8 (VIII)
Ratification
Powers Reserved to the States
What is Amendment 9 (IX)?
Powers Reserved to the States
Powers Reserved to the People
Ratification
There is no Amendment 9 (IX)
What is Amendment 10 (X)?
Powers Reserved to the States
Powers Reserved to the People
There is no Amendment 10 (X)
Bill of Rights
The Bill of Rights are
Amendments 1 (I) - 10 (X)
Articles 1 (I) - 7 (VII)
the Preamble, Articles, and Amendments
Commandments 1 (I) - 10 (X)
Who drafted the Bill of Rights?
James Madison
Alexander Hamilton
Thomas Jefferson
John Locke
Thomas Paine
What limits the President to two terms?
Amendment 22 (XXII)
Amendment 20 (XX)
Article 20 (XX)
Amendment 2 (II)
Article 22 (XXII)
What changed the day the President takes office from March 4 - January 20?
Amendment 20 (XX)
Article 20 (XX)
Amendment 22 (XXII)
Amendment 12 (XII)
Article 22 (XXII)
This Amendment is known as the "Lame Duck" Amendment:
20 (XX)
22 (XXII)
12 (XII)
2 (II)
How many total Electoral Votes are there?
538
535
270
438
How many Electoral Votes are needed to win the Presidency?
270
538
535
435
117
What number President is Joe Biden?
46
45
27
270
Current President and Vice President?
Joe Biden and Kamala Harris
Sean Casten and Raja Krishnamoorthi
Winston and Harrison
Richard Durbin and Tammy Duckworth
Fifteen executive departments which advise the President
Cabinet
Congress
Executive Branch
Electoral College
The term for the House of Representatives is
2 years
4 years
6 years
Life
Term for the Senate is
2 years
4 years
6 years
Life
The term for the President is
2 years
4 years
6 years
Life
Currently, there are _____ total Amendments to the Constitution
27
10
7
46
There are _____ Articles in the Constitution
7
27
10
46
