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Outside Box Government

Total questions: 35

Worksheet time: 19mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What amendment protects the people from unreasonable government searches and seizures:

a)

3rd

b)

4th

c)

5th

d)

7th

2.

In order to amend the Constitution you need home states to ratify the constitution.

a)

over 1/3

b)

over 1/2

c)

2/3 of the states

d)

3/4 of the states

3.

Article 1 of the Constitution covers what branch of government:

a)

Executive

b)

Lesgislative

c)

Judicial

d)

Military

4.

This amendment guarantees that the Military cannot force homeowners to give them room and board, quartering.

a)

2nd

b)

3rd

c)

4th

d)

6th

5.

When a president wins an election, they are inaugurated on this day:

a)

First Tuesday of Novemenber

b)

January 6th

c)

January 20th

d)

July 4th

6.

No person shall be held to answer for a capital, or otherwise infamous crime, unless on a presentment or indictment of a grand jury, except in cases arising in the land or naval forces, or in the militia, when in actual service in time of war or public danger; nor shall any person be subject for the same offense to be twice put in jeopardy of life or limb; nor shall be compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against himself, nor be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor shall private property be taken for public use, without just compensation. What amendment is this?

a)

4th

b)

5th

c)

6th

d)

7th

7.

The Bill of Rights were not ratified until 1791, who was the principal author of the bill of rights?

a)

George Washington

b)

Thomas Jefferson

c)

Alexander Hamilton

d)

James Madison

8.

In all criminal prosecutions, the accused shall enjoy the right to a speedy and public trial, by an impartial jury of the state and district wherein the crime shall have been committed, which district shall have been previously ascertained by law, and to be informed of the nature and cause of the accusation; to be confronted with the witnesses against him; to have compulsory process for obtaining witnesses in his favor, and to have the assistance of counsel for his defense. What amendment is this?

a)

5th

b)

6th

c)

7th

d)

8th

9.

Select the 3 main parts of the US Constitution:

a)

Preamble

b)

Bill of Rights

c)

Amendments

d)

Articles

e)

Ratification process

10.

The Northwest Ordinance of 1787 banned slavery in the territories and added 5 new states to the union. Besides Ohio and Indiana select the other 3 states added to the union:

a)

Wisconsin

b)

Pennsylvania

c)

Michigan

d)

Illinois

e)

Tennessee

11.

In suits at common law, where the value in controversy shall exceed twenty dollars, the right of trial by jury shall be preserved, and no fact tried by a jury, shall be otherwise reexamined in any court of the United States, than according to the rules of the common law. What amendment is this:

a)

6th

b)

7th

c)

8th

d)

9th

12.

The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the states, are reserved to the states respectively, or to the people. This is what amendment?

a)

7th

b)

8th

c)

9th

d)

10th

13.

I was one of the most important and controversial supreme court cases preceding the Civil War, I was a slave at birth but my master took me to the free state of Illinois and Wisconsin but then back to the slave state of Missouri. The Supreme Court ruled I was not a citizen and had to rights and was considered property.

a)

Brown vs the Board of Education

b)

Nat Turner vs Missouri

c)

Plessy vs Ferguson

d)

Dred Scott vs Sandford

14.

The practice of refusing to surrender the floor during a debate to prevent the Senate from voting on a proposal.

a)

Cloture

b)

Filibuster

c)

Veto

d)

Deliberations

15.

Besides President George Washington who are the other 3 presidents on Mount Rushmore:

a)

Thomas Jefferson

b)

Franklin D. Roosevelt

c)

Theodore Roosevelt

d)

James Madison

e)

Abraham Lincoln

16.

What amendment gave women the right to vote?

a)

18th

b)

19th

c)

21st

d)

22nd

17.

The 23rd amendment gave this area _________ a number of electors during the presidential election, how many electors were awarded: ________.

a)

Washington D.C., 3

b)

Puerto Rico, 5

c)

US Virgin Islands, 2

d)

Guam, 5

18.

What amendment lowered the voting age to 18?

a)

18th

b)

22nd

c)

25th

d)

26th

19.

Which part of our government is an example of proportional representation:

a)

Congress: House of Representatives

b)

Congress: Senate

c)

Supreme Court

d)

President

20.

How many delegates attending the Philadelphia Convention in 1787 to draft the new US Constitution?

(a)  

21.

How many states needed to ratify the new Constitution ____, who was the last state to ratify?_______

a)

7, Maryland

b)

7, New Hampshire

c)

9, Maryland

d)

9, New Hampshire

22.

__________: a court order directing that a prisoner be brought to court before a judge to determine whether that prisoner's detention is lawful.

a)

Redress of grievances

b)

Rule of Law

c)

Right of the accused

d)

Write of Habeas Corpus

23.

The US Census is conducted every _____ years with the last taking place in this year: ________

a)

5; 2020

b)

10; 2020

c)

20; 2020

d)

25: 2000

24.

Who was the last supreme court justice appointed to the Supreme Court:

a)

Elena Kagan

b)

Katanji Brown

c)

Amy Barrett

d)

Sandra Day O'Connor

25.

How many electoral votes did President Biden need to win the presidential election: _______ How many did he get______

a)

270; 276

b)

270; 296

c)

270; 306

d)

271; 320

26.

Select all the facts that apply to this person:

a)

She is the first African American on the Supreme Court

b)

She is replacing Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg

c)

She is replacing Justice Stephen Breyer

d)

She will become the 116th Justice of the Supreme Court

27.

Who is responsible for confirming the President's nomination to the Supreme Court?

a)

Current members of the Supreme Court

b)

The Senate

c)

The House of Representatives

d)

The President's cabinet

28.

How many US Representatives are there and what is the length of their term?

a)

100; 2

b)

100; 6

c)

435; 4

d)

435; 2

e)

438; 6

29.

The _____ Congress is currently serving,

a)

112th

b)

119th

c)

120nd

d)

121st

30.

Who presides over the Senate and can break a tie?

a)

Speaker of the House

b)

President

c)

Vice President

d)

Senate Pro Tempore

31.

This building represent what branch of government?

a)

White House

b)

Executive

c)

Legislative

d)

Judicial

32.

_____________ was a set of rules for self-governance established by the English settlers who traveled to the New World on the Mayflower. When Pilgrims and other settlers set out on the ship for America in what year ____.

a)

New World Contract, 1492

b)

Mayflower Compact, 1620

c)

Mayflower Compact, 1650

d)

Fundemental Orders of Connecticut, 1639

33.

The words “Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness” are in what founding document?

a)

Declaration of Independence

b)

Preamble

c)

Bill of Rights

d)

Articles of Confederation

34.

Rights and responsibilities of the U.S. government specifically provided for and listed in the Constitution are called __________ powers.

a)

implied

b)

inherent

c)

enumerated

d)

constitutional

35.

If the President and Vice President could no longer serve who becomes president?

a)

Secretary of State

b)

Secretary of Defense

c)

Senate Pro Tempore

d)

Speaker of the House