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Total questions: 35
Worksheet time: 19mins
What amendment protects the people from unreasonable government searches and seizures:
3rd
4th
5th
7th
In order to amend the Constitution you need home states to ratify the constitution.
over 1/3
over 1/2
2/3 of the states
3/4 of the states
Article 1 of the Constitution covers what branch of government:
Executive
Lesgislative
Judicial
Military
This amendment guarantees that the Military cannot force homeowners to give them room and board, quartering.
2nd
3rd
4th
6th
When a president wins an election, they are inaugurated on this day:
First Tuesday of Novemenber
January 6th
January 20th
July 4th
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?
4th
5th
6th
7th
The Bill of Rights were not ratified until 1791, who was the principal author of the bill of rights?
George Washington
Thomas Jefferson
Alexander Hamilton
James Madison
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?
5th
6th
7th
8th
Select the 3 main parts of the US Constitution:
Preamble
Bill of Rights
Amendments
Articles
Ratification process
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:
Wisconsin
Pennsylvania
Michigan
Illinois
Tennessee
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:
6th
7th
8th
9th
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?
7th
8th
9th
10th
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.
Brown vs the Board of Education
Nat Turner vs Missouri
Plessy vs Ferguson
Dred Scott vs Sandford
The practice of refusing to surrender the floor during a debate to prevent the Senate from voting on a proposal.
Cloture
Filibuster
Veto
Deliberations
Besides President George Washington who are the other 3 presidents on Mount Rushmore:
Thomas Jefferson
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Theodore Roosevelt
James Madison
Abraham Lincoln
What amendment gave women the right to vote?
18th
19th
21st
22nd
The 23rd amendment gave this area _________ a number of electors during the presidential election, how many electors were awarded: ________.
Washington D.C., 3
Puerto Rico, 5
US Virgin Islands, 2
Guam, 5
What amendment lowered the voting age to 18?
18th
22nd
25th
26th
Which part of our government is an example of proportional representation:
Congress: House of Representatives
Congress: Senate
Supreme Court
President
How many delegates attending the Philadelphia Convention in 1787 to draft the new US Constitution?
(a)
How many states needed to ratify the new Constitution ____, who was the last state to ratify?_______
7, Maryland
7, New Hampshire
9, Maryland
9, New Hampshire
__________: a court order directing that a prisoner be brought to court before a judge to determine whether that prisoner's detention is lawful.
Redress of grievances
Rule of Law
Right of the accused
Write of Habeas Corpus
The US Census is conducted every _____ years with the last taking place in this year: ________
5; 2020
10; 2020
20; 2020
25: 2000
Who was the last supreme court justice appointed to the Supreme Court:
Elena Kagan
Katanji Brown
Amy Barrett
Sandra Day O'Connor
How many electoral votes did President Biden need to win the presidential election: _______ How many did he get______
270; 276
270; 296
270; 306
271; 320
Select all the facts that apply to this person:
She is the first African American on the Supreme Court
She is replacing Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg
She is replacing Justice Stephen Breyer
She will become the 116th Justice of the Supreme Court
Who is responsible for confirming the President's nomination to the Supreme Court?
Current members of the Supreme Court
The Senate
The House of Representatives
The President's cabinet
How many US Representatives are there and what is the length of their term?
100; 2
100; 6
435; 4
435; 2
438; 6
The _____ Congress is currently serving,
112th
119th
120nd
121st
Who presides over the Senate and can break a tie?
Speaker of the House
President
Vice President
Senate Pro Tempore
This building represent what branch of government?
White House
Executive
Legislative
Judicial
_____________ 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 ____.
New World Contract, 1492
Mayflower Compact, 1620
Mayflower Compact, 1650
Fundemental Orders of Connecticut, 1639
The words “Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness” are in what founding document?
Declaration of Independence
Preamble
Bill of Rights
Articles of Confederation
Rights and responsibilities of the U.S. government specifically provided for and listed in the Constitution are called __________ powers.
implied
inherent
enumerated
constitutional
If the President and Vice President could no longer serve who becomes president?
Secretary of State
Secretary of Defense
Senate Pro Tempore
Speaker of the House
