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Total questions: 49
Worksheet time: 25mins
Eighteen year olds were given the right to vote by the
26th amendment
19th amendment
20th amendment
8th amendment
The Chief of Justice of the United State Supreme Court is
appointed by supreme court
appointed by the president
appointed by the people
appointed by the judicial branch
The president is elected every
2 years
5 years
4 years
8 years
a president may be elected to
TWO successive terms
FIVE successive terms
FOUR successive terms
EIGHT successive terms
The President officially assumes his duties on
January 20th
February 14th
July 10th
December 30th
3⁄4 of state legislatures must approve an amendment to the US Constitution
4 months after election
Before ratified
before election
After ratified
Division of power between the national and state government is
Republican
communism
Democrat
Federalism
federal courts
Supreme Court
Circuit Court of Appeals
District Courts
All
of them
There are how many Supreme Court Justices?
9
10
5
8
Chief duty of the Executive Branch
Control crowds
aprove documents
Enforce laws
Eminent domain is the power of the government to
Take private property for public use
Close roads down
Take over buildings
Travel world wide
Who decides who is President when there is no majority
electoral votes?
Supreme Court
House of Representatives
Judicial Branch
The people
The Commander In Chief of the Armed Forces is
Supreme Court
District Courts
Vice President
The President
How many total amendments are there to the Constitution?
19
27
30
45
The Judicial Branch
Holds partys
Kicks members
Votes
Interprets the laws
The government of the US is divided into 3 separate
branches
Legislative-makes laws
Executive-carries out laws
Judicial-evaluates laws
Legislative-carries out laws
Executive-evaluates laws
Judicial-makes laws
Legislative-evaluates laws
Executive-makes laws
Judicial-carries out laws
A naturalized citizen is entitled to all privileges of citizenship
EXCEPT what?
Join supreme court
Vote
To become president
Become guard
One check the legislative branch may use against the judicial
branch is
To stop laws
To disapprove appointments to
the Supreme Court
Kick out members
Recruit members
The process in which a court system interprets the laws and
finds them unconstitutional is
Supreme Court review
Judicial review
Vice President review
Executive review
Type of tax Congress is forbidden to use
Export Tax
Decline Laws
World Wide Tax
Double Tax
The ‘Full Faith and Credit” Clause applies mainly to relations
Supreme and Circuit courts
State and District courts
Fedaral and people
Between Federal and state
governments
Qualification of presidency
Be a natural born US citizen
35 years or older
Must have resided in the US for at least 14 years
All of the above
Presidents term of office
3 yard
4 years
5 years
2 years
Cabinet officer responsible for foreign affairs
Vice President
Supreme Court
Secretary of State
Judicial Branch
The Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia concluded its
work in
1991
1787
2000
1618
Serious weakness of the Articles of Confederation
No workers
No real power to tax
Too high tax
No president
What was written first? Articles of Confederation or the US
Constitution
US Constitution
The Articles of Confederation
The presiding officer of the House of Representatives
President
Supreme Court
Vice President
Executive Branch
Congress cannot pass
No Tax
Ex Post Facto Law
Longer President terms
More Supreme Court members
If the president fails to sign a proposed bill after 10 days it
automatically gets dropped
Gets redone and sent back
automatically becomes a law
Gets thrown away
The goals of the constitution are stated in the
Preamble
Constitution
Articles of confideration
Bible
The elastic clause
Increases the power of the Supreme Court
Increases the power of the Vice President
Increases the power of the President
Increases the power of the Congress
When the president receives a bill from the congress he can
Veto
Sign into law
Let the bill set & it automatically becomes law after 10 days
All of the above
How many members of the House of Representatives
353
435
550
200
If a senator dies in office
The Vice President will appoint another from that state
The governor will appoint another from that state
The President will appoint another from that state
The Supreme Court will appoint another from that state
A senators term is
4 years
6 years
8 years
10 years
Chief duty of the Legislative Branch
Veto Laws
Pass Laws
Make Laws
Remove Laws
The Bill of Rights is composed of
THE FIRST FIVE Amendments
THE FIST TEN Amendments
THE FIRST 18 Amendments
THE FIRST 3 Amendments
The presiding officer of the US Senate is
The Vice President
The President
The Governor
1/3 Senators are elected every
6 years
4 years
2 years
1 year
The 17th amendment changed
The way US President is elected
The way US Vice President is elected
The way US Senators are elected
The way US Governor is elected
The federal government has what power
Set foreign policy
Establish taxes
Grant immunity from prosecution
All of the above
Senators must at least
30 years
35 years
25 years
40 years
Guilt or innocence in federal impeachment trails are decided
Vice President
President
US Senate
US Governor
Congress has the right to
Raise Coin money
Borrow Coin money
Both
The 14 advisors of the president are called
cabinet
House
Chairs
Family
The 25th Amendment allows the president to
Appoint Cabinet
Appoint Vice President
Appoint Senate
Appoint Governor
The Judicial Branch checks the power of the Executive and Legislative Branches by
Passing laws
Veto laws
Declaring laws unconstitutional
Kick members
Term of office for the US Representatives is
2 years
4 years
5 years
10 years
