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The US Constitution

Total questions: 27

Worksheet time: 23mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who was president of the Constitutional Convention?

a)

Madison

b)

Washington

c)

Franklin

d)

Jefferson

2.

How many of the 13 states had to ratify the Constitution before it was law

a)

7

b)

9

c)

11

d)

13

3.

Who was the father of the Constitution?

a)

Madison

b)

Washington

c)

Jefferson

d)

Franklin

4.

Which two documents were used in the writing of the Bill of Rights?

a)

Va. Declaration of Rights

b)

Articles of Confederation

c)

Declaration of Independence

d)

Va. Statute of Religious Freedom

5.

What two branches did the Constitution create?

a)

Military

b)

Legislative

c)

Executive

d)

Judicial

6.

How many amendments are in the Bill of Rights?

a)

8

b)

10

c)

12

d)

15

7.

What do the Bill of Rights protect?

a)

individual freedoms

b)

government

c)

jobs

d)

voting rights

8.

What means 2 part Legislature?

a)

Bipartisan

b)

Bi-cameral

c)

Bicycle

d)

Biology

9.

Where did the Constitutional Convention take place?

a)

New York City

b)

Boston

c)

Washington DC

d)

Philadelphia

10.
Creating three different branches of government that have specific powers for each is BEST REPRESENTED by which principle?
a)
Checks and Balances
b)
Separation of Powers
c)
Limited Government
d)
Popular Sovereignty
11.
The purpose of Separation of Powers is to...
a)
Not allow any one person or group to have too much power
b)
Allow one branch to check or stop the other branches from gaining too much power
c)
Only allow the Federal government to do what the Constitution allows
d)
Allow the citizens to vote for the officials that do what the citizens want
12.
Which principle does the diagram BEST REPRESENT?
a)
Separation of Powers
b)
Checks and Balances
c)
Limited Government
d)
Federalism
13.
Congress (legislative branch) overriding the Presidential (executive branch) veto is an example of which principle?
a)
Checks and Balances
b)
Federalism
c)
Popular Sovereignty
d)
Limited Government
14.
What is Popular Sovereignty? 
a)
Citizens elect leaders that benefit the people's demands
b)
The right for citizens to have leaders
c)
The right for citizens to secure their freedoms
d)
The right for citizens to follow the Constitution
15.

Which of the following is an example of Popular Sovereignty?

a)

Citizens not electing a bad governor

b)

Citizens having the right to vote

c)

States having the power to conduct elections

d)

The Federal government establish equal protection for citizens

16.

A weakness of the Articles of Confederation was that the federal government

a)

was too strong.

b)

was too weak.

c)

took power from the states.

d)

collected too many taxes.

17.

Why did the states call a Constitutional Convention?

a)

to write state constitutions

b)

to organize political parties

c)

to break away from Great Britain

d)

to improve the Articles of Confederation

18.

Which term refers to the principle that nobody is above the law?

a)

rule of law

b)

limited powers

c)

checks and balances

d)

republican government

19.

Whose main job is to make laws?

a)

Congress

b)

governor

c)

president

d)

Supreme Court

20.

To reject a bill and prevent it from becoming a law, a power that only belongs to the president, is called

a)

impeach.

b)

veto.

c)

rule of law.

d)

checks and balances.

21.

The judicial branch can decide whether a law is

a)

vetoed.

b)

reasonable.

c)

unconstitutional.

d)

wise.

22.

The paragraph that introduces the Constitution is called the

a)

Bill of Rights.

b)

Preamble.

c)

Declaration of Independence.

d)

Articles of Confederation.

23.

The branch of government that makes the laws and includes the Senate and the House of Representatives

a)

legislative branch.

b)

executive branch.

c)

judicial branch.

d)

Supreme Court.

24.

Which of the following are part of the 1st Amendment?

a)

Freedom of Speech

b)

Freedom of Press

c)

Freedom of Weapons

d)

Freedom of Press

e)

Freedom to Protest

25.

An amendment is a...

a)

Change to a law

b)

A law

c)

A long list of laws

26.

What historic documents is the Bill of Rights a part of?

a)

The Declaration of Independence

b)

The Emancipation Proclamation

c)

The Constution

d)

The Pledge of Allegiance

27.

In what year was the Bill of Rights approved or ratified?

a)

2010

b)

2018

c)

1791

d)

1925