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WorksheetsConstitution 2025-26
Total questions: 37
Worksheet time: 19mins
What prohibits one branch of government becoming to powerful?
Separation of Powers
Popular Sovereignty
Checks and Balances
All of the Above
The Presidents power to strike down a law is called what?
Cabinet.
Veto.
Executive Powers.
Reserved Power.
Which group actually elects the U.S. President?
The American People
Senate
House of Representatives
Electoral College
To charge and elected official with a crime is called what?
Impeach
Veto
Habeas Corpus
Ex Post Facto
The ___________________Court is the highest court in the United States.
District
Supreme
Circuit
Lorain County
The economic system of the United States, based on supply and demand, people owning business, and competition
Socialism
Communism
Capitalism
Totalitarianism
In a ____________________ system, individual people do not own land, factories, or machinery. Instead, the government or the whole community owns these things.
Capitalist
Communist
Feudal
Totalitarian
What do we call the Legislative Branch at the National Level
Congress
General Assembly
Senate
Parliament
What type of government system do we have in the United States?
Representative Democracy
Oligarchy
Direct Democracy
Monarchy
The Chief Executive of the United States is_________________
The Chief Justice of the Supreme Court
The Speaker of the House of Representatives
The Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces
The President
The Term limit for the U.S. President is___________
Four
Two
Three
Eight
The Current Number of Supreme Court Justices is_____________
Six
Five
Twelve
Nine
The power to Declare war is given to which branch of government?
Judicial
Legislative
Executive
Parliament
What is the number of votes each house of Congress need to override a Presidential Veto
2/3rds Vote
3/4ths Vote
50% Vote
3/5ths Vote
You need to be ______years old to run for President.
25
35
30
40
Representation in the ___________________________is based on the population of each state.
House of Commons
Legislature
Senate
House of Representatives
One of the Vice Presidents main jobs is that they are the ____________________.
Speaker of the House of Representatives
Presidents Press Secretary
President of the Senate
Head of the Military
If someone were to ask you who holds the ultimate power in the United States Government?
The United States Congress
The American People
The President
The Legislative, Executive, and Judicial Branches
If you were to be arrested, what are the rights a police officer would read to you?
Miranda Rights.
Citizenship Rights.
Bill of Rights.
Constitutional Rights.
If something happens to the President who becomes President?
President Pro Tempore of the Senate
Speaker of the House
Vice President
Secretary of State
James Madison is most commonly called the "_________________"
First President
Father of the Constitution
Author of the Declaration of Independence
First Most Famous American
Appropriations are _________________________
What the President does to nominate a Judge.
Public funds set aside for a specific purpose.
Money collected through tariffs.
Goods given to other countries through charity organizations.
What is another name for the heads Presidents Executive Departments?
The Joint Chiefs of Staff
The Supreme Court
The Cabinet
The Secretaries
______________selects Supreme Court Justices and the______________ approves them.
President/Cabinet
President/House of Representatives
Senate/President
President/Senate
How many branches do we have at the National Level?
Three
Nine
100
535
The the House of Representatives has 435 members, if you combine this with the total number of Senators you get the total members of Congress which is ___________.
100
485
535
538
Powers not given to the Federal Government or denied to states are _____________ for states.
Reserved
Delegated
Appropriated
Revenue
What does it mean when a higher court reviews a lower courts decision?
Appropriations
Appeal
Application of the Law
Jurisdiction
What are Delegated Powers?
To assign a job to a member of Congress.
Powers that both the National and State Governments can do.
Powers given to the states.
Powers that are reserved exclusively for the National Government
To Run for U.S. Senate one must attain the age of __________.
30
23
25
35
If you refuse to buy a good you are technically engaged in a ____________.
Protest.
Boycott.
Trade dispute.
Coup.
A proposed law is known as a _______________.
amendment.
appropriation.
bill.
ordinance.
The minimum number of members that must be present for official business to take place?
majority.
quorum.
super majority.
ex post facto.
What is revenue?
the money collected from tariffs and income tax.
the money the government owes after taxes.
the income a government collects to cover expenses.
the money the government pays back to citizens after tax returns.
Who had the power to regulate trade between two or more states?
The states that trade is being conducted between.
American Businesses.
The Federal Government.
The Transportation and Safety Administration.
Why was Shays Rebellion a major even in American History.
it showed the weakness in the Articles of Confederation.
It showed our new nation could repel a foreign invation.
it helped farmers in Ohio gain all of the land north of the Ohio River.
it helped win the American Revolution in the Southern Colonies.
What was created to protect citizens and their rights from the government?
The Second Amendment.
Bill of Rights.
A Bill Of Attainder.
Ex Post Facto Laws.
