WorksheetsDual Enrollment Government Constitution and Civic Test
Total questions: 49
Worksheet time: 25mins
This amendment made slavery illegal in America.
The 14th
The 13th
The 18th
The 27th
This amendment contains the Due Process Clause.
The 18th
The 19th
The 14th
The 21st
This amendment secured voting rights for women.
The 14th
The 13th
The 19th
The 15th
This amendment created the national income tax.
The 18th
The 16th
The 17th
The 21st
This amendment allowed for the direct election of US senators.
The 13th
The 14th
The 17th
The 16th
This amendment abolished the Poll tax.
The 24th
The 26th
The 3rd
The 21st
This amendment allows private citizens to own guns.
1st
2nd
3rd
25th
If the President dies in office, which officer replaces him for the remainder of his term?
The Vice-President
The Secretary of Defense
The Secretary of the Treasury
The President’s cabinet governs jointly.
If both the President and the Vice-President die in office, who is next in line of succession?
The Secretary of Defense
The Speaker of the House of Representatives
The President of the Senate, Pro Tempore
The Secretary of State
The Introduction to the U.S. Constitution is called...
Article I
chapter one
the Amendments
the Preamble
The Constitution is known as the...
supreme law of the land
almighty law of the land
overall law of the land
defense attorney of the land
The system to keep the balance of power in Government is called...
checks and balances
veto
balance of rights
executive order
A two house legislature is called...
A bicameral legislature
A bifurcated parliamentary organization
The three branches of government are called the Legislative, Executive, and...
Judicial
Supreme Court
Congress
Senate
The Bill of Rights refers to...
Amendments 1 – 10
Article I
Amendments 1 – 27
Article IV
The tenth amendment states that powers not given to the national government remain with...
The States
Municipalities
The People
The States or the People
Civil rights guaranteed in the first amendment are...
Freedom of speech, assembly, and the right to bear arms.
Freedom of religion, speech, assembly, and the right to petition.
Freedom of the press, the seas, and commerce.
Freedom of assembly and the right to bear arms.
The job of enforcing national laws belongs to the...
Legislative Branch
Executive Branch
Police
Military
The person in charge of the executive branch is...
the Chief Justice
the President
the Speaker of the House
the First Lady
The president must at least be...
30 years old
25 years old
35 years old
40 years old
Each state gets electoral votes equal to...
its members in the Senate
its popular votes
its members in Congress
its total population
The President has the power to appoint...
Justices to the Supreme Court
Senators to the Senate
Representatives to the House
The power to declare war belongs to...
Congress
the Director of the Armed Forces
the President
the Chief Justice
A majority of the popular vote is needed to win all the electoral votes of a state. The popular vote refers to...
the vote of the Electoral College
the vote of the people
the vote of the Representatives
how well liked something is
The power to make national laws belongs to the...
Legislative and Judicial branch
President
Legislative Branch
the states
The number of members of the US Senate is...
apportioned by state population
apportioned by Gerrymander
fixed at two per state
fixed at one per state
The number of members a state can elect to the House of Representatives is...
capped at five per state
apportioned by state population
apportioned by membership in the Senate
pegged to match the numbers in the state legislature
A high public official in the United States can be impeached for which of the following?
Treason or other high crimes or misdemeanors
Intentionally irritating leaders of the opposition party
Arriving late for work on a regular basis
Not demonstrating enough patriotism
All of the above
Which branch of government has the ultimate authority over constitutional interpretation?
The Legislative
The Executive
The Judicial Branch
All three branches together
The power of the Supreme Court to declare congressional legislation unconstitutional is known as the.
Power of Judicial Review
The Supremacy Clause
Force Majeure
Might over Right
In order for a Supreme Court decision to be valid how many of the nine justices must support the ruling?
There must be unanimous agreement.
There must be a simple majority.
Eight of the nine justices must support the ruling.
It varies from case to case.
If one or more justice disagree with a majority ruling, what are their options?
They can write a dissenting opinion which will be published alongside the majority ruling.
They can impeach the majority.
They can invoke Habeus corpus to block the publication of the ruling.
The have no options.
Which following Supreme Court ruling dealt with abortion rights?
Roe v. Wade
Ginsberg v. Elliot
Flanders v. Hampton Court Inn
Dingel v. Fons, et. al.
Which Supreme Court decision created the power of judicial review?
Marbury v. Madison
Swanson v. the State of Missouri
Steinhold v. Marion County
Kanye v. Kendrick
When the Supreme Court hears cases about the rights of gun owners in America, their interpretation of which of the following is most important?
The Second Amendment to the US Constitution
The Declaration of Independence
The Fundamental Order of Connecticut
Plessy v. Ferguson
Which Supreme Court decision ruled that segregation in public education was unconstitutional?
Brown v. the Board of Education
Plessy v. Ferguson
Dred Scott
Richard Nixon v. The United States
A “federal” system of government is one in which . . .
Individual states share power with the national government in Washington.
The United Nations established FEMA holding centers to indoctrinate prisoners with the proper ideas of citizenship.
The states spontaneously band together in mutual defense leagues against air piracy.
A government in which the freedom of speech has been taken away.
If federalism involves the sharing of power between individual states and the central government, which of the following historical examples were crises of federalism?
The American Civil War
The fight over school desegregation
The fight between the national government and state governments over quarantine policies in the Covid-19 pandemic Of 2020.
All of the above.
Which of the following wars was fought over a state’s right to secede from the union?
The American Civil War.
The Vietnam War.
The Second Gulf War.
All of the above.
What part of the Missouri Constitution makes it clear that the people established the constitution and why?
Article III
The Preamble
Article I
Article IV
The Missouri Compromise Crisis of 1820 dealt with which issue?
The right of the US central government to ban slavery in a state.
Whether the US Congress could regulate alcohol sales at the state level.
Whether the US central government could move Missouri’s state capital from Jefferson City to St. Louis.
All of the above.
Which of the following did the 1875 Missouri Constitution do?
Placed limits on state and local governments
Established a department of transportation
Established a National Guard
Which court has original jurisdiction over civil and criminal cases?
The Circuit Courts
The Court of Appeals
The Municipal Courts
The Supreme Court
What Article of the Missouri Constitution outlines the executive branch of government?
Article II
Article III
Article I
Article IV
Which branch of government is charged with enforcing laws?
Executive
Legislative
Judicial
None of the above
Who serves as the State’s chief election official?
The Secretary of State
The Governor
The State Auditor
The Lieutenant Governor
Who is in charge of reviewing all financial practices of state agencies?
The State Treasurer
The State Auditor
The Missouri court plan was designed to.
Remove political considerations from the appointment of state judges
Allow Homeland security officials to more effectively monitor judges
Remove corrupt judges from the bench in cases of criminal misconduct
Reorganize the state appellate courts to eliminate biased rulings
Profits from the Missouri lottery are supposed to be used for.
The State’s missile defense system
Roads, canals and turnpikes
Education
Superfund contributions to toxic waste site clean-up projects
