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#7 - Constitution and Bill of Rights Retrieval Quiz

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Question 1
1.

Which of the following refers to the Declaration of Independence (NOT the Constitution)?

Question 2
2.

How many amendments are in the Bill of Rights?

Question 3
3.

The Bill of Rights was added to the Constitution because people were afraid that the national government would be too weak without it.

Question 4
4.

Who else, besides the people, get rights from the Bill of Rights?

Question 5
5.

Match the constitutional principle with its correct definition.

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Limited Government
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Dividing governmental power among three branches
Separation of Powers
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Allowing each branch of government to limit the power of the other two branches
Popular Sovereignty
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Dividing governmental power among three different levels of government (national, state, and local)
Checks and Balances
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Having the Supreme Court determine whether or not laws and policies are following the Constitution
Judicial Review
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Making sure that the government only has enough power to carry out its necessary functions
Federalism
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Making sure that the people have the power
Question 6
6.

The two main purposes of the Bill of Rights are to prevent abuse of power by the national government and to ensure that all people have natural rights.

Question 7
7.

What is the political spectrum?

Question 8
8.

It is possible for people at different points on the political spectrum to have the same goals as each other.

Question 9
9.

Your place on the political spectrum might explain how you feel about issues such as the government's role in the economy and how much individual freedom people should have.

Question 10
10.

Check off the three primary responsibilities of all governments.

Question 11
11.

Place the following items in the appropriate branch of government.

  • Includes Congress
  • Includes the President
  • Enforces laws
  • Interprets laws
  • Makes laws
  • Includes agencies that help to carry out and enforce the law
  • Includes the Supreme Court
  • Legislative Branch
  • Executive Branch
  • Judicial Branch
Question 12
12.

When laws are written, they are supposed to follow all of the guidelines that are outlined in the Constitution.

Question 13
13.

When there is debate about whether or not a law follows the rules set forth in the Constitution, whose job is it to figure it out?

Question 14
14.

It is very easy to add an amendment to the Constitution.

Question 15
15.
Amendments are proposed on a national level but ultimately the _______ get to decide whether or not they support each amendment.
Question 16
16.

At what point in our history were almost half of our constitutional amendments added?

Question 17
17.

Which critical event caused three of our most significant amendments to be added to the Constitution?

Question 18
18.

Even though very few amendments have been added in recent years, people still propose ideas like banning flag burning and getting rid of income taxes.

Question 19
19.
Federalism divides power among three different levels of government: _______, _______, and _______.
Question 20
20.

The Constitution lists all the specific powers that are given to the states.

Question 21
21.

Which amendment says that any power not given to the national government automatically belongs to the state governments?

Question 22
22.

Some powers only belong to the national government (not the state governments).

Question 23
23.

The national government can never expand on the powers that are listed in the Constitution.

Question 24
24.

How many justices are on the Supreme Court?

Question 25
25.

Which of the following phrases can be found hanging above the U.S. Supreme Court Building?

Question 26
26.

Who has the power to nominate Supreme Court justices?

Question 27
27.

List two amendments and explain how they grant you rights.