US Constitution Unit Test

Question 1

Amendment

Answer 1

Official changes to the constitution

Question 2

Articles of Confederation

Answer 2

This document was the first constitution of the United States. Under it, Congress would become the single branch of the national government. It would have limited powers in order to protect the liberties of the people. It was ratified in March 1781.

Question 3

Article I

Answer 3

Legislative Branch

Question 4

Article II

Answer 4

Executive Branch

Question 5

Article III

Answer 5

Judicial Branch

Question 6

Bill of Rights

Answer 6

Amendments 1-10 designed to protect citizens individual liberties

Question 7

Checks and balances

Answer 7

a system that keeps any branch of government from becoming too powerful; also allows each branch of government to limit the power of the others

Question 8

Compromise

Answer 8

s an agreement where both sides get some of what it wants, but neither side gets everything it wants

Question 9

3/5th compromise

Answer 9

count 3/5 of its African American slave population to determine representation in the legislature

Question 10

Great Awakening

Answer 10

Religious movement that swept through the English colonies in the 1730s and 1740s

Question 11

Great Compromise

Answer 11

The Great Compromise is made up of three parts. The first part calls for a bicameral (two chambers, or two houses) legislature. The second part creates a lower house where the number of representatives is based on state population. The last part creates an upper house where the number of representatives from each state is equal

Question 12

Concurrent Powers

Answer 12

Powers held by both federal and state government.

Question 13

Declaration of Independence

Answer 13

Document that formally announced the colonial break (separation) from Great Britain and written by Thomas Jefferson

Question 14

Delegated Powers

Answer 14

Powers held by the federal government alone

Question 15

Elastic Clause

Answer 15

This part of the Constitution allows Congress to stretch its delegated powers to deal with new and unexpected issues Also known as the “necessary and proper” clause

Question 16

Enlightenment

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Movement, that took place in the 1700s, which spread the idea that knowledge, reason, and logic could improve society

Question 17

Executive Branch

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Includes the President and the departments that help run the government. The executive branch is responsible for making sure the laws carried out

Question 18

Federalism

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System of government where the federal (national) government holds certain powers alone, the states hold certain powers alone, and both share certain powers

Question 19

federalist papers

Answer 19

These essays supported the Constitution. They were written anonymously under the name Publius. They were actually written by Hamilton, Madison, and Jay. ORRRR Group of essays that explained and defended the U.S. Constitution

Question 20

Impeachment

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Formal process of removing federal officials from office

Question 21

Judicial Branch

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The Supreme Court’s (Court) main task is judging the constitutionality of laws

Question 22

Legislative Branch

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Also known as Congress. The legislative branch is the part of Government responsible for proposing, writing, and passing laws

Question 23

Magna Carta

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Another way of saying this is that the laws applied to the King as well as to other people.

Question 24

English Bill of Rights

Answer 24

his constitution was passed in 1689 and states that the King and Queen cannot pass new taxes or change laws without the approval of Parliament (the members of this part of the English government are elected and their main task is to write laws). This document limits the power of the monarch and increases the power of Parliament. (In 1689, This act reduced the powers of the english monarch)

Question 25

Mayflower Compact

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This document is the first in the English Colonies to establish (create) guidelines (standards) for government. 41 Male colonists aboard the Mayflower wrote and signed this document in 1620.

Question 26

Due Process

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This means that the law must be fairly applied.

Question 27

Override

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Congress can still make a bill a law even if the President vetoes the bill.

Question 28

Popular Sovereignty

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the idea that political power belongs to the people

Question 29

Preamble

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Preamble means introduction. The Preamble of the Constitution lists the six goals of the Framers

Question 30

Reserved Powers

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Powers held by the state government alone.

Question 31

Separation of powers

Answer 31

dividing power among as many people and branches of government as possible

Question 32

Shay’s Rebellion

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The uprising of farmers to protest high taxes and heavy debt became known as Shays Rebellion.

Question 33

Unconstitutional

Answer 33

If the Supreme Court Judges a law to be unconstitutional, then that law is “struck down”

Question 34

Veto

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If Congress passes a bill that the President does not like, he can veto, or reject, that bill. A veto prevents a bill from becoming a law

Question 35

Virginia Statute thing

Answer 35

This statute (law) states that no person could be forced to attend a particular church

Question 36

constitution

Answer 36

general definition of any constitution

Question 37

Constitutional

Answer 37

US Constitution & The second constitution of the United States