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Constitution Quiz Bowl
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Who has the power to sign, veto and execute laws?
Supreme Court
Congress
President
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Term of service for federal justices is...
2 years
Life
6 years
4 years
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Arriving from VA with a new plan of government, he is called the "father of the Constitution"
George Mason
George Washington
Thomas Jefferson
James Madison
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Delegates to the Constitutional Convention met where? when?
New York, 1789
Philadelphia, 1787
Boston, 1788
Washington DC, 1791
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Who has powers to impeach (bring forth charges to remove someone from office)?
Supreme Court
Senate
House of Representatives
President
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The Virginia Plan suggested all the following EXCEPT...
Proportional representation in Congress
3 branches for the federal government
President elected by popular vote
A 2-house legislature
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Who has power to declare war?
Congress
President
Senate only
Supreme Court
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All states were represented there EXCEPT...?
Delaware
Georgia
Rhode Island
New Jersey
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Term of service for member of House of Representatives is...
2 years
Life
6 years
4 years
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A state in which supreme power is held by the people and their elected representatives, is a
Republic
Direct Democracy
Oligarchy
Monarchy
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The Great Compromise allowed for all the following EXCEPT...
Population-based representation in House of Reps
Equal representation in Senate
President elected by popular vote
3 branches, 2 house legislature
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Term of service for President is...
6 years
4 years
10 years
8 years
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The Great Compromise can best be described as solving the dispute about representation between
Eastern and Western states
Newer and Older states
Large and Small states
Northern and Southern states
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Where must revenue making (or tax) laws originate?
State governments
House of Representatives
Both Houses-Congress
Senate
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The New Jersey Plan proposed all the following EXCEPT...
Equal Representation in Congress
1 branch federal government
Strengthened powers for Congress
2 house legislature
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To be President, you must be at least...
18 years old
35 years old
30 years old
25 years old
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The Bill of Rights consists of...
Tenth amendment to Constitution
First 10 articles to Constitution
All amendments to Constitution
First 10 Amendments to Constitution
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What did the Constitution specify about slavery
That slavery would be abolished in 20 years
That slave imports would be banned in 20 years
That slaves were protected property of man
That the tax on slave imports would be abolished
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The Enlightened thinker who influenced Madison's construction of separation of powers was
Voltaire
Montesquieu
Diderot
Rousseau
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Who is the civilian commander-in-chief?
Speaker of the House
Secretary of State
Vice President
President
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Who has the power to approve or disapprove nominations for ambassadors?
President
House of Representatives
Supreme Court
Senate
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Who has the power to approve or disapprove those nominations to the Supreme Court?
Supreme Court
Senate
President
House of Representatives
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To be a member of the House of Representatives, you must be
30 years old
25 years old
35 years old
18 years old
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Who has the power to make treaties with foreign countries?
Senate
House of Representatives
President
Supreme Court
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Who has the power to nominate justices to the Supreme Court (or federal judiciary)?
House of Representatives
Supreme Court
Senate
President
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Southern states wanted to count slaves among the population to
Give slaves a political voice
Get more Southern representatives in Congress
Make Northern states jealous
Increase taxes for Southern states
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Who has the power to approve or disapprove those treaties?
House of Representatives
President
Senate
Supreme Court
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Who presides over impeachment trials?
Senate President
Speaker of the House
Chief Justice
Vice President
29
The original purpose of the gathering was to do what?
Amend the Articles of Confederation
Vote for a new president
Prepare for war with Britain
Create a Constitutional Monarchy
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Who has the power to nominate ambassadors to service?
President
Senate
Supreme Court
House of Representatives
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True or False: The Constitution followed the states, having religious tests for federal office
True
False
32
Who has the power to try the impeached official (and decide on removal or not)?
Supreme Court
Senate
House of Representatives
Both houses-Congress
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A system of shared power between the states and national government is called
Bi-Cameralism
Dualism
Hierarchy
Federalism
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The compromise between northern and southern states in counting slaves was to
Count them as 3/4 a person each
Count them as 1/2 a person each
Count them as 3/5 a person each
Count them as 2/3 a person each
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Who has the power to review the constitutionality of all laws?
Senate
Supreme Court
President
House of Representatives
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To become a Senator, you must be at least...
30 years old
18 years old
35 years old
25 years old
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Law making power lies with which branch?
All answers are correct
Legislative
Executive
Judicial
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Northern states only wanted to count slaves in order to
Allow slaves to be represented in Congress
Encourage slaves to escape to the north
Help slaves get education dollars
Make southern states pay more taxes
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What branch has power to settle disputes between states?
Judiciary
State Courts
Legislative
Executive
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The Constitution specified that the President would be chosen by
Electoral College
State Legislatures
Popular vote
Senators
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Term of service for Senators is...
Life
6 years
4 years
2 years
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Madison believed that the best way to prevent concentrations of power in government was
Annual elections
Integration of powers
Judicial review of powers
To have checks and balances
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Trusted and respected by nearly all, he was chosen chair of the Constitutional Convention.
John Adams
Benjamin Franklin
Alexander Hamilton
George Washington
