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Duplicate of Constitution Quiz Bowl
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1
Who is the civilian commander-in-chief?
Speaker of the House
Vice President
Secretary of State
President
2
To become a Senator, you must be at least...
35 years old
30 years old
25 years old
18 years old
3
The Constitution specified that the President would be chosen by
Popular vote
Senators
State Legislatures
Electoral College
4
Who has the power to approve or disapprove nominations for ambassadors?
Senate
Supreme Court
House of Representatives
President
5
To be a member of the House of Representatives, you must be
18 years old
30 years old
25 years old
35 years old
6
Delegates to the Constitutional Convention met where? when?
Boston, 1788
New York, 1789
Philadelphia, 1787
Washington DC, 1791
7
Who has the power to approve or disapprove those nominations to the Supreme Court?
Senate
Supreme Court
House of Representatives
President
8
A state in which supreme power is held by the people and their elected representatives, is a
Direct Democracy
Monarchy
Republic
Oligarchy
9
Is Mrs. Bevins the coolest Math Teacher in the World?
True
False
10
The Virginia Plan suggested all the following EXCEPT...
A 2-house legislature
Proportional representation in Congress
President elected by popular vote
3 branches for the federal government
11
Northern states only wanted to count slaves in order to
Make southern states pay more taxes
Allow slaves to be represented in Congress
Encourage slaves to escape to the north
Help slaves get education dollars
12
What branch has power to settle disputes between states?
Judiciary
Legislative
Executive
13
The original purpose of the gathering was to do what?
Vote for a new president
Amend the Articles of Confederation
Prepare for war with Britain
Create a Constitutional Monarchy
14
To be President, you must be at least...
25 years old
35 years old
30 years old
18 years old
15
Term of service for Senators is...
2 years
6 years
Life
4 years
16
Who has the power to try the impeached official (and decide on removal or not)?
Supreme Court
Senate
House of Representatives
Both houses-Congress
17
Term of service for President is...
4 years
10 years
8 years
6 years
18
Term of service for federal justices is...
Life
2 years
6 years
4 years
19
Who has power to declare war?
Supreme Court
Congress
President
Senate only
20
What did the Constitution specify about slavery
That slavery would be abolished in 20 years
That the tax on slave imports would be abolished
That slave imports would be banned in 20 years
That slaves were protected property of man
21
Who has the power to nominate justices to the Supreme Court (or federal judiciary)?
Supreme Court
House of Representatives
President
Senate
22
Madison believed that the best way to prevent concentrations of power in government was
Annual elections
To have checks and balances
Judicial review of powers
Integration of powers
23
Is Mr. Vineyard your Supreme Dictator?
True
False
24
Who has the power to make treaties with foreign countries?
House of Representatives
Supreme Court
Senate
President
25
The Enlightened thinker who influenced Madison's construction of separation of powers was
Rousseau
Diderot
Voltaire
Montesquieu
26
Where must revenue making (or tax) laws originate?
Both Houses-Congress
House of Representatives
Senate
27
The compromise between northern and southern states in counting slaves was to
Count them as 1/2 a person each
Count them as 3/4 a person each
Count them as 2/3 a person each
Count them as 3/5 a person each
28
The Bill of Rights consists of...
First 10 articles to Constitution
First 10 Amendments to Constitution
All amendments to Constitution
Tenth amendment to Constitution
29
Arriving from VA with a new plan of government, he is called the "father of the Constitution"
George Washington
George Mason
James Madison
Thomas Jefferson
30
Who has the power to sign, veto and execute laws?
Supreme Court
President
Congress
31
Who has the power to nominate ambassadors to service?
President
Supreme Court
House of Representatives
Senate
32
Who presides over impeachment trials?
Vice President
Senate President
Chief Justice
Speaker of the House
33
The New Jersey Plan proposed all the following EXCEPT...
Strengthened powers for Congress
2 house legislature
1 branch federal government
Equal Representation in Congress
34
All states were represented there EXCEPT...?
Delaware
Rhode Island
Georgia
New Jersey
35
A system of shared power between the states and national government is called
Bi-Cameralism
Hierarchy
Federalism
Dualism
36
Law making power lies with which branch?
Legislative
Judicial
Executive
37
Southern states wanted to count slaves among the population to
Get more Southern representatives in Congress
Increase taxes for Southern states
Give slaves a political voice
Make Northern states jealous
38
Who has the power to approve or disapprove those treaties?
Senate
House of Representatives
President
Supreme Court
39
Trusted and respected by nearly all, he was chosen chair of the Constitutional Convention.
John Adams
Benjamin Franklin
Alexander Hamilton
George Washington
40
The Great Compromise can best be described as solving the dispute about representation between
Northern and Southern states
Newer and Older states
Large and Small states
Eastern and Western states
41
Who has the power to review the constitutionality of all laws?
Supreme Court
Senate
House of Representatives
President
42
Who has powers to impeach (bring forth charges to remove someone from office)?
Supreme Court
House of Representatives
Senate
President
43
The Great Compromise allowed for all the following EXCEPT...
Population-based representation in House of Reps
President elected by popular vote
Equal representation in Senate
3 branches, 2 house legislature
44
True or False: The Constitution followed the states, having religious tests for federal office
False
True
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Term of service for member of House of Representatives is...
6 years
2 years
4 years
Life
