Federal Constitution Practice Test

Only federal officers may have titles of nobility.

Ben Franklin was President of the Constitutional Convention in 1787.

The national budget is presented annually to Congress by the:

Has a six-year term

The president may serve how many terms?

The President of the Senate is:

Described in Article 3:

The British held the Boston Tea Party to make friends with the colonists.

After 10 days, a bill passed automatically becomes a law if the president doesn't act and Congress is still in session.

The Virginia Plan proposed two houses of Congress based on population.

The Declaration of Independence was the nation's first constitution.

Described in Article 1:

Manages Social Security:

The original 13 colonies include Kentucky.

Senators are elected by the vote of the people in their state.

The Declaration of Independence was largely written by:

An ex post facto law is a law that makes something illegal after the act has been committed.

Carries out a war plan:

How many amendments have been added to the Constitution?

Makes the laws:

Which amendment gave women who are citizens the right to vote in all elections?

A three-fourths vote is required for Congress to pass a bill over the president's veto.

Is the court system of our country:

Foreign affairs

The Constitution allows new laws to make new laws on subjects that did not exist in 1787.

The simple definition of democracy is government by the people, directly or through representation.

Has 100 members:

Has two houses:

Settles a strike

Supervising the coining and printing of money is the job of the Treasury Department.

The largest U.S. state is Texas (in terms of population) receiving the most electoral votes.

Who may veto a bill proposed by Congress?

1/3 of the Senate is elected every two years.

Chief Legal Officer:

The House of Representatives has nothing to do with the impeachment of a president.

Federalism is the sharing of power by the federal government and state governments.

Has 435 members:

Has the vice president as presiding officer:

Under certain conditions, the House of Representatives selects the president.

Our original Constitution outlawed slavery.

A U.S. senator may be re-elected only once, serving a maximum of two terms.

Elected every two years:

Each state receives at least ____ representative(s) in the U.S. House of Representatives.

What is the age requirement to become president?

Which of these rights is NOT an unalienable right from the Declaration of Independence?

Approves or rejects treaties:

How many years is the president's term of office?

How many U.S. Senators come from each state?

Passes bills hopes they will become laws:

Meet in the Capitol Building:

The Bill of Rights are the first ten amendments to the U.S. Constitution.

There are how many branches of government?

Patrick Henry said, "Give me liberty or give me death!"

What is NOT a rule of the flag code?

Enforces the laws:

Secret Service:

After a bill has gone through both houses of Congress successfully, it is sent to:

Habeas Corpus gives a prisoner a right to a fair trial.

The building in which the Constitutional Convention met is called Independence Hall.

Your state legislature has the same lawmaking scope as the U.S. Congress.