Chapter 3: The United States Constitution Test

With the words, "We the People," the Constitution establishes what is called:

• Popular Sovereignty 
• Limited Government 
• Republicanism 
• Rule of Law 

This Article of the Constitution created the process to amend the constitution:

• 1

• 3

• 5

• 27

The President's power to veto an act of Congress is an example of

• Checks and Balances
• Separation of Powers 
• Limited Government 
• Federalism 

Article II created which branch? 

• Judicial
• Legislative
• Executive 
• None of the Above 

Through checks and balances this branch of the government has the power to create lower courts

• Legislative
• Judicial 
• Executive 
• None of the Above 

Which of the following is a method of amending the constitution?

• Proposal by three-fourths of the House of Representatives and ratification by conventions in three-fourths of State legislatures

• proposal by two-thirds of Congress and ratification by three-fourths of State legislatures

• Senate Votes Congress Agrees

• Proposal by two-thrids of the Senate and approval of three-fourths of the states.

The US Constitution has been amended or changed how many times? 

• 27
• 1
• 28
• 3.14159265359

All of these are basic principles of the constitution except? 

• Limited Government 
• Federalism

• Checks and Balances 
• Enabling Act 

The executive branch is made up of two houses - The Senate and the House of Representatives.

• True
• False

The court system is part of the

• Judicial Branch

• Executive Branch

• Legislative Branch

• Checks and balances