A Nation Emerges Review

What is the main job of the executive branch?

• to brainstorm laws

• to create laws

• to decide if laws are constitutional

• to enforce laws

What is the main job of the legislative branch?

• To make sure laws are followed

• To veto laws

• To argue against laws about taxes

• To write, debate, and pass laws

What is the main job of the judicial branch?

• To ensure laws are carried out fairly and are constitutional

• To put criminals in jail

• To suggest laws to the legislative branch

• To veto bills before they’re laws

The Bill of Rights were added to the Constitution to protect who’s rights?

• Federal government

• State government

• The people

• The press

What was created to ensure that no one branch of government would become too powerful?

• Checks and balances

• Congress

• The Declaration of Independence

• The Supreme Court

The Constitution only protected the rights of _________ when it was first established.

• all people who lived in America

• educated men and women

• white men only

• Native Americans only

What is the system that gives each branch of government the power to check another branch?

• The Bill of Rights

• veto

• Checks and balances

• The Federal Government

Which list is in the correct order from earliest (first) to latest (most recent) of being written?

• Declaration of Independence, Articles of Confederation, Constitution

• Constitution, Articles of Confederation, Declaration of Independence

• Articles of Confederation, Constitution, Declaration of Independence

The Bill of Rights is made of how many amendments?

• 8

• 10

• 12

• 14

Which branch of government has nine justices (judges)?

• Judicial

• Executive

• Legislative