7th Grade U.S. Constitution Practice Summative

TRUE OR FALSE, the Highest court in the U.S. is the Court of Appeals

• True

• False

TRUE or FALSE, the President serves as the Commander in Chief of the Armed Forces.

• True

• False

Main duty of the Executive branch is to...

• Make laws

• Interpret laws

• Enforce laws

This position is held by the head of the Judicial branch

• President

• Attorney General

• Chief Justice

• Minister

This early American political group was FOR a strong central government.

• Anti-Federalists

• Bull-Moose Party

• No-Nothing party

• Federalists

The first ten amendments of the U.S. Constitution are called the

• Preamble

• Articles of Confederation

• Bill of Rights

• Declaration of Independence

Main duty of this branch is to interpret laws

• Executive branch

• Legislative branch

• Tree branch

• Judicial branch

Checks and balances are...

• Balancing a check book.

• A key principle built into the Constitution that prevents the branches from becoming too powerful.

• A key idea that each branch gets specific powers in government.

• There is one branch to rule them all.

The first president of the United States under the U.S. Constitution was...

• Thomas Jefferson

• Ben Franklin

• George Washington

• John Adams

This position serves as the president of the senate, a tiebreaker if there is a 50-50 vote,

• President

• Chief of Staff

• Chief Justice

• Vice President