Constitution Quiz

Which of the following are the goals of the Preamble?

• Keep Peace

• Provide freedom to Americans and future generations.

• Attack foreign nations

• Defend the people and land

What does it mean to "establish justice"?

• Provide food to all the people.

• Have the strongest military in the world.

• Create a court system.

• Fight other countries.

Which of the below is a power only the national government has?

• Establish local governments.

• Declare War

• Establish Schools

• Collect Taxes

Which of the below is a power only the states have?

• Maintain military

• Establish Postal Service

• Regulate state commerce

• Regulate Banks

What is Federalism?

• Powers are divided between states and federal government.

• All the power is given to the states.

• All the power is given to the Federal government.

• Some powers are shared between the federal and state governments.

Why does Montesquieu suggest the power in the Federal government should be separated into three branches?

• So all the branches are equal.

• So the same man or same body do not have the power of all three branches.

• So no citizen can be free.

• Montesquieu did not support this.

Which branch is responsible for making laws?

• Judicial

• Legislative

• Executive

• Mr. Scott

What powers does the executive branch have to check and balance power?

• Appoint Federal Judges

• Veto Legislation

• Can call congress back.

• It does not have any power.

Suppose we did not have a system of checks and balances. What could happen to our government?

• Each branch would still have equal power.

• One branch would have more power then the others.

• Citizens would rebel.

• Mr. Scott would become king.

The elastic clause lets congress makes laws that are?

• Fun and costly

• Evil and restrict citizens rights.

• Able to remove constitutional amendments.

• Necessary and proper.