Constitution: A More Perfect Union Quiz

What is the purpose of the Constitution?

• To establish justice and promote general welfare

• To form a more perfect union and secure the blessings of liberty

• To create a separation of powers and checks and balances

• To enforce laws and interpret the Constitution

What is the main reason for dividing the federal government into three branches?

• To limit the power of the government

• To increase the power of the government

• To establish a monarchy

• To promote individual freedoms

What is the purpose of separation of powers?

• To prevent any one branch from gaining too much power

• To give more power to the executive branch

• To limit the power of the legislative branch

• To establish a system of checks and balances

What is the role of the legislative branch?

• To make laws and impose taxes

• To enforce laws and negotiate treaties

• To interpret laws and review lower-court decisions

• To appoint federal judges and other top officials

What is the role of the executive branch?

• To make laws and impose taxes

• To enforce laws and negotiate treaties

• To interpret laws and review lower-court decisions

• To appoint federal judges and other top officials

What is the role of the judicial branch?

• To make laws and impose taxes

• To enforce laws and negotiate treaties

• To interpret laws and review lower-court decisions

• To appoint federal judges and other top officials

Which branch of government approves treaties and executive appointments?

• Legislative branch

• Executive branch

• Judicial branch

• None of the above

Which branch of government acts as the commander in chief of the military?

• Legislative branch

• Executive branch

• Judicial branch

• None of the above

Which branch of government interprets the laws and reviews lower-court decisions?

• Legislative branch

• Executive branch

• Judicial branch

• None of the above

Which branch of government can veto laws?

• Legislative branch

• Executive branch

• Judicial branch

• None of the above