US Constitution Quiz

What is the US Constitution?

• A declaration of independence

• The supreme law of the United States

• A historical document without current legal standing

• A treaty with other nations

The priceless heritage of the Constitution has been its ability to ______ and ______ while preserving the basic form of the American government.

• change, adapt

• stagnate, remain unchanged

• be interpreted, be ignored

• challenge, confront

What is the Constitution's "most obvious purpose"?

• To declare war

• To provide laws for daily life

• To create a national government

• To limit the powers of the states

The introduction to the Constitution is known as the ____________.

• Foreword
• Prologue
• Preface
• Preamble

Which of the following is NOT one of the six goals for the United States government listed in the Preamble?

• To form a more perfect Union

• To establish Justice

• To ensure domestic Tranquility

• To provide for the global alliance

Define the word posterity:

• The legislative process

• Future generations

• The historical documents of a country

• The current population

The Constitution is broken into seven parts, or ________.

• chapters
• sections
• articles
• divisions

Any change in the Constitution is called a(n) ____________.

• modification
• alteration
• amendment
• revision

Which of the following has never occurred as a way that an amendment to the Constitution can be proposed?

• By Congress with a two-thirds majority vote in both the House of Representatives and the Senate

• By a national convention called by Congress at the request of two-thirds of the state legislatures

• By a unanimous decision by the Supreme Court

• Both A and B have occurred

Since 1789, __________ amendments have been proposed. Only __________ have been approved.

• 11,000, 27

• 40, 35
• 25, 20
• 50, 45