Constitution Quiz

What happened when the Constitution was not accepted by all when it was first written?

• A. Amendments were made

• B. Congress raised their own salaries

• C. People were accused of crimes

What are often considered the most important amendments?

• A. Congress

• B. The amendment of 1992

• C. The Bill of Rights

What are amendments meant to do?

• A. Petition Congress

• B. Improve or correct the original document

• C. Change the Constitution every 20 years

What is one way the Constitution can be amended?

• A. When 50% of Congress agree, and then ¾ of states ratify it

• B. When 50% of states agree, and then Congress ratifies it

• C. When ⅔ of both houses of Congress agree, and then ¾ of the states approve

What is another way the Constitution can be amended?

• A. ⅔ of the state legislatures may vote to demand an amendment

• B. The president may submit an amendment

• C. 50% of the U.S. public can vote on an amendment

What happens to account for gaps in the Constitution?

• A) New constitutions are written

• B) Laws are written

• C) Governors write laws

How many amendments have been ratified?

• A) 33

• B) Hundreds

• C) 27

Why are amendments so controversial?

• A) They are difficult to repeal

• B) They do not fit in the federal budget

• C) They are always written by the same people

How can amendments be repealed?

• A) The president can repeal amendments

• B) Another amendment has to be proposed and ratified

• C) Prohibition

What is the only amendment that has ever been repealed?

• A) The 18th Amendment

• B) The 2nd Amendment

• C) The 22nd Amendment