Description : What is the supreme law of the land? Choose one: a. The Articles of Confederation. b. The Constitution. c. The Emancipation Proclamation. d. The Declaration of Independence.
Last Answer : Correct Answer: b. The Constitution.
Description : What happened at the Constitutional Convention? Choose one: a. The Declaration of Independence was written. b. The Emancipation Proclamation was written. c. The Constitution was written. d. The Virginia Declaration of Rights was written.
Last Answer : Correct Answer: c. The Constitution was written.
Description : What are two rights in the Declaration of Independence? Choose one: a. Life and death. b. Life and pursuit of happiness. c. Liberty and justice. d. Life and the right to own a home.
Last Answer : Correct Answer: b. Life and pursuit of happiness.
Description : The first ten amendments to the US Constitution are in __________ (A) the Bill of Rights. (B) the Declaration of Independence. (C) the Magna Carta. (D) the British North America Act.
Last Answer : (A) the Bill of Rights.
Description : What is an amendment? Choose one: a. An addition (to the Constitution). b. The Preamble to the Constitution. c. An introduction. d. The beginning of the Declaration of Independence.
Last Answer : Correct Answer: a. An addition (to the Constitution).
Description : What did the Declaration of Independence do? Choose one: a. Declared our independence from Great Britain. b. Declared our independence from France. c. Gave women the right to vote. d. Freed the slaves.
Last Answer : Correct Answer: a. Declared our independence from Great Britain.
Description : Who wrote the Declaration of Independence? Choose one: a. Abraham Lincoln. b. James Madison. c. George Washington. d. Thomas Jefferson.
Last Answer : Correct Answer: d. Thomas Jefferson.
Description : There are four amendments to the Constitution about who can vote. Describe one of them. Choose one: a. Citizens seventeen (17) and older can vote. b. Citizens by birth only can vote. c. Citizens eighteen (18) and older can vote. d. Only citizens with a job can vote.
Last Answer : Correct Answer: c. Citizens eighteen (18) and older can vote.
Description : How many amendments does the Constitution have? Choose one: a. 19 b. 18 c. 25 d. 27
Last Answer : Correct Answer: d. 27
Description : What does the Constitution do? Choose one: a. Defines the government. b. Sets up the government. c. Protects basic rights of Americans. d. All of these answers.
Last Answer : Correct Answer: d. All of these answers.
Description : We elect a President for how many years? Choose one: a. Eight (8). b. Two (2). c. Four (4). d. Ten (10).
Last Answer : Correct Answer: c. Four (4).
Description : We elect a U.S. Senator for how many years? Choose one: a. Ten (10). b. Four (4). c. Two (2). d. Six (6).
Last Answer : Correct Answer: d. Six (6).
Description : What did the Emancipation Proclamation do? Choose one: a. Gave the United States independence from Great Britain. b. Ended World War I. c. Gave women the right to vote. d. Freed slaves in most Southern states.
Last Answer : Correct Answer: d. Freed slaves in most Southern states.
Description : The idea of self-government is in the first three words of the Constitution. What are these words? Choose one: a. We the People. b. Congress shall make. c. We the British. d. We the Colonists.
Last Answer : Correct Answer: a. We the People.
Description : The first ten amendments to the American Constitution are known as: (a) Bill of rights (b) Citizen demands (c) Governments regulations
Last Answer : (a) Bill of rights
Description : The first Ten Amendments to the Constitution of US ratified in 1791 are known as: (a) Bill of Constitution (b) Bill of Rights (c) Bill of Justice
Last Answer : (b) Bill of Rights
Description : What does the judicial branch do? Choose one: a. Decides if a law goes against the Constitution. b. Reviews laws. c. Resolves disputes. d. All of the above.
Last Answer : Correct Answer: d. All of the above
Description : Under our Constitution, some powers belong to the federal government. What is one power of the federal government? Choose one: a. To provide police departments. b. To issue driver’s licenses. c. To make treaties. d. To provide schooling.
Last Answer : Correct Answer: c. To make treaties
Description : Under our Constitution, some powers belong to the states. What is one power of the states? Choose one: a. Make treaties. b. Provide schooling and education. c. Create an army. d. Coin or print money.
Last Answer : Correct Answer: b. Provide schooling and education.
Description : What are two ways that Americans can participate in their democracy? Choose one: a. Write to a newspaper and call Senators and Representatives. b. Give an elected official your opinion on an issue and join a community group. c. Vote and join a civic group. d. All of these answers.
Description : We elect a U.S. Representative for how many years? Choose one: a. Six (6). b. Two (2). c. Four (4). d. Eight (8).
Last Answer : Correct Answer: b. Two (2)
Description : What is one right or freedom granted by the First Amendment? Choose one: a. Trial by jury. b. To vote. c. To bear arms. d. Speech.
Last Answer : Correct Answer: d. Speech.
Description : What are two Cabinet-level positions? Choose one: a. Secretary of Defense and Secretary of State b. Governor of New York and Governor of California c. First Lady and White House Spokesperson d. President of the Senate and Speaker of the House
Last Answer : Correct Answer: a. Secretary of Defense and Secretary of State
Description : What are the two parts of the U.S. Congress? Choose one: a. The House of Representatives and the courts. b. The House of Lords and the House of Commons. c. The Senate and House of Representatives. d. The Senate and the courts.
Last Answer : Correct Answer: c. The Senate and House of Representatives.
Description : What is the economic system in the United States? Choose one: a. Communist economy. b. Capitalist economy. c. Socialist economy. d. None of these answers.
Last Answer : Correct Answer: b. Capitalist economy.
Description : What is the capital of the United States? Choose one: a. St. Louis, MO b. Olympia, WA c. New York, NY d. Washington, DC
Last Answer : Correct Answer: d. Washington, DC
Description : Why do some states have more Representatives than other states? Choose one: a. Because the state's Representatives have seniority in the House of Representatives. b. Because of the state's population. c. Because of the geographical size of the state. d. Because of the state's location.
Last Answer : Correct Answer: b. Because of the state’s population.
Description : The House of Representatives has how many voting members? Choose one: a. Four hundred forty-one (441). b. Four hundred thirty-five (435). c. Two hundred (200). d. One hundred (100).
Last Answer : Correct Answer: b. Four hundred thirty-five (435).
Description : Who signs bills to become laws? Choose one: a. The Chief Justice of the Supreme Court. b. The Vice President. c. The Secretary of State. d. The President.
Last Answer : Correct Answer: d. The President.
Description : Name one American Indian Tribe in the United States? Choose one: a. Cherokee b. Guarani c. Igbo d. Tuareg
Last Answer : Correct Answer: a. Cherokee
Description : Name one U.S. Territory. Choose one: a. Hawaii b. Cuba c. Puerto Rico d. Okinawa
Last Answer : Correct Answer: c. Puerto Rico
Description : How old do citizens have to be to vote for President? Choose one: a. Thirty-five (35) or older. b. Sixteen (16) or older. c. Twenty-one (21) or older. d. Eighteen (18) or older.
Last Answer : Correct Answer: d. Eighteen (18) or older.
Description : Who does a U.S. Senator represent? Choose one: a. All people of the state in which (s)he was elected. b. All people of the state who belong to the Senator’s political party. c. The state legislatures. d. Only the people in the state who voted for the Senator.
Last Answer : Correct Answer: a. All people of the state in which (s)he was elected.
Description : What are the two major political parties in the United States today? Choose one: a. Reform and Green. b. American and Bull-Moose. c. Democratic-Republican and Whig. d. Democrat and Republican.
Last Answer : Correct Answer: d. Democrat and Republican.
Description : What is the “rule of law”? Choose one: a. Everyone but the President must follow the law. b. Government does not have to follow the law. c. All laws must be the same in every state. d. Everyone must follow the law.
Last Answer : Correct Answer: d. Everyone must follow the law.
Description : What is the highest court in the United States? Choose one: a. Federal Appeals Court b. Supreme Court c. Circuit Court d. International Court of Justice
Last Answer : Correct Answer: b. Supreme Court
Description : Who makes federal laws? Choose one: a. Congress. b. The states. c. The President. d. The Supreme Court.
Last Answer : Correct Answer: a. Congress.
Description : What stops one branch of government from becoming too powerful? Choose one: a. The President. b. Checks and balances. c. The people. d. Freedom of speech.
Last Answer : Correct Answer: b. Checks and balances.
Description : Who vetoes bills? Choose one: a. The President b. The Vice President c. The Senate d. The House of Representatives
Last Answer : Correct Answer: a. the President
Description : If both the President and the Vice President can no longer serve, who becomes President? Choose one: a. President of the Senate b. Speaker of the House c. Governor of the most populous state d. Chief Justice of the Supreme Court
Last Answer : Correct Answer: b. Speaker of the House
Description : Who is the Commander in Chief of the military? Choose one: a. The President. b. The Vice-President. c. The Secretary of Defense. d. The Attorney General.
Last Answer : Correct Answer: a. The President.
Description : Do you think that any of the 17 amendments of the Constitution, subsequent to the first 10 (which became the Bill of Rights,) should also come under the auspices of "The Bill of Rights?"?
Last Answer : answer:Many of the Founders would object to many of the 17 amendments. Allowing blacks and women to vote? Are you crazy? This is why it is good people die. Civilization needs to weed out that kind of thinking.
Description : There are 27 amendments to the Constitution. Why do only the first 10 come under the umbrella of "The Bill of Rights?"?
Last Answer : answer:Many of the original Founders were concerned (rightly so, apparently!) that a strong centralized government would be automatically too-strong from the get-go and would only get stronger. For ... the Bill of Rights as a precondition for their support of the Constitution as it was written.
Description : Are the Rights guaranteed us by the Declaration of Independence and the Bill of Rights Unalienable?
Last Answer : These rights are morally unalienable. But realistically they are alienable. The Drug War along with in rem civil asset forfeiture, and the suspension of habeus corpus, extraordinary renditions, and ... 10th Amendments. And the rest of the Constitution that most presidents don't really understand.
Description : What is the title of the highest political official in a US state? a. Governor b. Lieutenant Governor c. Senate President d. Chief of Police
Last Answer : Correct Answer: a. Governor
Description : How many U.S. senators are there? a. Fifty-two (52). b. Four hundred thirty-five (435). c. One hundred (100). d. Fifty (50).
Last Answer : Correct Answer: c. One hundred (100).
Description : How many U. S. Representatives does Utah have? a. 3 b. 4 c. 5 d. 6
Last Answer : Correct Answer: b. 4
Description : How many US senators does Utah have? a. 1 b. 2 c. 3 d. 4
Last Answer : Correct Answer: b
Description : When is the last day you can send in your federal income tax forms? a. December 31 b. February 1 c. June 1 d. April 15
Last Answer : Correct Answer: d. April 15
Description : How many justices are on the Supreme Court? a. 9 b. 5 c. 12 d. 3
Last Answer : Correct Answer: a. 9