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 do we call the first ten amendments to the Constitution? Choose one: a. The Articles of Confederation. b. The inalienable rights. c. The Declaration of Independence. d. The Bill of Rights.
Last Answer : Correct Answer: d. The Bill of Rights.
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 : 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 : 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 : 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 : 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 : 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 : 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 : 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 : 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 : 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 : 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 : 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 : 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 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 : How many justices are on the Supreme Court? a. 9 b. 5 c. 12 d. 3
Last Answer : Correct Answer: a. 9
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 : 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 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 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 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 : 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 : 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 : 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 : 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 : 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 : 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 : 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 : Why was a national law against slavery needed even though the Emancipation Proclamation had been issued?
Last Answer : The Emancipation Proclamation only applied in places thatwere-AT THAT TIME- in rebellion against the Union. Some Northernstates permitted slavery. The last slaves to be freed by law werein Kentucky and ... That was the date that the state of Georgiaratified the 13th Amendment to the US Constitution.
Description : Who : The Declaration of Independence can be divided into 3 parts including:a proclamation about man's rights and the legality of the revolutiona formal declaration of independence?
Last Answer : a record of complaints against King George III
Description : Which group of enslaved African Americans were freed by the Emancipation Proclamation?
Last Answer : None. The emancipation proclamation said that it freed the slaves in the south but what if someone far away from you said they wanted you to mail your life savings to them or else they would pitch a fit would you do it?
Description : Why did some abolitionists criticize Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation?
Last Answer : The Emancipation Proclamation only applied to the Confederate states, but not all of the salve states had joined the confederacy. There were several slave states still in the Union, and they continued as slave states after the proclamation.
Description : What was the consequence for Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation hoped to set all the slaves free?
Last Answer : It didn’t set all slaves free. It only freed slaves in thestates of the confederacy. One of the consequences was the slavesbegan to follow the union troops and many enlisted as soldiers.
Description : If the Emancipation Proclamation were written today which words or phrases do you think would have been changed?
Last Answer : You need to answer this question because your teacher is lookingfor your critical thinking skills not ours. This is homework and wedon’t help you cheat.
Description : What is According to the Emancipation Proclamation which opportunities will be provided to former slaves?
Last Answer : The proclamation doesn't provide for opportunities. It statedthat the slaves in states in rebellion were free. Nothing more.
Description : What actions did President Lincoln take before the Emancipation Proclamation during the US Civil War to curtail the spread of slavery?
Last Answer : In the Summer of 1862, President Lincoln signs a bill to prohibit slavery in the Western territories. It is not designated as a war measure and it appears to clash with the US Supreme Court's Dred Scott decision of 1857.
Description : What was the Union army’s response to the Emancipation Proclamation?
Last Answer : It allowed African Americans to serve in non-combat positions only
Description : The Emancipation Proclamation freed enslaved people living where?
Last Answer : states still in rebellion against the Union after January 1, 1863
Description : Did the Emancipation Proclamation free slaves?
Last Answer : It freed slaves in those Confederat states, which had not returned to Union control by January 1, 1863.