constitution quiz thing

Question 1

what was the plan of national government before the constitution called

Answer 1

articles of confederation

Question 2

what year did the convention happen

Answer 2

1787

Question 3

Where was the constitutional convention held?

Answer 3

Philadelphia

Question 4

In the constitutional convention, the Great Compromise was how the delegates chose ____

Answer 4

how states should be represented in congress (one based on population and the other equal for each state)

Question 5

The delegates at the constitutional convention did not agree on

Answer 5

“only the people present at the constitutional convention should be able to vote.”

Question 6

In the constitutional convention, the three-fifths compromise was how the delegates chose _

Answer 6

how to count enslaved people

Question 7

This person is known as the “father of the constitution”, took over 600 pages of the notes, and spoke numerous times.

Answer 7

James Madison

Question 8

House of Representatives serve _ year terms

Answer 8

2 year terms

Question 9

you can vote at _ years old

Answer 9

eighteen

Question 10

how long is the length of term for a Supreme Court justice?

Answer 10

life

Question 11

_ years is the length of one term for the president

Answer 11

four

Question 12

To be a senator, you must be at least __ years of age and a citizen for _ years

Answer 12

30 years old and 9 years of being a citizen

Question 13

To be elected in the House of Representatives, you must be __ years old and a us citizen for at least _ years

Answer 13

25 years old and at least 7 years as a citizen

Question 14

The U.S constitution states that the president must be at least _ years old

Answer 14

35

Question 15

Who can override a presidential veto with 2/3 vote?

Answer 15

congress

Question 16

who has the power to veto laws?

Answer 16

the president

Question 17

who has the power to propose a bill to raise revenue?

Answer 17

senate

Question 18

who has the power to nominate ambassadors?

Answer 18

the president

Question 19

who has the power to settle disputes between different states?

Answer 19

the supreme court

Question 20

who must approve Supreme Court justices that the president nominates?

Answer 20

The senate

Question 21

who authorizes the district and appellate courts?

Answer 21

supreme court

Question 22

combined the House of Representatives and senate are known as?

Answer 22

congress

Question 23

who handles cases involving ambassadors?

Answer 23

Supreme Court

Question 24

who carries out the laws passed by congress?

Answer 24

the president

Question 25

who can grant pardons to people convicted of violating federal law?

Answer 25

the president

Question 26

which of the two houses of congress can remove the president for crimes against the constitution?

Answer 26

the senate

Question 27

who is commander in chief of the military

Answer 27

generals

Question 28

Which amendment made slavery illegal?

Answer 28

the 13th amendment

Question 29

how many houses of congress are there?

Answer 29

2

Question 30

how many branches does the American government have ?

Answer 30

3

Question 31

what fraction of state legislatures must approve an amendment to the constitution?

Answer 31

3/4

Question 32

what fraction of congress must propose an amendment?

Answer 32

2/3

Question 33

which amendment gave 18 year olds the right to vote?

Answer 33

26th amendment

Question 34

what amendment gave women the right to vote?

Answer 34

the 19th amendment

Question 35

The ____ are in charge of schools, marriage, establishing local governments, licensing doctors, and lawyers and most crimes. They make the laws in the area of day to day life as long as those laws do not contradict with the US constitution. They make laws in the area of day to day life as long as those laws do not contradict with the

Answer 35

congress, and people (?)

Question 36

what is federalism

Answer 36

the constitutional system that shares power between the national and state governments