US Constitution
Quiz by Melissa Crandall
Feel free to use or edit a copy
includes Teacher and Student dashboards
Measure skillsfrom any curriculum
Measure skills
from any curriculum
Tag the questions with any skills you have. Your dashboard will track each student's mastery of each skill.
With a free account, teachers can
- edit the questions
- save a copy for later
- start a class game
- view complete results in the Gradebook and Mastery Dashboards
- automatically assign follow-up activities based on students’ scores
- assign as homework
- share a link with colleagues
- print as a bubble sheet
Our brand new solo games combine with your quiz, on the same screen
Correct quiz answers unlock more play!
17 questions
Show answers
- Q1Which branch creates Laws?JudicialExecutiveLegislative Branch30sEditDelete
- Q2Which branch Enforces Laws?Executive BranchJudicial BranchLegislative Branch30sEditDelete
- Q3Which branch Interprets laws?Legislative BranchJudicial BranchExecutive Branch30sEditDelete
- Q4What is the highest federal court in the United States?Supreme CourtState CourtDistrict CourtTraffic Court30sEditDelete
- Q5What were the Articles of Confederation?A weak constitution that governed America during the Revolutionary War.Our current form of governmentThe government of Britain30sEditDelete
- Q6What is Federalism?A series of checks and balancesA system in which power is divided between the national and state governmentsA system where all power rests with the national government30sEditDelete
- Q7What are Checks and Balances?As system where all power resides with the national governmentA system in which power is divided between the national and state governmentsA system that allows each branch of government to limit the powers of the other branches in order to prevent abuse of power30sEditDelete
- Q8What are Separation of Powers?Constitutional division of powers among the legislative, executive, and judicial branchesA system that allows each branch of government to limit the powers of the other branchesA system in which power is divided between the national and state governments30sEditDelete
- Q9What was the Great Compromise?Created 2 houses of Congress - one has equal representation - one based on populationDecided Slaves would be counted as 3/5ths of a person for taxation and representationCreated one house of congress with population based representation.30sEditDelete
- Q10What did the 3/5ths Compromise do?Created two houses of Congress- one based on population, one based on equal representationAgreed that enslaved persons would count as three-fifths of other persons in determining representation in CongressDecided the slaves trade would end in 20 years and would be taxed30sEditDelete
- Q11Who were supporters of the Constitution?FederalistsLoyalistsAnti-Federalists30sEditDelete
- Q12Who opposed the Constitution?Anti-federalists30sEditDelete
- Q13What were weakness of the Articles of Confederation?The federal government had to much powerFederal government lacked power to enforce laws and could not collect taxesLaws required all thirteen states to approve them30sEditDelete
- Q14Slavery CompromiseSlaves would be counted as 3/5ths of a person for representationCreated two houses in the legislatureThe slave trade would not end for 20 years and it would be taxed.30sEditDelete
- Q15What does Constitutional Article 4 do?Gives unstated powers to the statesRegulates relationships among the states.Makes the Constitution the supreme law of the land.30sEditDelete
- Q16What does Article 6 do?Regulates relationships among the statesGives unstated powers to the statesMakes the Constitution, national laws, and treaties supreme over state laws30sEditDelete
- Q17What are the Bill of Rights?Part of the original articles of the ConstitutionAll of the amendments in the ConstitutionThe first ten amendments to the Constitution30sEditDelete