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So how well do YOU know the U.S. Constitution? Constitution Test 1
Multiple Choice:
1. Our country's first constitution was called:
 a. the Articles of Confederation
b. the Declaration of Independence
c. the "Federalist Papers"
d. the Emancipation Proclamation
2. The Constitutional Convention met in:
a. New York
b. Philadelphia
c. Washington, D.C.
d. Boston
3. The Articles of Confederation did not provide for:
a. courts
b. Congress
c. laws
d. making treaties
4. The president of the meeting called to change the Articles of the Confederation was:
a. James Madison
b. Robert Morris
c. George Washington
d. Benjamin Franklin
5. The number of men who signed the Constitution was:
a. 39
b. 13
c. 48
d. 12
6. The number of main branches in our government is:
a. 6
b. 21
c. 7
d. 3
7. The legislative branch of our government is called:
a. the Cabinet
b. Congress
c. Supreme Court
d. the F.B.I.
8. The number of amendments the Congress added to the Constitution in 1791 was:
a. 3
b. 1
c. 10
d. 13
9. Laws for the United States are made by:
a. the President
b. the Senate
c. Congress
d. the Supreme Court
10. The length of term of members of the House of Representatives is:
a. 2 years
b. 6 years
c. 4 years
d. 5 years
11. A member of the House of Representatives must have been a citizen of the United States for at least:
a. 7 years
b. 5 years
c. 1 year
d. 10 years
12. The Speaker of the House is chosen by:
a. the President
b. the Senate
c. the House of Representatives
d. the Chief Justice
13. Senators are now elected by:
a. State Legislatures
b. the House of Representatives
c. State electors
d. the people
14. the length of a term of a Senator is:
a. 2 years
b. 4 years
c. 6 years
d. 8 years
15. A member of the U.S. Senate must be at least:
a. 21 years old
b. 25 years old
c. 30 years old
d. 35 years old
16. The President of the Senate is:
a. the oldest Senator
b. an elected Senator
c. the Chief Justice
d. the Vice-President of the United States
17. Money may be coined or printed only by:
a. Congress
b. the President
c. the States
d. the Attorney-General
18. The Constitution forbids the use of:
a. a veto
b. an oath
c. a preamble
d. a bill of attainder
19. The Constitution forbids States to:
a. make laws
b. coin money
c. use a sales tax
d. take a State census
20. An impeached man is found guilty by a vote of:
a. the entire Congress
b. a majority of the Senate
c. the entire Senate
d. two-thirds of the Senators present
21. In order to do their work, the House and Senate must have present:
a. three-fourths of the members.
b. two-thirds of the members
c. more than one-half of the members
d. all of the members
22. A record of each Senator's or Representative's vote must be given if requested by:
a. one-half of the members
b. a majority of the members
c. two-thirds of the members
d. one-fifth of the members
23. Tax bills may be written only by:
a. the House of Representatives
b. the Secretary of the Treasury
c. the Senate
d. the President
24. After a bill has been sent to the President, it becomes a law if he does not send it back within:
a. 10 days
b. 1 week
c. 15 days
d. 1 month
25. A law to punish a man for something that was not against the law when he did it is called:
a. an "ex post facto" law
b. a write of "habeas corpus"
c. a bill of attainder
d. a letter of reprisal
26. The length of the term of the President is:
a. 2 years
b. 4 years
c. 5 years
d. 6 years
27. The President's term ends at noon on:
a. January 3
b. March 15
c. January 20
d. December 31
28. The longest possible time a person could now serve as President is:
a. 4 years
b. 8 years
c. 10 years
d. 12 years
29. A U.S. President must have lived in the United Sates at least:
a. 2 years
b. 5 years
c. 10 years
d. 14 years
30. The President may make a treaty provided he gets agreement from:
a. a majority of Congress
b. two-thirds of the Senators present
c. two-thirds of the House
d. a majority of the Senate
31. The Supreme Court has a Chief Justice and:
a. 4 judges
b. 6 judges
c. 8 judges
d. 9 judges
32. Questions about interpreting the Constitution are finally settled by:
a. the Supreme Court
b. the U.S. District Courts
c. the President
d. the Circuit Courts of Appeals
33. The Constitution guarantees anybody who has committed a crime the right of:
a. selecting his own jury
b. trial by jury
c. choosing the judge
d. delaying his trial
34. To convict for treason, there must be at least:
a. one witness
b. two witnesses
c. three witnesses
d. four witnesses
35. Congress may propose an amendment to the Constitution whenever:
a. either House wants the amendment
b. Two-thirds of both Houses want it
c. the Senate wants it
d. the President wants it
36. An amendment may also become part of the Consititution by:
a. approval by conventions in three-fourths of the States
b. demand of the President
c. approval by a majority of governors
d. vote of the Supreme Court
37. Nobody holding a United States office shall ever have to pass a:
a. civil service test
b. religious test
c. mental test
d. age test
38. No person's house or property may be searched without:
a. a bill of attainder
b. a government investigation
c. a search warrant
d. evidence of treason
39. A man accused of a crime in court has a right to:
a. hear the witnesses against him
b. be tried wherever he wants
c. have any judge he wants
d. change courts
40. If the candidates for President have no majority of the electoral votes, the President is elected by:
a. the Cabinet
b. the House of Representatives
c. the Senate
d. the Supreme Court
41. The U.S. can punish a State which denies the right of citizens to vote by:
a. fining it
b. putting it out of the Union
c. reducing the number of its Representatives
d. reducing the number of its Senators
42. The number of amendments to the Constitution is:
a. 7
b. 21
c. 27
d. 12
43. The Nineteenth Amendment protects the voting rights of:
a. new citizens
b. women
c. absentee voters
d. foreign-born citizens
44. The number of departments the President has in his Cabinet is:
a. 2
b. 14
c. 8
d. 10
45. Invoking the Fifth Amendment means an accused man:
a. refuses to testify against himself
b. refuses to be tried again
c. demands a grand jury
d. wants to appeal his case
46. The President's oath is usually administered by:
a. the Attorney General
b. the Chief Justice
c. the Vice-President
d. the Secretary of State
47. The right of all citizens to vote, regardless of their race, is provided in Amendment:
a. 12
b. 15
c. 16
d. 18
48. The Constitution writers at first provided that the President be elected by:
a. the people
b. the Congress
c. State electors
d. the House of Representatives
49. The President whose election depended upon the vote of the House of Representatives was:
a. Thomas Jefferson
b. John Adams
c. George Washington
d. Aaron Burr
50. Our first Vice-President was:
a. Alexander Hamilton
b. Thomas Jefferson
c. Benjamin Franklin
d. John Adams Constitution Test 2
Multiple Choice
1. The Constitutional Amendment which was later repealed is the:
a. Eighteenth
b. Fifteenth
c. Nineteenth
d. Twenty-second
2. The right to admit new States belongs to:
a. the Congress
b. the Supreme Court
c. the President
d. the State Department
3. Powers not given to the U.S. by the Constitution and not forbidden to the States are reserved to:
a. the U.S. Court of Appeals
b. property owners
c. the States or the people
d. the Supreme Court
4. Congress must meet at least once every:
a. 4 years
b. 2 years
c. 6 years
d. year
5. The Bill of Rights is:
a. the first ten amendments
b. the Fifteenth Amendment
c. the entire Constitution
d. all of the amendments
6. The Constitution forbids Congress to lay a tax on:
a. goods sent by ship
b. liquor
c. goods sent from other countries
d. goods sent from one State to another
7. If neither the President nor the Vice-President can serve, the position would by filled by:
a. the Speaker of the House
b. the Chief Justice
c. the elected President of the Senate
d. the Secretary of State
8. All federal and state officers must swear to:
a. support the President
b. support the Constitution
c. do their work well
d. memorize the Constitution
9. The number of presidential electors a State gets is the same as:
a. the number of its Senators and Representatives
b. the number of its State Legislature representatives
c. the number of its Senators
d. the number of its Representatives
10. The number of Representatives a State gets depends on:
a. the number of voters it has
b. the number of its Senators
c. how many it wants
d. the number of people it has
11. The constitution guarantees to every State:
a. legal help
b. a republican form of government
c. a pension system
d. freedom to make any law it wishes
12. A State may NOT:
a. collect taxes
b. keep a militia
c. build schools
d. grant a title of nobility
13. The Constitution became the law of the land in
a. 1788
b. 1787
c. 1776
d. 1792
14. The man who did the final writing of the Constitution was:
a. Thomas Jefferson
b. John Hancock
c. Gouverneur Morris
d. Robert Morris
15. Congress shall make no law to:
a. set up a religion
b. regulate banks
c. tax incomes
d. pay pensions
16. The major department head who is appointed by the President to deal with foreign countries is the:
a. Secretary of Defense
b. Secretary of State
c. Attorney General
d. Secretary of Commerce
17. If a President is impeached, the trial will be presided over by:
a. the Chief Justice
b. the Speaker of the House
c. the Senate President "pro tempore"
d. the Vice-President
18. The Constitutional Convention held its meetings in:
a. the Capitol
b. the White House
c. Independence Hall
d. Liberty Hall
19. Judges of the Supreme Court must be nominated by:
a. the Senate
b. the President
c. the Vice-President
d. the House of Representatives
20. One-third of the Senators are elected every:
a. 6 years
b. 3 years
c. 2 years
d. 4 years
21. An amendment becomes part of the Constitution when it is ratified by:
a. a majority of the Senate
b. two-thirds of the House of Representatives
c. three-fourths of the Congress
d. the Legislatures of three-fourths of the States
22. A member of the House of Representatives must be at least:
a. 21 years old
b. 30 years old
c. 25 years old
d. 35 years old
23. A U.S. President must be at least:
a. 21 years old
b. 25 years old
c. 35 years old
d. 30 years old
24. War may be declared only by:
a. the President
b. the Secretary of State
c. Congress
d. the Department of Defense
25. The number of articles in the Constitution is:
a. 7
b. 12
c. 21
d. 48
26. The President is elected if he:
a. wins a majority of the electoral votes
b. wins most of the country's vote
c. wins all of the States' votes
d. wins most of the States' votes
27. An order making a jailer show that a man is in jail for a good reason is called a writ of:
a. attainder
b. capitation
c. "ex post facto" law
d. "habeas corpus"
28. A citizen of the U.S. is a person who:
a. is white and was born or naturalized here
b. pays taxes
c. owns property in the United States
d. was born or naturalized here
29. A member of the U.S. Senate must have been a citizen of the U.S. for at least:
a. 10 years
b. 7 years
c. 9 years
d. 12 years
30. All impeachments are tried by the:
a. Cabinet
b. Senate
c. Supreme Court
d. House of Representatives
31. The Commander-in-Chief of the army and navy is:
a. the Chief of Staff
b. the Secretary of State
c. the President
d. the Secretary of Defense
32. The main reason for wanting to change the Article of Confederation was to:
a. declare war on England
b. raise the tax rates
c. form a stronger government
d. form a congress
33. Rules for becoming a U.S. citizen may be made only by:
a. the Congress
b. the Supreme Court
c. the President
d. the States
34. No amendment could change equal representation in the Senate without:
a. payment of compensation
b. approval by the Cabinet
c. three-fourths vote of both houses
d. consent of the States involved
35. The vote needed to expel a member of the House or Senate is:
a. three-fourths
b. two-thirds
c. a majority
d. one-half
36. The courts may not take man's life without:
a. a confession
b. a circuit judge's agreement
c. evidence of treason
d. due process of law
37. We now make a count of our population every:
a. year
b. 2 years
c. 10 years
d. 5 years
38. Representatives from the States met to write a new constitution in:
a. 1781
b. 1865
c. 1787
d. 1777
39. A new nation's government can be recognized only by:
a. the Secretary of Defense
b. the President
c. the Secretary of State
d. the Senate
40. The executive branch of our government is headed by:
a. the Chief Justice
b. the Speaker of the House
c. the Secretary of State
d. the President
41. In order to become a part of the Constitution, amendments now usually have to be ratified by the State Legislatures with:
a. 10 years
b. 2 years
c. 6 months
d. 7 years
42. The length of term for a U.S. court judge is:
a. 6 years
b. 10 years
c. 4 years
d. life
43. Congress can pass laws over the President's veto if both Houses have a majority of:
a. over half
b. two-thirds
c. three-fifths
d. three-fourths
44. The first Chief Justice of the Supreme Court was:
a. Patrick Henry
b. James Madison
c. John Jay
d. John Adams
45. Amendment 17 of the Constitution changed the election of Senators from:
a. State legislators to the people
b. Electoral College to the people
c. the people to the State legislators
d. State legislators to the Electoral College
46. The number of States represented by the signers of the Constitution was:
a. 13
b. 12
c. 10
d. 7
47. the number of Senators each State shall have is:
a. 2
b. 3
c. 1
d. 5
48. The judicial branch of our government consists of:
a. the Supreme Court and U.S. courts
b. the Congress
c. the Senate
d. the Cabinet
49. Neither House, during the session of Congress, shall, without the consent of the other House, adjourn for more than:
a. 3 days
b. 10 days
c. 2 weeks
d. 1 month
50. Nobody may be elected President more than:
a. three times
b. twice
c. once
d. four times
Now, check your answers and scroll down to find the answers! 
Answers Answers to test 1:
1. a. The Articles of Confederation
2. b. Philadelphia
3. a. courts
4. c. George Washington
5. a. 39
6. d. 3
7. b. Congress
8. c. 10
9. c. Congress
10 a. 2 years
11. a. 7 years
12. c. the House of Representatives
13. d. the people
14. c. 6 years
15. c. 30 years old
16. d. the Vice-President of the United States
17. a. Congress
18. d. a bill of attainder
19. b. coin money
20. d. two-thirds of the Senators present
21. c. more than one-half of the members
22. d. one-fifth of the members
23. a. the House of Representatives
24. a. 10 days
25. a. an "ex post facts" law
26. b. 4 years
27. c. January 20
28. c. 10 years
29. d. 14 years
30. b. two-thirds of the Senators present
31. c. 8 judges
32. a. the Supreme Court
33. b. trial by jury
34. b. two witnesses
35. b. two-thirds of both Houses want it
36. a. approval by conventions in three-fourths of the States
37. b. religious test
38. c. a search warrant
39. a. hear the witnesses against him
40. b. the House of Representatives
41. c. reducing the number of its Representatives
42. c. 27
43. b. women
44. b. 14
45. a. refuses to testify against himself
46. b. the Chief Justice
47. b. 15
48. c. State electors
49. a. Thomas Jefferson
50. d. John Adams
Answers to test 2:
1. a. Eighteenth
2. a. the Congress
3. c. the States or the people
4. d. year
5. a. the first ten amendments
6. d. goods sent from one state to another
7. a. the Speaker of the House
8. b. support the Constitution
9. a. the number of its Senators and Representatives
10. d. the number of people it has
11. b. a republican form of government
12. d. grant a title of nobility
13. a. 1788
14. c. Gouvereur Morris
15. a. set up a religion
16. b. Secretary of State
17. a. the Chief Justice
18. c. Independence Hall
19. b. the President
20. c. 2 years
21. d. the Legislatures of three-fourths of the States
22. c. 25 years old
23. c. 35 years old
24. c. Congress
25. a. 7
26. a. wins a majority of the electoral votes
27. d. "habeas corpus"
28. d. was born or naturalized here
29. c. 9 years
30. b. Senate
31. c. the President
32. c. form a stronger government
33. a. the Congress
34. d. consent of the States involved
35. b. two-thirds
36. d. due process of law
37. c. 10 years
38. c. 1787
39. d. the Senate
40. d. the President
41. d. 7 years
42. d. life
43. b. two-thirds
44. c. John Jay
45. a. State legislators to the people
46. b. 12
47. a. 2
48. a. the Supreme Court and U.S. courts
49. a. 3 days
50. b. twice
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