A President can serve no more than _years
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The U.S. Constitution: Practice Test
If a current President can no longer due to their job, who becomes the President?
Speaker of the House
Chief Justice
Vice-President
1st Lady
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When may a persons' property be searched?
Anytime
With police
In 10 days
With a search warrant
How many branches are there in our government?
2
4
3
6
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The 3 branches of government are:
Congress, House of Representatives, Senate
President, Vice-President, Chief Justice
Legislative, Executive, Judicial
Executive, Supreme, Legislative
What did the Nineteenth Amendment state?
Some women can vote
All women can vote
Women cannot vote
Only men can vote
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The two houses are made up of :
President & Vice-President
Supreme Court and Justices
House of Representatives & Senate
House of Representatives & judges
The war in which the colonies won their independence from England was called the:
American War
Battle of Gettysburg
Revolutionary War
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How many amendments are there in the Constitution?
7
18
27
15
Each state has how many Senators?
4
2
6
8
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The Bill of Rights is made up of?
Articles
Rules
First 10 amendments
Laws
The minimum age for a President?
30
25
35
45
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What rights does a person have if accused of a crime?
Trial by jury, innocent until proven guilty
Legal counsel
Doesn't have to go to jail
Plead the 5th
Legislative branch main function:
Enforce the laws
Make the laws
Judge the laws
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Total members in the House of Representatives?
534
425
435
453
A President can serve how many terms?
4
2
6
5
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How is it decided how many representatives each state receives?
Voting
President appoints
State decides
Population
Executive branch main function?
Write the laws
Make the laws
Enforce the laws
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When a bill is vetoed but the President does not sign it, what is it called?
Expost facto
Elastic clause
Pocket veto
Amendment
Main function of the Judicial branch
Judges the laws
Enforces the laws
Makes the laws
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How is the number of electors for each state decided?
Voting
Number of representatives + Senators = Number of Electors
President decides
House of Representatives decides.
Inauguration Day is:
Depends on the year
January 20th
January 19th
New president picks
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The term of a President is how long?
2 years
4 years
6 years
8 years
How long do judges serve on the bench?
8 years
2 terms
Life
Until they quit
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What determines whether or not you are a citizen?
Move here when 1 year old
Natural born
Pass constitution test
Move here by age 35
Total number of members in the Senate?
50
435
100
10
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The fifth amendment states:
Women can vote
You have the right to due process of the law
You can go to the supreme court
You can tax the people
How long must a President live in the US for?
5 years
10 years
14 years
2 years
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Congress cannot make laws concerning what?
Taxes
Voting
Speech
Religion
A President has how long to sign a bill before it becomes law?
1 day
Month
Week
10 days
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Congress can pass a law over a Presidential veto with __?
Majority of the vote
Anytime
2/3 vote of both houses
2/3 vote of one house
Who makes the laws for the United States?
President
Supreme Court
Jury
Congress
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Who is the Commander in chief of the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines and National Guard?
Vice-President
Chief Commander
President
Congress
The Legislative branch is also called?
Supreme Court
Cabinet
Congress
Group
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Congress can NOT tax
Citizens
Polls
Property
Money
Who presides over the House of Representatives?
President
Chief Justice
Speaker of the House
Congress
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The head of the executive branch is?
Senate
Congress
President
Vice-President
Who administers the oath of office to the President on Inauguration day?
Vice-President
Priest
Chief Justice of Supreme Court
Congress
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Member of the House of Representatives must be at least _____years old.
45
30
35
25
Bicameral is :
2 judges
2 houses
2 supreme courts
2 constitutions
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The length of the term of office for Senators.
5
2
6
8
Who nominates Judges of the Supreme Court?
Vice-President
People vote
President
Jury
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A President can maximum serve how many years?
4
8
6
10
A count of our population or census is taken every how many years?
Every year
Once a year
Every 10 years
Every 5 years
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Supreme Law of the Land is :
Bill of Rights
Amendments
Constitution
Bill of Attainer
Who has the power to coin money?
Senate
President
Congress
House of Representatives
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How many justices are there on the Supreme Court?
24
8
9
6
What rights do citizens have when put on trial?
To have a jury
Lawyer
Voting
Time limit
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The President of the Senate is?
Speaker of the House
Vice-President
President
None of these
What amendment guarantess all citizens the right to vote?
27
7
5
15
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Who has the power to declare war?
President
Congress
Senate
Chief Justice
The former President's term of office officially ends:
Day before inauguration
After inauguration
Noon on inauguration day
End of inauguration day
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Who settles questions about the interpretation of the Constitution?
President
Vice-President
Judge
Supreme Court
What amendment was later replealed?
17
27
18
15
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Who presents a bill to Congress?
People
Senators
Congressmen
Lawyers
Which of the following is NOT a core principle enshrined in the U.S. Constitution?
Separation of powers
Checks and balances
Federalism
Unitary executive
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How long must a member of the House of Representatives be a citizen of the United States?
10
Natural born
7
5
The term for a representative from the House?
4
8
6
2
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How often must Congess meet each year?
Twice a year
Every month
Once a year
Three times a year
A Senator must be a citizen of the U.S. for how long?
7
18
9
5
10
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Who presides over impeachment trials?
Congress
House of Representatives
Senate with chief Justice on the bench
President
How many articles are there in the Constitution?
6
27
7
10
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How many members of Congress must be present to conduct business?
Half
More than half
All
3/4
The number of presidential electors a state gets is:
Bases on population
100
50
Senators + representatives
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How is the President decided on if no candidate receives a majority of electoral votes?
Senate
People re-vote
House of Representatives
Supreme Court
Where do tax bills originate? (money bills)
Both houses
House of Representatives
Senate
President
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The law that protects a person from being punished for something that is not against the law when it was done.
Elastic Clause
Pocket Veto
Expost Facto
Bill of Attainer
After a bill leaves the House of Representatives, it goes to the ?
Congress
President
Supreme Court
Senate
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The President can make a treaty with only the agreement of who?
1/2 of Congress
Vice-President
Majority of Senate
Supreme Court
Three powers of Congress:
Tax, make laws, interpret laws
Coin money, delcare war, make rules concerning conterfeit money
Coin money, write taxes, declare war
Declare war, make laws, decide elections
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Article of the Constitution that lists the powers of Congress?
2
17
15
1
Decisions the states are forbidden to make?
Going to war
B and C
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Type of law that punishes without a trial?
Expost facto
Elastic clause
Bill of attainer
Pocket veto
What must happen to be tried for treason?
Innocent until proven guilty
Right to a lawyer
Absolute evidence
Trial by jury
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One of the two houses of Congress cannot adjourn for more than ____without consent from the other house?
2 days
10 days
3 days
1 day
How many judges on the Supreme Court?
9
4
8
14
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Who decides the verdict in impeachment trials?
Vice-President
Senators
Congress
Supreme Court
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Great questions. Do versus due and bases versus basis. I'm sure we're pretty doomed because most people don't care and fascism is the flavor of the day.
Can only be elected twice … becoming president as VP are bonus years.
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