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1. The length of term of members of the 7. The legislative branch of our government
House of Representatives is: is called:
a. 2 years a. the Cabinet
b. 6 years b. Congress
c. 4 years c. Supreme Court
d. 5 years d. the F.B.I.

2. The Constitutional Convention met in: 8. The number of amendments the Congress
a. New York added to the Constitution in 1791 was:
b. Philadelphia a. 3
c. Washington, D.C. b. 1
d. Boston c. 10
d. 13
3. The Articles of Confederation did not
provide for: 9. Laws for the United States are made by:
a. courts a. the President
b. Congress b. the Senate
c. laws c. Congress
d. making treaties d. the Supreme Court

4. The President of the meeting called to 10. Our country’s first constitution was called:
change the Articles of the Confederation a. the Articles of Confederation
was: b. the Declaration of Independence
a. James Madison c. the “Federalist Papers”
b. Robert Morris d. the Emancipation Proclamation
c. George Washington
d. Benjamin Franklin 11. A member of the House of
Representatives must have been
5. The number of men who signed the a citizen of the United States
Constitution was: for at least:
a. 39 a. 7 years
b. 13 b. 5 years
c. 48 c. 1 year
d. 12 d. 10 years

6. The number of main branches in our 12. The Speaker of the House is chosen by:
government is: a. the President
a. 6 b. the Senate
b. 21 c. the House of Representatives
c. 7 d. the Chief Justice
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13. Senators are now elected by: 20. An impeached man is found guilty by a
a. State Legislatures vote of:
b. the House of Representatives a. the entire Congress
c. State electors b. a majority of the Senate
d. the people c. the entire Senate
d. two-thirds of the Senators present
14. The length of a term of a Senator is:
a. 2 years 21. In order to do their work, the House and
b. 4 years Senate must have present:
c. 6 years a. three-fourths of the members
d. 8 years b. two-thirds of the members
c. more than one-half of the members
15. A member of the U.S. Senate must d. all of the members
be at least:
a. 21 years old 22. A record of each Senator’s or
b. 25 years old Representative’s vote must be given
c. 30 years old if requested by:
d. 35 years old a. one-half of the members
b. a majority of the members
16. The President of the Senate is: c. two-thirds of the members
a. the oldest Senator d. one-fifth of the members
b. an elected Senator
c. the Chief Justice 23. Tax bills may be written only by:
d. the Vice-President of the United States a. the House of Representatives
b. the Secretary of the Treasury
17. Money may be coined or printed only by: c. the Senate
a. Congress d. the President
b. the President
c. the States 24. After a bill has been sent to the President,
d. the Attorney-General it becomes a law if he does not send it
back within:
18. The Constitution forbids the use of: a. 10 days
a. a veto b. 1 week
b. an oath c. 15 days
c. a preamble d. 1 month
d. a bill of attainder
25. A law to punish a man for something
19. The Constitution forbids States to: that was not against the law when he did
a. make laws it is called:
b. coin money a. an “ex post facto” law
c. use a sales tax b. a write of “habeas corpus”
d. take a State census c. a bill of attainder
d. a letter of reprisal

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26. The length of the term of the President is: 32. Questions about interpreting the
a. 2 years Constitution are finally settled by:
b. 4 years a. the Supreme Court
c. 5 years b. the U.S. District Courts
d. 6 years c. the President
d. the Circuit Courts of Appeals
27. The President’s term ends at noon on:
a. 7 years 33. The Constitution guarantees anybody who
b. 5 years has committed a crime the right of:
c. 1 year a. selecting his own jury
d. 10 years b. trial by jury
c. choosing the judge
28. The longest possible time a person d. delaying his trial
could now serve as President is:
a. 4 years 34. To convict for treason, there must be
b. 8 years at least:
c. 10 years a. one witness
d. 12 years b. two witnesses
c. three witnesses
29. A U.S. President must have lived in the d. four witnesses
United States at least:
a. 2 years 35. Congress may propose an amendment to
b. 5 years the Constitution whenever:
c. 10 years a. either House wants the amendment
d. 14 years b. two-thirds of both Houses want it
c. the Senate wants it
30. The President may make a treaty d. the President wants it
provided he gets agreement from:
a. a majority of Congress 36. An amendment may also become part of
b. two-thirds of the Senators present the Constitution by:
c. two-thirds of the House a. approval by conventions in three-fourths of
d. a majority of the Senate the States
b. demand of the President
31. The Supreme Court has a Chief c. approval by a majority of governors
Justice and: d. vote of the Supreme Court
a. 4 associate justices
b. 6 associate justices 37. Nobody holding a United States office
c. 8 associate justices shall ever have to pass a:
d. 9 associate justices a. civil service test
b. religious test
c. mental test
d. age test

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38. No person’s house or property may be 43. The Nineteenth Amendment protects
searched without: the voting rights of:
a. a bill of attainder a. new citizens
b. a government investigation b. women
c. a search warrant c. absentee voters
d. evidence of treason d. foreign-born citizens

39. A man accused of a crime in court has 44. The number of departments the President
a right to: has in his cabinet is:
a. hear the witnesses against him a. 2
b. be tried wherever he wants b. 15
c. have any judge he wants c. 8
d. change courts d. 10

40. If the candidates for President have 45. Invoking the Fifth Amendment means
no majority of the electoral votes, the an accused man:
President is elected by: a. refuses to testify against himself
a. the Cabinet b. refuses to be tried again
b. the House of Representatives c. demands a grand jury
c. the Senate d. wants to appeal his case
d. the Supreme Court
46. The President’s oath is usually
41. The U.S. can punish a State which denies administered by:
the right of citizens to vote by: a. the Attorney General
a. fining it b. the Chief Justice
b. putting it out of the Union c. the Vice-President
c. reducing the number of its Representatives d. the Secretary of State
d. reducing the number of its Senators
47. The right of all citizens to vote, regardless
42. The number of amendments to the of their race, is provided in Amendment:
Constitution is: a. 12
a. 7 b. 15
b. 21 c. 16
c. 27 d. 18
d. 12

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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

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