US CONSTITUTION TEST (updated 2023)
GRADED A+ (ACTUAL TEST ) Questions and Answers (Solved)
- Federalism
Answer: system of government in which power is divided between
a central and state government
- Due Process
Answer: laws will be fair and rules will be applied without
exception; life, liberty, and property cannot be denied without this
- Checks and Balances
Answer: each branch of government can limit the power of the
other two examples include presidential veto, Congressional override, and the court ruling a law unconstitutional
- Concurrent Powers
Answer: powers shared by the national and state government like
making laws, collecting taxes, and establishing courts
- Separation of powers
Answer: Montesquieu's idea that powers of government should be
divided between separate branches
- Governmental power
Answer: comes from the people
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- Supreme Law of the Land
Answer: Constitution
- Branches of Government
Answer: legislative, executive, judicial
- Reserved Powers
Answer: powers given just to states such as establishing schools,
speed limits, and driving age
- Electoral Votes
Answer: each state receives a number equal to members in
Congress
- Supremacy clause
Answer: national laws take precedence over state laws in a conflict
- Naturalization
Answer: process by which a person of another country can become
a US citizen
- Writ of Habeas Corpus
Answer: a person must be charged with a crime to be held more
than 48 hours
- re-apportionment
Answer: realigning the seats of the House of Representatives after a
census(taken every 10 years)
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