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- Multiple ChoicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.
The first attempt at writing a constitution of the United States was called _____________________--
Articles of Confederation
Preamble
Constitution
Declaration of Independence
- Multiple ChoicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.The legislative branch of the U.S. government is also called ________________--cabinetrepresentativesParliamentCongress
- Multiple ChoicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.The beginning part of the ConstitutionArticle IAmendmentsBill of RightsPreamble
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The main job of the legislative branch
determine if laws are unconstitutional
veto laws
write laws
approve laws made by the President
- Multiple ChoicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.What does the executive branch do?elect the presidentmake the lawsenforces the lawscount the votes
- Multiple ChoicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.. Who has the expressed power to declare war?PresidentCongressHouseSenate
- Multiple ChoicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.Role of the judicial branchmake lawsinterpret lawsenforce lawsimpeach a president
- Multiple ChoicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.Highest court in the landappellate courtstrial courtsdistrict courtsSupreme Courts
- Multiple ChoicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.Name for a Supreme Court judgebenchjuryjudicial reviewjustice
- Multiple ChoicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.Unconstitutional means _____________to charge a public official with wrong doingthe Constitution does NOT allow itrejecting a law and refusing to sign itto determine the meaning of the Constitution
- Multiple ChoicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.Which of the following is NOT included in the Bill of Rights?freedom of speechfreedom of religionright to an educationright to a trial by jury
- Multiple ChoicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.What are the first ten amendments to the Constitution?the Preamblethe Articles of Confederationthe Declaration of Independencethe Bill of Rights
- Multiple ChoicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.Why did some of the delegates refuse to sign the Constitution?because it didn’t include a bill of rightsbecause it didn’t give women the right to votebecause it gave too much power to the statesbecause it didn’t include the idea of checks and balances
- Multiple ChoicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.A word which means to change, correct or improve a law.amendproposeprinciplecompromise
- Multiple ChoicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.How does the system of Checks and Balance protect people?it keeps any of the branches from over powering the other so as not to destroy the rights of peopleit keeps any of the branches from fighting so the people are safeit keeps one branch in power and destroys the rights of peopleit keeps all branches in power so as to destroy the rights of people