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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part I: Introduction to the Constitution.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who was the 16th President of the United States?
(a) John Adams.
(b) Alexander Hamilton.
(c) James Madison.
(d) Abraham Lincoln.

2. How did people eventually refer to this initial document?
(a) Pledge of Allegiance.
(b) ACPU.
(c) Articles of Confederation.
(d) Constitution.

3. Together the group in Philadelphia constructed the Constitution requiring a federal government comprised of which three branches?
(a) President, Senate, and House of Representatives.
(b) Democratic, Republican, and Independent.
(c) Democratic, Republican, and Whig.
(d) Executive, legislative, and judicial.

4. What type of democracy is one in which the people elect officials in order to represent them in all aspects of government?
(a) Direct.
(b) Indirect.
(c) United.
(d) Federation.

5. Cullop states that the Constitution is meaningless unless who enforces it?
(a) The Supreme Court.
(b) The legislative branch.
(c) The President.
(d) The people it represents.

Short Answer Questions

1. On what date did the Constitution go into effect?

2. What type of democracy is that in which the people handle government matters on their own behalf?

3. The government under the Articles of Confederation would be supervised by an assembly of people called a Congress, restricted in what fashion?

4. Under the Articles of Confederation, there would be what?

5. Some say the government of the U.S. is one in which the people are responsible for self-governing, or what Cullop calls what?

(see the answer key)

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