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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part II: The Constitution Explained.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What form of government is defined as representative?
(a) Parliamentary.
(b) Totalitarian.
(c) Republican.
(d) Egalitarian.

2. When Cullop states the U.S. has a "government of the people, by the people, for the people," whom is he quoting?
(a) Benjamin Franklin.
(b) Alexander Hamilton.
(c) George Washington.
(d) Abraham Lincoln.

3. The U.S. government is currently located where?
(a) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
(b) Boston, Massachusetts.
(c) New York, New York.
(d) Washington, the District of Columbia.

4. The first major document of the U.S. government was the Declaration of Independence which was signed in what year?
(a) 1775.
(b) 1776.
(c) 1777.
(d) 1778.

5. Powers denied the Congress are in which section of Act I?
(a) 7.
(b) 9.
(c) 8.
(d) 6.

Short Answer Questions

1. If a person's preferred candidate is not elected, there will be another election in which that candidate has what option?

2. What is one check on the Supreme Court held by the Congress?

3. The Constitution would also call for what to ensure the branches would have equal power?

4. Giving a limited amount of power to the central government and allowing each state to keep the majority of laws and powers was what?

5. Elections give all citizens the opportunity to make their voices known, and to choose the official that would do what?

(see the answer key)

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