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Constitution Test - Practice Test Questions

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The Constitutional Convention met in the city of Philadelphia and drafted the constitution of the United States in the year
1787
Of the thirteen original states, the one not represented in the Constitutional Convention was
Rhode Island
The Constitution was signed by ___________ as President of the Convention
George Washington
By Constitutional provision, the ratification of _______ of the States was sufficient for the establishment of this Constitution
9
We the people of the United States, in order to form a more perfect ________
union
establish ____________, insure domestic tranquility, provide for the common defense,
justice
promote the general welfare, and secure the blessings of ___________
liberty
to ourselves and our ____________ to ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America
posterity
The United States shall guarantee to every State in this Union a _____________ form of government
republican
and shall protect each of them against _____________
invasion
All legislative powers shall be vested in a __________ of the United States of America
Congress
The executive power shall be vested in ____________ of the United States of America
President
The Judicial power of the United States shall be vested in one _____________
Supreme Court
and in such inferior courts as the ____________ may from time to time ordain and establish
Congress
The __________ shall have the power to lay and collect taxes, duties, imposts, and excises, to pay the debts and provide for the common defense and general welfare of the United States
Congress
The ___________ shall have the power to declare war
Congress
The Congress shall have the power to make all laws which shall be ____________ for carrying into execution all powers vested by the Constitution in the government of the US, or in any department of the US, or in any department of officer thereof
necessary and proper
the number of Representatives shall not exceed _________ but each state shall have at least one Representative
435
Congress meetings shall begin on the
3rd day of January
The House of Representatives shall be composed of members chosen every ______ year by the people of the states
2nd
No person shall be a Senator who shall not have attained the age of ______ years
30
No person shall be eligible to the office of President who shall not have been a resident within the US
14 years
No ________ test shall ever be required as a qualification to any office or public trust under the US
religious
The yeas and nays of the members of either house on any question shall, at the desire of _______ of those present, be entered on the journal
1/5
Neither house shall, without the consent of the other, adjourn for more than ____ days
3
Each state shall appoint a number of electors, equal to
the whole number of Senators + Representatives to which the state may be entitled in the congress
but no Senator or Representative, or _______________ shall be appointed an elector
person holding an office of trust under profit of the US
If the election is a tie, the ______ decides who becomes president
House of Representatives
No person shall be elected to the office of President more than
twice
the Vice president of the US shall be
president of the Senate
but shall have no vote,
unless they be equally divided
The judges, both of the Supreme Court and inferior courts, shall hold their offices during _______
good behavior
Judge of the Supreme Court shall be
appointed by the President with the consent of the Senate
_________ shall have power to define and punish offenses against the law of nations
Congress
The _________ shall have the sole power to remove a person from a government position
Senate
Nominations made by the President shall be confirmed by
the Senate
No person holding any office in the Executive or Judicial Branch
be a member of either house of Congress
All bills for raising revenue shall originate in the
House of Representatives
if any bill shall not be returned by the President within ______ days after it shall be presumed to him,
10
the same shall _______ unless the Congress by their adjournment prevent its return
be a law
No person shall be deprived of life, liberty, or _________, without due process of the law
property
_________________ shall be given in each State to the public acts, records, and judicial proceedings of every other State
full faith and credit
"In all cases affecting Ambassadors, other public Ministers and Consuls, and those in which a State shall be a Party", the Supreme court shall have ___________ jurisdiction
original
the power to nominate ambassadors is vested in
President
____________ shall have power, by and with advice and consent of the Senate,
President
to make treaties, provided ________ of the Senators concur
2/3
_____________, whenever __________ of both Houses shall deem it necessary, shall propose amendments to the Constitution
The Congress, 2/3
Amendments shall be valid as part of the Constitution, when ratified by the legislatures of the _____ of the State or by __________
3/4, conventions thereof
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