Questions

1. Which was the first state to ratify the U.S. Constitution?
a) Virginia
b) Delaware
c) Rhode Island
d) Ohio

2. When the Constitution was signed, what was the nation’s largest city?
a) New York
b) Washington, D.C.
c) Baltimore
d) Philadelphia

3. The average age of the framers of the Constitution was approximately:
a) about 30
b) about 40
c) about 50
d) about 60

4. Prior to the ratification of the 19th Amendment in 1920, what was true?
a) Women did not have the right to vote for president
b) Women in certain states had the right to vote for president
c) All women had the right to vote for president
d) Women married to landowners had the right to vote for president

5. Which amendment overturned a previous amendment?
a) the 15th Amendment
b) the 19th Amendment
c) the 21st Amendment
d) the 27th Amendment

6. Which one of the following is explicitly mentioned somewhere in the Constitution?
a) The right to keep and bear arms
b) Separation of church and state
c) The right of association
d) The right to privacy

7. If you are accused of a crime, the Sixth Amendment guarantees you which one of these?
a) A speedy and public trial
b) A trial by an impartial judge
c) Free high speed internet in your cell while awaiting trial
d) A free phone call

8. What was our country’s first Constitution called?
a) the Articles of Confederation
b) the Declaration of Independence
c) the “Federalist Paper”
d) the Emancipation Proclamation

9. Laws for the U.S. are made by:
a) the President
b) the Senate
c) Congress
d) the Supreme Court

10. The longest possible time a person can now serve as president is:
a) 4 years
b) 8 years
c) 10 years
d) 12 years

11. Invoking the Fifth Amendment means an accused man:
a) refuses to testify against himself
b) refuses to be tried again
c) demands a grand jury
d) wants to appeal his case

12. The Fourth Amendment:
a)  protects people from excessive bail
b) guarantees the right to a speedy and public trial by an impartial jury
c) prohibits cruel and unusual punishment
d) protects people from unreasonable searches and seizures by the government

13. The Bill of Rights is:
a) the first 10 amendments
b) the Fifteenth amendment
c) the entire Constitution
d) all of the amendments

14. If neither the president nor the Vice-president can serve, the position would be filled by:
a) the Speaker of the House
b) the Chief Justice
c) the Senate majority leader
d) the Secretary of State

15. If you are accused of a crime, the Sixth Amendment guarantees you which one of these?
a) A free phone call
b) Allows those who are arrested for a crime to be released without bail to await their court dates at home
c) Free high speed internet access in your jail cell
d) The right to a speedy and public trial