How well do you know the Constitution?

[zeezee]

1) What are the three branches of government?
A. executive, legislative, judicial
B. executive, legislative, military
C. bureaucratic, military, industry
D. federal, state, local

2) What part of the government has the power to declare war?
A. Congress
B. the president
C. the Supreme Court
D. the Joint Chiefs of Staff

3) In the area of United States foreign policy, Congress shares power with the:
A. president
B. Supreme Court
C. state governments
D. United Nations

4) The United States Electoral College:
A. trains those aspiring for higher political office
B. was established to supervise the first televised presidential debates
C. is otherwise known as the U.S. Congress
D. is a constitutionally mandated assembly that elects the president
E. was ruled undemocratic by the Supreme Court

5) What impact did the Anti-Federalists have on the United States Constitution?
A. their arguments helped lead to the adoption of the Bill of Rights
B. their arguments helped lead to the abolition of the slave trade
C. their influence ensured that the federal government would maintain a standing army
D. their influence ensured that the federal government would have the power to tax

6) The phrase that in America there should be a “wall of separation” between church and state appears in:
A. George Washington’s Farewell Address
B. the Mayflower Compact
C. the Constitution
D. the Declaration of Independence
E. Thomas Jefferson’s letters

7) The Bill of Rights explicitly prohibits:
A. prayer in public school
B. discrimination based on race, sex, or religion
C. the ownership of guns by private individuals
D. establishing an official religion for the United States
E. the president from vetoing a line item in a spending bill

Identify one right or freedom below guaranteed by the first amendment.
A. Right to bear arms
B. Due process
C. Religion
D. Right to counsel

9) Under our Constitution, some powers belong to the federal government. What is one power of the federal government listed below?
A. Make treaties
B. Make zoning laws
C. Maintain prisons
D. Establish standards for doctors and lawyers

10) Who is the commander in chief of the U.S. military?
A. Secretary of the army
B. Secretary of state
C. President
D. Chairman of the Joint Chiefs

answer key here;

http://www.burnpit.us/2011/01/how-well- ... stitution/

[Twinsen]

I got them all except the "wall of separation" one. I knew it wasn't the Constitution. I guessed the Mayflower Compact, which I know nothing about.

[ROFuher]

10 for 10. My mother in law thinks I should run for office, but it would be a very short career.

[grinnie]

All Correct except for #6. Did not know that one.

[O'Neill Ops]

great post, i think this should be a standard test for all highschool and college students... they should be taught this instead of the marxism that is indoctrinated.

[WhisperFan]

I think something like this should be a test before you can vote!

[benfranklin1787]

10 out of 10! It's probably because I just wrote a 3000 word paper on the Constitution last semester:lol:

[zeezee]

A good resource; http://teachingamericanhistory.org/library/

[jlwilliams]

I got 'em all.

[YugoRPK]

10 for 10 but I do not see how Thomas Jeffersons letters should be considered part of the constitution. His views certainly were represented in the constitution but it was a document that was modified several times and voted on as a compromise package by the constitutional delegates. Thomas Jeffersons opinions were just that. The opinions of one man and not public policy.

[lilfuzzybuny]

there actualy was a test on this in social studys in 5th grade i got a b on it simply because i couldnt possably remember everything at the time (add is a bitch some times)

[ROFuher]

10 for 10 but I do not see how Thomas Jeffersons letters should be considered part of the constitution. His views certainly were represented in the constitution but it was a document that was modified several times and voted on as a compromise package by the constitutional delegates. Thomas Jeffersons opinions were just that. The opinions of one man and not public policy.

The separation of church & state is so indoctrinated that most it is codified in the constitution and believe prayer in school is illegal. It's appropriate in the context of the quiz for being so untrue.

[700PSS]

10 for 10. So what do I win? I guess my goal each day is to strive to not be amongst the 90% of the population that are total idiots.

Only 49 percent of elected officials could name all three branches of government, compared with 50 percent of the general public.

[misfit762]

10 for 10

But I guessed on a couple!

[jlwilliams]

I'm not surprised that the ST membership is better versed in The Constituion than the public at large, but the degree is sickening. It's one thing for someone to get one, two or even three wrong. But come on. The fact that elected officials did worse than Joe Average is an abomination, and the fact that the general population did as poorly as they did makes me want to puke.

No wonder we're losing liberty. The public as a whole doesn't know this stuff? Maybe they don't deserve the blessings that our forebearers bled for.

[mudshark]

10/10, but #6 was poorly framed and worded.

[TNPittbull]

ANSWER KEY: 1) A; 2) A; 3) A; 4) D; 5) A; 6) E; 7) D; C; 9) A; 10) C