The U.S. Constitution Practice Quiz

The courts decide whether laws passed by Congress and actions taken by the president are constitutional under the process of 

Judicial Review

In the United States, which of the following is permitted to citizens by the right of freedom of assembly?

the right to demonstrate

Which circumstance would require a search warrant?

examining the contents of a hotel room

Which article of the US Constitution grants the power to coin money, make treaties, and levy import duties?

Article l

By what process were 18 year olds fully granted the right to vote?

constitutional amendment

Use the excerpt below, from the 13th Amendment, to answer the question that follows.

"Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction."

Which of the following contains a clause that may have served as an inspiration for the above language?

Northwest Ordinances

Use the scenario below to answer the question that follows.

"A suspect is accused of a crime in one state and flees to another state where they are apprehended.  The state is very slow in returning the suspect to the state of origin and keeps them imprisoned.

Which of the following represents a suitable petition for the suspect in this situation, in regard to their constitutional rights?

petition for a writ of habeas corpus

The US Constitution serves which of the following functions?

symbolic functions, establishing the basic structure of American government, and it is a written set of rules to control the conduct of the United States government

Advocates of states' rights would use which amendment to argue their constitutional position?

10th amendment

The principle of the three-fifths Compromise was that

Three-fifths of the enslaved would be counted in determining each state’s representation and share od direct federal taxes

Connecticut's "Great Compromise" created a Congress

that gave larger states a greater voice in the lower house of House of Representatives and smaller states an equal voice in the upper house or Senate

The purpose of the ___________ Amendment to the Constitution was to alleviate fears that the states would be destroyed by the new central government.

10th amendment

The description of the structure of the Supreme Court is found in which part of the constitution?

Article 3