Constitution Day Quiz

[princessredtights]

I found this posted as a blog on the JBS "myspace page" -


Sept 17 is Constitution Day - I'll post the answers in a few days -


Enjoy!




HAPPY CONSTITUTION DAY!!

24 Constitutional Questions Every American Should be Able to Answer

Adapted from "A Quiz About the U.S.
Constitution"
By John F.
McManus, writer and narrator of "Overview of America"

1.
Q: Has the Constitution always guided the country?

2.
Q: Does the Constitution allow the Supreme Court to make law?

3.
Q: Does the Constitution allow the President to make law?

4.
Q: Does the Constitution give the federal government any power in the field of education?

5.
Q: Where in the Constitution is there authorization for foreign aid?

6.
Q: What are the three branches of government named in the Constitution?

7.
Q: Does the Constitution require a minimum age requirement for a Senator?

8.
Q: What are the Constitutional requirements for a person to be President?

9.
Q: Did the Constitution give the federal government power to create a bank?

10.
Q: Can treaty law supersede the Constitution?

11.
Q: Does the Constitution allow a President alone to take the nation to war?

12.
Q: Are there any specific crimes mentioned in the Constitution?

13.
Q: Are the Bill of Rights considered part of the original Constitution?

14.
Q: According to the Constitution, how can a President and other national officials be removed from office?

15.
Q: What authority does the Constitution give the Vice President?

16.
Q: How many amendments to the Constitution are there?

17.
Q: Does the Constitution say anything about illegal immigration?

18.
Q: Does the Constitution tell us how new states are added to the union?

19.
Q: How is an amendment to the Constitution added?

20.
Q: Is the term of a President limited by the Constitution?

21.
Q: Which part of Congress is designated by the Constitution as having the "power of the purse?"

22.
Q: How does the Constitution explain expelling an elected member of the House or Senate?

23.
Q: What does the Constitution say about financing a military arm?

24.
Q: How many times is the word democracy mentioned in the Constitution?

[acptulsa]

Good one. An awful lot of them have the same answer, but I see the method in that madness and you did a very good job of mixing them in. Quite effective.

You even stumped me on two of them. Guess what I'll be pulling off the bookshelf tonight?

[noxagol]

1.
Q: Has the Constitution always guided the country?

No.

2.
Q: Does the Constitution allow the Supreme Court to make law?

No. It doesn't even grant them the authority to interpret it. They assumed this for themselves at the beginning of Madison's first term in Marbury vs Madison.

3.
Q: Does the Constitution allow the President to make law?

No.

4.
Q: Does the Constitution give the federal government any power in the field of education?

No.

5.
Q: Where in the Constitution is there authorization for foreign aid?
It's doesn't.

6.
Q: What are the three branches of government named in the Constitution?

Congress, President, Supreme Court.

7.
Q: Does the Constitution require a minimum age requirement for a Senator?

Yes, 30.

8.
Q: What are the Constitutional requirements for a person to be President?

Be native born American, be at least 35 at time of taking office, and live within the United States for at least seven years consecutively before taking office.

9.
Q: Did the Constitution give the federal government power to create a bank?
No.

10.
Q: Can treaty law supersede the Constitution?
No.

11.
Q: Does the Constitution allow a President alone to take the nation to war?
No.

12.
Q: Are there any specific crimes mentioned in the Constitution?
Treason and Counterfeiting.

13.
Q: Are the Bill of Rights considered part of the original Constitution?
No. They are the first amendments to it.

14.
Q: According to the Constitution, how can a President and other national officials be removed from office?
Impeachment, which is initiated by a majority vote of the House then the trial is officiated by the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court with the Senate being the jury using a 2/3 majority vote deciding the outcome.

15.
Q: What authority does the Constitution give the Vice President?
VP is President of the Senate and casts tie breaking vote.

16.
Q: How many amendments to the Constitution are there?
29

17.
Q: Does the Constitution say anything about illegal immigration?
It gives Congress the power to regulate immigration of non-Americans

18.
Q: Does the Constitution tell us how new states are added to the union?
A majority vote by Congress and a majority vote of the state's legislature.

19.
Q: How is an amendment to the Constitution added?
Either created and passed in Congress, and then 3/4's of the states must approve either through state legislatures or conventions where citizens of those states vote on it.

20.
Q: Is the term of a President limited by the Constitution?
Not originally.

21.
Q: Which part of Congress is designated by the Constitution as having the "power of the purse?"

The house of representatives I do believe.
22.
Q: How does the Constitution explain expelling an elected member of the House or Senate?

They are too make their own rules.

23.
Q: What does the Constitution say about financing a military arm?
They can fund an army and a navy, with spending budgets to last no longer than two years. (the airforce is technically unconstitutional.)

24.
Q: How many times is the word democracy mentioned in the Constitution?
Zero.

[revolutionist]

1.
Q: How many amendments to the Constitution are there?
29



It's 27

[noxagol]

It's 27

Sad. I can never remember that. All I know is all of them after the 10th are either dumb or redundant. The 13th one might be the only one useful, though redundant.

[revolutionist]

Sad. I can never remember that. All I know is all of them after the 10th are either dumb or redundant. The 13th one might be the only one useful, though redundant.

Well the worst ones are the 14th, the 16th and the 17th.