8th Grade Social Studies
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Chapter 4 Test
1. What is described in Article I of the Constitution?
a. Judicial Branch
c. Legislative Branch
b. Executive Branch
d. Process for adding amendments
2. What is described in Article II of the Constitution?
a. Judicial Branch
c. Legislative Branch
b. Executive Branch
d. Process for adding amendments
3. What is described in Article III of the Constitution?
a. Judicial Branch
c. Legislative Branch
b. Executive Branch
d. Process for adding amendments
4. What is described in Article V of the Constitution?
a. Judicial Branch
c. Legislative Branch
b. Executive Branch
d. Process for adding amendments
5. Who can propose amendments to the Constitution?
a. Congress
c. The President
b. State Legislatures
d. Both A and B
6. The United States is an example of which type of democracy?
a. Direct Democracy
b. Representative Democracy
c. Formal Democracy
d. Enumerated Democracy
7. The President is elected by which process?
a. Popular vote
c. Federalism
b. Direct Democracy
d. Electoral College
8. Which President asked congress to create departments within the executive branch?
a. Ben Franklin
c. George Washington
b. Thomas Edison
d. Thomas Jefferson
9. How many Supreme Court Justices can there be?
a. 8
c. 7
b. 12
d. 9
10. Who was the Chief Justice whose bench established the precedent of Judicial Review?
a. Baron de Montesquieu
c. John Marshal
b. Furguson
d. John Brown
11. Which Supreme Court case was it that established the precedent of Judicial Review?
a. Plessy v. Ferguson
c. Brown v. the Board of Education
b. Marbury v. Madison
d. Kayser v. The World
Match the correct letter and Amendment from the Bill of Rights together.
__________ 12. 1st Amendment
__________ 14. 2nd Amendment
__________ 15. 3rd Amendment
__________ 16. 4th Amendment
__________ 17. 5th Amendment
__________ 18. 6th Amendment
__________ 19. 7th Amendment
__________ 20. 8th Amendment
__________ 21. 9th Amendment
__________ 22. 10th Amendment
a. Guarantees the freedom of religion, speech, press, assembly and the right to petition
government.
b. Prohibits unreasonable searches and seizures.
c. Guarantees the right to jury trial in civil suits involving $20.00 or more.
d. Prohibits excessive bail or fines or cruel or unusual punishment
e. We have many other rights than what are listed in the Bill of Rights. Our rights are not
limited by the Bill of Rights.
f. Asserts that powers not delegated to the national government or denied to the states are
reserved to the states.
g. Requires grand jury indictment for a serious crime, bans double jeopardy, no loss of life,
liberty or property without due process of law.
h. Guarantees the right to bear arms.
i. Guarantees the right to a speedy, impartial public trial in criminal cases with counsel and
the right to cross examine.
j. Prohibits the quartering of soldiers in homes in peacetime
Short answer.
1. List the 6 goals of the Constitution. (6 pts)
2. Who is part of the Executive Branch and what are their powers? (2 pts)
3. Who is part of the Judicial Branch and what are their powers? (2 pts)
4. Who is part of the Legislative Branch and what are their powers? (2 pts)
5. What are two examples of “checks and balances” in the branches of government? (2pts)
6. Define Civic Virtue and give an example. (2 pts)
7. Define federalism. (1 pt)
8. Why did the anti-federalists want to add a Bill of Rights to the Constitution? (3 pts)
Extra Credit
Write the Preamble (3pts)