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Ch.6 Lesson 4: Key Concepts of the Constitution

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  • Which amendment gave women the right to vote?
    The Fifteenth Amendment
    The Twenty-Sixth Amendment
    The Nineteenth Amendment
  • In the South, African Americans had to pay taxes at the polls and pass literacy tests to discourage them from voting .
    True
    False
  • What is the highest court in the United States?
    The State Court
    The Supreme Court
    The Federal Court
  • The President can check the power of the Supreme Court by …………… a justice.
    nominating
    eliminating
    vetoing
  • Who helped push for the Voting Rights Act?
    George Washington
    Martin Luther King, Jr
    Rosa Parks
  • Which of the following BEST describes what the Supreme Court does?
    It decides whether laws follow the Constitution.
    It provides for the common defense.
    It guarantees domestic tranquility.
  • Only free white men who owned land could vote for the first 100 years of the nation's history.
    True
    False
  • What did the Thirteenth Amendment do?
    It gave women the right to vote
    It guaranteed freedom of speech
    It ended slavery
  • .............. has to approve the appointment of justices .
    States
    President
    Congress
  • What does "suffrage" mean?
    The right to vote
    The right to a fair trial
    The right to freedom of speech
  • Before the Constitution, trade between states was easy because the Articles of Confederation didn't allow Congress to manage trade.
    False
    True
  • Who nominates Supreme Court Justices?
    Congress
    The States
    The President
  • The ................ is the introduction to the constitution .
    Preamble
    rule of law
    domestic
  • Why were amendments added to the Constitution?
    to remove old laws
    to make it shorter
    to reflect changes in society
  • What does the phrase "a more perfect union" in the Preamble mean?
    making the government stronger
    giving more power to the states
    strengthening and unifying the country
  • How many amendments have been added to the Constitution so far?
    30
    25
    27
  • The Articles stated an agreement between ............ .
    people
    states
    countries
  • Which of the following BEST describes the military’s responsibility?
    to provide for the common defense
    to establish justice
    to create a more perfect union
  • There are ........... Supreme Court justices.
    3
    2
    9
  • What was a major reason that the Constitution was created?
    To unify the country after the Articles of Confederation fai
    To create a new government for all the states
    To give more power to the king
  • What does the phrase “establish justice” mean?
    All states follow the same laws
    Everyone is treated fairly
    Only judges can decide laws
  • Preamble to the Constitution states an agreement between the federal government and ............ of the United States.
    people
    states
    Congress
  • What does "domestic tranquility" mean in the Preamble?
    ensuring peace and safety within the country
    expanding the country's borders
    providing for national defense
  • The preamble describes ..............................
    Articles of confederation
    debates
    the purpose of a government
  • …………… protects citizens from a government's misuse of power.
    The rule of law
    The rule of justice
    The rule of liberty
  • ............ is given the power to control trade and business activities under the Constitution
    Congress
    States
    People
  • The............... Amendment promised African Americans the right to vote.
    Fifteenth
    Nineteenth
    Thirteenth
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