AMERICAN GOVERNMENT SBU DR
KWASI EXAM 6 UPDATED
COMPREHENSIVE TEST BANK 2026
SOLVED QUESTIONS WITH FULL
SOLUTION 100% CORRECT
◉ What does the Constitution do?
Answer: -sets up the government
-defines the government
-protects basic rights of Americans
◉ The idea of self-government is in the first three words of the
Constitution. What are these words?
Answer: We the People
◉ What is an amendment?
Answer: -a change (to the Constitution)
-an addition (to the Constitution)
◉ What do we call the first ten amendments to the Constitution?
Answer: the Bill of Rights
◉ What is one right or freedom from the First Amendment?
Answer: -speech
,-religion
-assembly
-press
-petition the government
◉ How many amendments does the Constitution have?
Answer: twenty-seven
◉ What did the Declaration of Independence do?
Answer: -announced our independence (from Great Britain)
-declared our independence (from Great Britain)
-said that the United States is free (from Great Britain)
◉ What are two rights in the
Declaration of Independence?
Answer: -life
-liberty
-pursuit of
happiness
◉ What is freedom of religion?
Answer: You can practice
any religion, or
,not practice a
religion.
◉ What is the economic system
in the United States?
Answer: -capitalist economy
-market economy
◉ What is the "rule of law"?
Answer: -Everyone must follow the law.
-Leaders must obey the law.
-Government must obey the law.
-No one is above the law.
◉ Name one branch or part of
the government.
Answer: -Congress
-legislative
-President
-executive
-the courts
-judicial
, ◉ What stops one branch of
government from becoming
too powerful?
Answer: -checks and
balances
-separation
of powers
◉ Who is in charge of the
executive branch?
Answer: the President
◉ Who makes federal laws?
Answer: -Congress
-Senate and House
(of Representatives)
-(U.S. or national)
legislature
◉ What are the two parts of the
U.S. Congress?
Answer: the Senate
and House (of
KWASI EXAM 6 UPDATED
COMPREHENSIVE TEST BANK 2026
SOLVED QUESTIONS WITH FULL
SOLUTION 100% CORRECT
◉ What does the Constitution do?
Answer: -sets up the government
-defines the government
-protects basic rights of Americans
◉ The idea of self-government is in the first three words of the
Constitution. What are these words?
Answer: We the People
◉ What is an amendment?
Answer: -a change (to the Constitution)
-an addition (to the Constitution)
◉ What do we call the first ten amendments to the Constitution?
Answer: the Bill of Rights
◉ What is one right or freedom from the First Amendment?
Answer: -speech
,-religion
-assembly
-press
-petition the government
◉ How many amendments does the Constitution have?
Answer: twenty-seven
◉ What did the Declaration of Independence do?
Answer: -announced our independence (from Great Britain)
-declared our independence (from Great Britain)
-said that the United States is free (from Great Britain)
◉ What are two rights in the
Declaration of Independence?
Answer: -life
-liberty
-pursuit of
happiness
◉ What is freedom of religion?
Answer: You can practice
any religion, or
,not practice a
religion.
◉ What is the economic system
in the United States?
Answer: -capitalist economy
-market economy
◉ What is the "rule of law"?
Answer: -Everyone must follow the law.
-Leaders must obey the law.
-Government must obey the law.
-No one is above the law.
◉ Name one branch or part of
the government.
Answer: -Congress
-legislative
-President
-executive
-the courts
-judicial
, ◉ What stops one branch of
government from becoming
too powerful?
Answer: -checks and
balances
-separation
of powers
◉ Who is in charge of the
executive branch?
Answer: the President
◉ Who makes federal laws?
Answer: -Congress
-Senate and House
(of Representatives)
-(U.S. or national)
legislature
◉ What are the two parts of the
U.S. Congress?
Answer: the Senate
and House (of
