GED Social Studies Practice Test: The Constitution and Amendments

Question 1

Multiple choice
  • Federalism

  • Separation of Powers

  • Judicial Review

  • Checks and Balances

Question 2

Multiple choice
  • To define the rights and responsibilities of state governments

  • To limit the power of the federal government by protecting individual liberties

  • To outline the process for amending the Constitution

  • To establish the three branches of government

Question 3

Multiple choice
  • State governments only

  • The federal government

  • Local governments only

  • All of the above

Question 4

Multiple choice
  • First Amendment

  • Second Amendment

  • Third Amendment

  • Fourth Amendment

Question 5

Multiple choice
  • Vote in elections

  • Bear arms

  • A fair trial

  • Freedom from unreasonable searches and seizures

Question 6

Multiple choice
  • Fifth Amendment

  • Sixth Amendment

  • Seventh Amendment

  • Eighth Amendment

Question 7

Multiple choice
  • Sixteenth Amendment

  • Thirteenth Amendment

  • Fourteenth Amendment

  • Fifteenth Amendment

Question 8

Multiple choice
  • The government must provide free healthcare to all citizens.

  • All citizens must pay the same amount of taxes.

  • States must have the same laws.

  • All citizens must be treated fairly under the law.

Question 9

Multiple choice
  • Age or gender

  • Race, color, or previous condition of servitude

  • Property ownership

  • Religious beliefs

Question 10

Multiple choice
  • By a simple majority vote of Congress

  • By a two-thirds vote of Congress only

  • By a three-fourths vote of state legislatures

  • By a popular vote of the American people

Question 11

Multiple choice
  • Judicial Branch

  • Legislative Branch

  • Executive Branch

  • All of the above

Question 12

Multiple choice
  • Supreme Court

  • Congress

  • President

  • State Governors

Question 13

Multiple choice
  • Fourteenth Amendment

  • Fifteenth Amendment

  • Twenty-sixth Amendment

  • Nineteenth Amendment

Question 14

Multiple choice
  • The right to bear arms

  • Freedom of speech and religion

  • Powers not specifically delegated to the federal government

  • The right to a jury trial

Question 15

Multiple choice
  • Second Amendment

  • Third Amendment

  • Fourth Amendment

  • Fifth Amendment

Question 16

Multiple choice
  • Tenth Amendment (reserves powers to states)

  • Fifteenth Amendment (voting rights)

  • Fourteenth Amendment (defines citizenship)

  • First Amendment (protects individual liberties)

Question 17

Multiple choice
  • Congress can propose amendments, but the Supreme Court ratifies them.

  • The President can veto legislation, but Congress can override it with a supermajority.

  • The Senate confirms presidential appointments, but the House can reject them.

  • The Supreme Court can declare laws unconstitutional, but the President can ignore the ruling.

Question 18

Multiple choice
  • Constitution's main body (Article II)

  • Twenty-sixth Amendment

  • Twelfth Amendment

  • Fifteenth Amendment

Question 19

Multiple choice
  • State laws can never contradict federal laws.

  • State laws always take precedence over federal laws.

  • Federal and state laws operate independently.

  • The Supreme Court decides which laws have priority.

Question 20

Multiple choice
  • It outlawed discrimination in voting based on race.

  • It established the right to bear arms for self-defense.

  • It ended segregation in public schools.

  • It allowed states to collect income taxes.

Question 21

Multiple choice
  • It allows states to incorporate these rights into their own constitutions.

  • It grants these rights only to federal government employees.

  • It gradually applies these rights to the states through Supreme Court decisions.

  • It allows the federal government to restrict these rights during wartime.

Question 22

Multiple choice
  • First Amendment (protects freedom of religion)

  • Second Amendment (protects right to bear arms)

  • Fourth Amendment (protects from unreasonable searches and seizures)

  • Fifth Amendment (protects against self-incrimination)

Question 23

Multiple choice
  • It has strictly limited the scope of federal commerce regulations.

  • It has broadly interpreted the clause to include most economic activity.

  • It only applies to commerce between states bordering each other.

  • It allows states to regulate commerce within their own borders.

Question 24

Multiple choice
  • 25 years old

  • 30 years old

  • 35 years old

  • 40 years old

Question 25

Multiple choice
  • The Supreme Court

  • The Senate

  • The House of Representatives

  • The Cabinet

Question 26

Multiple choice
  • The 3rd Amendment

  • The 1st Amendment

  • The 5th Amendment

  • The 8th Amendment

Question 27

Multiple choice
  • The Speaker of the House

  • The Senate Majority Leader

  • The Vice President

  • The Chief Justice of the Supreme Court

Question 28

Multiple choice
  • The Preamble

  • The Bill of Rights

  • The Articles of Confederation

  • The Federalist Papers

Question 29

Multiple choice
  • To regulate interstate commerce

  • To declare war

  • To coin money

  • To establish and maintain schools

Question 30

Multiple choice
  • The 1st Amendment

  • The 2nd Amendment

  • The 3rd Amendment

  • The 5th Amendment

Question 31

Multiple choice
  • George Washington

  • Thomas Jefferson

  • Benjamin Franklin

  • James Madison

Question 32

Multiple choice
  • 5 years

  • 10 years

  • 15 years

  • 20 years

Question 33

Multiple choice
  • The 1st Amendment

  • The 4th Amendment

  • The 5th Amendment

  • The 8th Amendment

Question 34

Multiple choice
  • The Articles of Confederation

  • The Declaration of Independence

  • The Federalist Papers

  • The Emancipation Proclamation

Question 35

Multiple choice
  • The 15th Amendment

  • The 19th Amendment

  • The 21st Amendment

  • The 26th Amendment

Question 36

Multiple choice
  • Marbury v. Madison

  • Brown v. Board of Education

  • Plessy v. Ferguson

  • Roe v. Wade

Question 37

Multiple choice
  • The Vice President

  • The Chief Justice of the Supreme Court

  • The Speaker of the House

  • The President

Question 38

Multiple choice
  • That the President is the supreme leader of the country

  • That federal laws take precedence over state laws

  • That the Supreme Court is the highest court in the land

  • That all citizens must pledge allegiance to the flag

Question 39

Multiple choice
  • The Executive Branch

  • The Legislative Branch

  • The Judicial Branch

  • The State Governments

Question 40

Multiple choice
  • The 4th Amendment

  • The 5th Amendment

  • The 6th Amendment

  • The 8th Amendment

Question 41

Multiple choice
  • Ensure that the President has the most power

  • Divide power between the federal and state governments

  • Prevent any one branch of government from becoming too powerful

  • Allow the judicial branch to control the legislative branch

Question 42

Multiple choice
  • The 13th Amendment

  • The 14th Amendment

  • The 15th Amendment

  • The 19th Amendment

Question 43

Multiple choice
  • To coin money

  • To declare war

  • To establish post offices

  • To appoint Supreme Court justices

Question 44

Multiple choice
  • Taxation and representation of slaves

  • The regulation of interstate commerce

  • The process of amending the Constitution

  • The election of the President

Question 45

Multiple choice
  • The 15th Amendment

  • The 17th Amendment

  • The 19th Amendment

  • The 21st Amendment

Question 46

Multiple choice
  • 5

  • 7

  • 10

  • 12

Question 47

Multiple choice
  • Dred Scott v. Sandford

  • Brown v. Board of Education

  • Plessy v. Ferguson

  • Marbury v. Madison

Question 48

Multiple choice
  • The Necessary and Proper Clause

  • The Full Faith and Credit Clause

  • The Commerce Clause

  • The Supremacy Clause

Question 49

Multiple choice
  • The Executive Branch

  • The State Governments

  • The Judicial Branch

  • The Legislative Branch

Question 50

Multiple choice
  • Equal representation in the Senate and proportional representation in the House

  • A unicameral legislature

  • The abolition of the slave trade

  • The creation of the Bill of Rights

Question 51

Multiple choice
  • Right to bear arms

  • Freedom of the press

  • Freedom of religion

  • Freedom of speech

Question 52

Multiple choice
  • Philadelphia

  • Washington, D.C.

  • Boston

  • New York

Question 53

Multiple choice
  • The 26th Amendment

  • The 25th Amendment

  • The 24th Amendment

  • The 23rd Amendment

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