Greetings! This self-grading quiz's ten questions are taken at random
from a larger database of questions each time you retake the quiz.
It is therefore designed to be a little different each time you take it.
We hope you have fun and learn something in the process.

--The Constitution Party Web Development Team

1. Added in 1913, the Seventeeth Amendment to the US Constitution changed the way US Senators were elected to being elected by the people of their State. What was one of the significant ramifications to this Constitutional Amendment?
The State governments were deprived of direct representation in the Federal Government.
The people had to get out and vote more often.
The powers of the States were increased over that of the Federal Government.
It took the issue of big money influence out of the election of US Senators.
It promoted campaigns that were more issue and policy based rather than empty political rhetoric.

2. How long are the terms for U.S. Supreme Court Justices?
10 years
Lifetime
As long as the Senate continues to renew their terms every 10 years
As long as they maintain good behavior
As long as the House and the Senate renew their terms every 20 years by a 2/3 majority vote

3. What was the first state to ratify the Constitution?
Virginia
Delaware
Rhode Island
Ohio
New York

4. United States Senators terms of office are for how many years before coming up for re-election?
Eight
Two
Four
Six
Five

5. Which President said: "I'm a conservative, but I am not a nut about it" ?
Gerald Ford
George Bush Sr.
Ronald Reagan
Richard Nixon
Bill Clinton

6. Which President of the United States also served as the Chief Justice of the US Supreme Court?
Herbert Hoover
William Taft
James Madison
Chester Arthur
Rutherford Hayes

7. According to the Declaration of Independence, all men are endowed by _____________ with certain unalienable rights
the Federal Government
Democracy
their boss at work
the Constitution
their Creator

8. Who was the person primarily responsible for drafting the amendments to the Constitution that would become the "Bill of Rights"?
Thomas Jefferson
Tom Clancy
Alexander Hamilton
James Madison
Jane Austen

9. Which part of the Federal Government is responsible to try all impeachments?
The Supreme Court
The US House of Representatives and the US Senate
The US House of Representatives
The US Senate
The US Department of Impeachment

10. Who said: "I would keep as much money in the treasury as the safety of the Government required, and no more. I would keep no surplus revenue there to scramble for, either for internal improvements, or for anything else. I would bring the Government back to what it was intended to be - a plain economical Government."
William Jefferson Clinton
James Polk
Ronald Reagan
Julius Caesar
Alexander Hamilton

Name:

Click to the constitutionparty.com - Forging a Rebirth of Freedom
If you were linked to this page from another site and you are not seeing the site's navigation frames, simply click on the graphic above to get to the Party Website's main page.

© 2004 Constitution Party National Committee
Comments regarding the website? E-mail webmaster@constitutionparty.com

Paid for by the Constitution Party National Committee
Joe Sanger, Treasurer
450 Maple Avenue, East, Vienna, Virginia, 22180
Tel: 703-242-0613  Fax: 703-242-0796