Constitution Vocabulary Quiz
Constitution Vocabulary Challenge
Test your knowledge of key constitutional concepts and vocabulary in this engaging quiz! Our carefully crafted questions will help you explore essential terms that have shaped the foundation of our government.
Topics covered include:
- Judicial review
- Types of democracy
- Important historical events like Shay's Rebellion
- Federalists vs. Anti-Federalists
The power to declare congressional (and presidential) acts invalid because they violate the Constitution.
Federalism
Judicial Review
Confederation
Bill or Rights
A body of fundamental principles or established precedents according to which a state or other organization is acknowledged to be governed.
Natural Rights
Republic
Judicial Review
Constitution
This used to bring a prisoner or other detainee (e.g. Institutionalized mental patient) before the court to determine if the person's imprisonment or detention is lawful.
Declaration of Independence
Substantive view of democracy
Writ of habeas corpus
New jersey Plan
A state in which supreme power is held by the people and their elected representatives, and which has an elected or nominated president rather than a monarch.
Republic
Equal Rights Amendment
Checks and Balances
Consent of the Governed
An armed uprising in Western Massachusetts in opposition to a debt crisis among the citizenry and the state government's increased efforts to collect taxes both on individuals and their trades;
Anti-Federalists
Shay's Rebellion
Substantive view of Democracy
Virginia Plan
A term used to denote the particular procedures, such as regular elections based on universal suffrage, that produce an electorally-legitimated government.
Substantive View of Democracy
Federalists
Anti-Federalists
Procedural View of Democracy
A form of democracy in which the outcome of elections is representative of the people; it functions in the interest of the governed
Substantive View of Democracy
Federalists
Procedural View of Democracy
Anti-Federalists
A person who advocates or supports a system of government in which several states unite under a central authority.
Substantive View of Democracy
Anti-Fedealists
Federalists
Procedural View of Democracy
A person who opposed the adoption of the U.S. Constitution.
Substantive View of Democracy
Anti-Federalists
Federalists
Procedural View of Democracy
Counterbalancing influences by which an organization or system is regulated, typically those ensuring that political power is not concentrated in the hands of individuals or groups.
Writ of Habeas Corpus
Republic
Checks and Balances
Chex Mix
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