Quiz on "What is Special About the United States Constitution?"




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What did Ronald Reagan mean when he said the government is the car?

Government is like a driver of a car and America is that car
The government is a car and the people living in America drive that car.
The government helps car manufacturers make money by selling cars.
The government is responsible to see to it that everyone including car manufacturers makes money.


What did Reagan say was the difference between the American Constitution and the Constitutions of other Countries

Other countries constitutions tell the people what they can't do.
Other countries constitutions tell the people what they can do.
America's constitution says what the government can do
America's constitution says what the people can do

Who was Mary Beth Tinker?

The first Woman judge in the Supreme Court
A tinkerer who traveled from place to place fixing broken metal utensils.
A teenage girl who wore a black arm band to school
A teenage girl who wore a rainbow colored dress to school

Mark Kehres spoke from a room full of statues.  What was the name of that room?

The independence room
The constitution room
The statue room
Signer's hall

How many men signed the constitution?

3
9
39
93

Where did some of the ideas for the constitution come from?

The Middle Ages
John Locke
The enlightenment
Jean Jacques Rousseau
Ronald Reagan
Great Britain

Who solved the problem of large states wanting more votes than small states?

Alexander Hamilton
Benjamin Franklin
George Washington
Roger Sherman