Brain Scale

Question #1

Who is charged with interpreting the Constitution and deciding if a law is constitutional?

Question #2

What are the first ten amendments to the Constitution called?

Question #3

Which of these is a right granted by the First Amendment?

Question #4

If the government stopped students from using the dictionary because it includes definitions of "bad" words, what amendment would the government be violating?

Question #5

The Constitution was written in 1787, but when did it go into effect?

Question #6

Why did the U.S. need a Constitution?

Question #7

Which of the 13 original states unanimously ratified the Constitution?

Question #8

Which two delegates joined James Madison to write the Federalist Papers?

Question #9

Which of these people are among the six people who signed both the Constitution and the Declaration of Independence?

Question #10

The Constitution:

Question #11

Where can I go to see the original Constitution in person?

Question #12

Which delegate is one of the Framers credited with naming the new government, the “United States?”

Question #13

Which of these make up the three branches of the U.S. government:

Question #14

What do the Declaration of Independence and the US Constitution have in common?

Question #15

How long did the delegates take to write the Constitution?

Question #16

Which of these things did George Washington NOT say?

Question #17

According to the Constitution, who must be allowed to attend public school in America?

Question #18

Who can change the Constitution?

Question #19

Who is considered the Father of the Constitution?

Question #20

Which of the original 13 states refused to send delegates to the Constitutional Convention?

  • My parents
  • The Vice President
  • The Motion Picture Academy
  • The United States Supreme Court
  • 10 and Counting
  • Freedom Amendments
  • Bill of Rights
  • The 10 Most Important Rights
  • Freedom of Religion
  • Freedom of the Press
  • Freedom of Speech
  • All of the above
  • The 30th Amendment
  • The First Amendment
  • It's the Amendment I can't remember right now
  • I plead the Fifth!
  • None, the government can ban any book it doesn't like
  • 1787
  • 1788
  • 1789
  • 1790
  • Never; we're still waiting
  • To set up a federal government
  • To limit the powers of the government
  • To protect the rights of people in America
  • To give you more homework
  • Answers A, B & C are correct
  • Rhode Island & North Carolina
  • Never Never Land, Disney World...oh wait, you said states?
  • All of them ratified the Constitution right away
  • Delaware, New Jersey, Georgia, Connecticut
  • Two troublemakers: Frank John and John Frank
  • John Jay and Alexander Hamilton
  • William Pierce and George Wythe
  • Bobby and Johnny what’s their name?
  • Taylor Swift, Selena Gomez, and Austin Moon
  • George Clymer, Benjamin Franklin, and Robert Morris
  • One Direction and their biggest fan
  • Abraham Lincoln, Richard Nixon, and John Adams
  • Gives only foreigners rights
  • Limits only teenagers' rights
  • Lists ALL of your rights
  • Protects your rights
  • I'm just going to click next...
  • National Archives in Washington DC
  • Saint Petersburg in Russia
  • Fort Knox in Kentucky
  • McDonalds’ Headquarters
  • George Washington. You know who he is by now.
  • Betsy Ross, the woman believed to have sewn the first American flag.
  • Oliver Ellsworth, a United States Senator from CT
  • Michelle Obama. Is she even old enough?
  • Justice, Explanatory and Legendary
  • Justification, Excellent and Legitimate
  • Judicial, Executor and Legislative
  • Judicial, Executive and Legislative
  • What? Aren't these all the same?
  • They were both signed at Independence Hall in Philadelphia.
  • They are both important documents in the history of the United States. Let’s face it, where would we be without them?
  • They were both signed by: Roger Sherman, George Reed, Benjamin Franklin, Robert Morris, George Clymer, and James Wilson.
  • All of the above.
  • A few minutes, they just looked it up on Google
  • 4 years
  • 9 months
  • almost 4 months
  • The Constitution is the guide which I never will abandon.
  • To form a new Government, requires infinite care, and unbounded attention; for if the foundation is badly laid the superstructure must be bad.
  • To infinity and beyond!
  • A few short weeks will determine the political fate of America for the present generation, and probably produce no small influence on the happiness of society through a long succession of ages to come.
  • Children who are U.S. citizens
  • Children who live in the U.S., but are not U.S. citizens
  • Only students who have great grades
  • Both A & B are right: Every child living in the United States of America
  • Only children who can pay for school supplies
  • The President
  • Congress and the State Legislatures together
  • The Supreme Court of the United States
  • Anyone over 18 years old
  • Ben Franklin. That dude did everything.
  • George Washington. Isn’t he considered the Father of our Country?
  • James Madison because he wrote 29 essays for the Federalist papers and the Bill of Rights
  • What about the Mother of the Constitution?
  • South Carolina; they had better things to do.
  • Rhode Island, the littlest state; they didn’t trust the big guys.
  • New York; they were too busy writing their own constitution.
  • Massachusetts; they were waiting for Paul Revere to go on another ride.