Constitution Challenge: Answer Key
1. What is the Constitution of the United States?
Correct Answer: B. The main set of rules for our country
2. When was the U.S. Constitution written?
Correct Answer: C. 1787
3. What are the first ten changes to the Constitution called?
Correct Answer: B. The Bill of Rights
4. Which branch of government is responsible for making laws?
Correct Answer: B. Legislative Branch
5. How can an amendment be added to the Constitution?
Correct Answer: D. Through proposal by Congress and ratification by states
6. Which amendment granted women the right to vote?
Correct Answer: C. 19th Amendment
7. Which amendment protects against unreasonable searches and seizures?
Correct Answer: B. 4th Amendment
8. Which amendment abolished slavery in the United States?
Correct Answer: B. 13th Amendment
9. Which amendment guarantees the right to a fair trial?
Correct Answer: B. 6th Amendment
10. What needs to happen to add a new part to the Constitution?
Correct Answer: B. Congress and most states must agree
For Question #10 – To add a new amendment to the Constitution, you need Congress to agree with a two-thirds majority in both the House and Senate, plus approval from three-fourths of the states.
There’s also another way: a constitutional convention can be called if two-thirds of state legislatures agree, but that option is rarely used.