Its Constitution Day today! / Constitution quiz.

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Sept. 17 is Constitution Day, celebrating the document that is at the foundation of the United States of America. Take this quiz to see how much you know about the Constitution.

Unfortunately, I only got 6 out of 13 right.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/answer-sheet/wp/2014/09/16/the-washington-posts-constitution-day-quiz/

Created September 17, 1787
Ratified June 21, 1788
The Constitution of the United States is the supreme law of the United States of America.[1] The Constitution, originally comprising seven articles, delineates the national frame of government.

Its first three articles entrench the doctrine of the separation of powers, whereby the federal government is divided into three branches: the legislative, consisting of the bicameral Congress; the executive, consisting of the President; and the judicial, consisting of the Supreme Court and other federal courts.

Articles Four, Five and Six entrench concepts of federalism, describing the rights and responsibilities of state governments and of the states in relationship to the federal government.

Article Seven establishes the procedure subsequently used by the thirteen States to ratify it.

Since the Constitution came into force in 1789, it has been amended twenty-seven times.[2] In general, the first ten amendments, known collectively as the Bill of Rights can be seen as addressing two major concerns: protecting or safeguarding individual liberty and justice, and the balance of power between the federal government and the states and the people within.

Subsequent amendments cover many subjects. The majority of the seventeen later amendments stem from continued efforts to expand individual civil rights, while others address issues related to federal authority or modify government processes and procedures. Amendments to the US Constitution, unlike ones made to many constitutions world-wide, are appended to the end of the document. Structurally, the Constitution's original text and all prior amendments remain untouched. The precedent for this practice was set in 1789, when Congress considered and proposed the first several Constitutional amendments–the Bill of Rights. At seven articles and twenty-seven amendments, it is the shortest written constitution in force.[3]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Constitution