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- 1. Multiple Choice
Which group insisted on having the Bill of Rights in order to ratify (approve) the Constitution?
Federalist
Anti-Federalist
- 2. Multiple Choice
The "Bill of Rights" is made up of the...
First 5 Amendments
First 10 Amendments
Last 5 Amendments
Last 10 Amendments
- 3. Multiple Choice
How many freedoms does the first amendment guarantee?
3 rights
4 rights
5 rights
6 rights
- 4. Multiple Choice
List the 5 freedoms that the first amendment guarantees.
- Attorney/Lawyer, 2. Speech, 3. Speech, 4. Press/Media, 5. Petition
- Silence, 2. Speech, 3. Press/Media, 4. Assemble/Gather, 5. Petition
- Speech, 2. Religion, 3. Press/Media, 4. Assemble/Gather, 5. Petition
- Speech, 2. Attorney/Lawyer, 3. Press/Media, 4. Religion, 5. Petition
- 5. Multiple Choice
What right does the 2nd Amendment guarantee?
Right to bear (have) arms (weapons)
Right to Trial by Jury in Civil Cases
Right to Due Process of Law
Right to Remain Silent
- 6. Multiple Choice
What right does the 3rd Amendment guarantee?
Right to bear (have) arms (weapons)
Right to not have troops quartered/housed in civilians homes
Right to privacy (no search and seizure without a warrant or probable cause)
Right to a fair and speedy trial
- 7. Multiple Choice
What is the 4th Amendment?
No quartering (housing) of soldiers
Right to privacy (need a warrant &/or reasonable cause for search and seizure)
Right to "Due Process of Law"
Right to a fair and speedy trial
- 8. Multiple Choice
What is your 5th Amendment right?
Right to privacy (need warrant or probable cause for search and seizure)
Right to "Due Process of Law"
Right to a fair and speedy trial
Right to jury trial in civil cases
- 9. Multiple Choice
What does "Due Process," or "Due Process of Law" mean?
People accused of a crime are guaranteed a due date for their trial.
People accused of a crime can post bail.
People accused of a crime can sue the city/county they were tried in for their crime.
People accused of a crime are guaranteed to fair legal procedures
- 10. Multiple Choice
Which answer choice below is NOT one the four (4) parts of "Due Process?"
Being held for committing a crime unless properly indicted (accused)
There must be a search warrant &/or probable cause for search and seizure
Being tried twice for the same crime (Double Jeopardy)
Testifying against yourself in court (Self-incrimination, First Part of Miranda Rights)
Having your life, liberty, or property taken without due process of law.
- 11. Multiple Choice
What is the 6th Amendment?
Right to Due Process of Law
Right to a Trial by Jury in Civil Cases
Right to a Fair and Speedy Trial
Right to Privacy (need warrant and/or probable cause for search
- 12. Multiple Choice
What is the 7th Amendment?
Right to Due Process
Right to a Fair and Speedy Trial
Right to a Trial by Jury in Civil Cases
No cruel and unusual punishment, and no excessive bail or fines.
- 13. Multiple Choice
What is a criminal case (vs. a "civil case")
A case where a person who is charged with having committed a crime against the community or state, and is brought to trial and either found not guilty or guilty and sentenced.
A case involving a legal dispute/disagreement between two or more parties (civilians or businesses). The dispute is often over money, and the accused cannot be sentenced to jail time. (ex. Judge Judy cases)
- 14. Multiple Choice
What is a "civil case" (vs. a "criminal case")
A case in which a person who is charged with having committed a crime is brought to trial and either found not guilty or guilty and sentenced.
A case involving a legal dispute/disagreement between two or more parties (civilians or businesses). The dispute is often over money, and the accused cannot be sentenced to jail time. (ex. Judge Judy cases)
- 15. Multiple Choice
What is the 8th Amendment?
Right to a fair and speedy trial
Right to due process of law
Right to no cruel and unusual punishment, and no excessive bail or fines
right to a trial by jury in civil cases
- 16. Multiple Choice
What is the 9th Amendment?
People have more rights that just those listed in the Constitution.
Powers not given to the Federal government are reserved to the states. States and the Federal government share powers.
Right to trial by jury in civil cases.
Right to a fair and speedy trial.
- 17. Multiple Choice
What is the 10th Amendment?
The people have more rights than just those listed in the Constitution.
Powers not assigned to the Federal government are reserved for the states. The federal government and state governments share powers.
Right to a jury trial in civil cases.
Right to a fair and speedy trial.
- 18. Multiple Choice
Which government principle is the same as the 10th Amendment?
Popular Sovereignty
Republicanism
Limited Government
Federalism
- 19. Multiple Choice
What is a trick you can use to remember that the government principle of "Federalism" is the same as which amendment in the "Bill of Rights?"?
Federalism has 7 letters in it and is the 7th Amendment
Federalism has 8 letters in it and is the 8th Amendment
Federalism has 9 letters in it and is the 9th Amendment
Federalism has 10 letters in it and is the 10th Amendment
- 20. Multiple Choice
Which government principle is based on the "Bill of Rights?"
Popular Sovereignty
Federalism
Individual Rights
Republicanism
- 21. Multiple Choice
What is the MAIN purpose of the "Bill of Rights?"
To protect the Federal government from the state governments
To protect the state governments from the federal government.
To protect the federal government from citizen abuse.
To protect citizens from the federal government.
- 22. Multiple Choice
Which amendment is being violated in the following example:
The local police set up surveillance cameras inside of Susan's home hoping to catch her doing something illegal, even though they have little reason to believe she in committing a crime.
3rd Amendment
4th Amendment
5th Amendment
6th Amendment
- 23. Multiple Choice
Which amendment and principle is illustrated in the following excerpt?
"The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people."
10th Amendment. Popular Sovereignty
9th Amendment, Individual Rights
10th Amendment, Federalism
9th Amendment, Federalism
- 24. Multiple Choice
What is an "amendment?"
A part of impeaching and elected official.
A formal complaint.
A peace agreement.
A change or addition to the Constitution.
- 25. Multiple Choice
Which of the following is the best example of the 1st Amendment being put to use (being followed)?
You cannot bring a weapon into a place of worship (church, temple, mosque).
A student getting his or her phone confiscated (taken up) a school, even though the teacher did not have a warrant.
A multicultural group holding a peace convention (meeting) in Washington DC.
People getting arrested at a protest for bringing guns to the event.
- 26. Multiple Choice
Name the amendment the example below is about:
Public hangings, use of the electric chair, and death by firing squad have all been outlawed due to which amendment?
5th Amendment
6th Amendment
7th Amendment
8th Amendment
- 27. Multiple Choice
Why do we even have amendments? What is the purpose of them?
To be able to change the laws with the times.
To create political conflict between parties.
To manage and check the Legislative Branch (Congress).
To provide common legal language among the country.
- 28. Multiple Choice
Name the amendment that was created in response to the Quartering Act.
1st Amendment
2nd Amendment
3rd Amendment
4th Amendment
- 29. Multiple Choice
Name the amendment that the follow example is in reference to:
Mr. Jones served on a jury in a civil case between two families from a nearby town.
4th Amendment
5th Amendment
6th Amendment
7th Amendment
- 30. Multiple Choice
Name the amendment that the follow example is in reference to:
Mrs. Jones served on a jury in a criminal case where a 24 year-old man was accused of breaking and entering.
4th Amendment
5th Amendment
6th Amendment
7th Amendment
- 31. Multiple Choice
Which example would NOT be protected by the 1st Amendment?
Speaking out against the President.
Keeping a secret from your parents.
Yelling "I have a bomb!" on an airplane.
Disagreeing with your boss.
- 32. Multiple Choice
Name the two (2) amendments that guarantee a trial by jury (one is about criminal cases, one is about civil cases).
4th and 5th Amendments
5th and 6th Amendments
6th and 7th Amendments
7th and 8th Amendments
- 33. Multiple Choice
In order for the Legislative Branch (Congress) to propose a law, they need _______ of __________________ to vote in favor of the amendment.
51%, both houses (the Senate and the House of Reps)
2/3, House of Reps
51%, House of Reps
2/3, both houses (the Senate and the House of Reps)
- 34. Multiple Choice
True or False: People accused of a crime do not have any rights.
True
False
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