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Social Studies
6th -
8thgrade
The First Amendment and Bill of Rights
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- 1. Multiple ChoiceWhat is the first Amendment and what does it protect?Freedoms like the right to yell Fire for no reason in a crowded movie theaterFreedoms like the right to bear arms, and shoot birdsFreedoms like the right to petition the gov, speech, religion, and assemblyBasic freedoms like the right to speak in public about issues facing the country.
- 2. Multiple ChoiceWhat is the 2nd Amendment?The right to shoot bearsThe right to bear armsThe right to go bear in the forrestThe right to have two arms that belong to bears
- 3. Multiple ChoiceWhat does the 4th Amendment guarantee?no illegal search and seizurethe right for cops to come into your house unnannouncedno illegal gambling in your houseno illegal cruel and unusual punishments
- 4. Multiple Choice
What is the Bill of Rights?
The document signed giving us our independence from Great Britain.
The first 10 amendments added to the Constitution.
The 8 most important amendments added to the Constitution.
The first 11 amendments added to the Constitution.
- 5. Multiple Choice
We are allowed to speak our opinion about the government without getting in trouble because of the...
9th amendment
10th amendment
4th amendment
1st amendment
- 6. Multiple Choice
Which amendment allows you to write an article criticizing the government without getting in trouble for it?
7th amendment
5th amendment
8th amendment
1st amendment
- 7. Multiple ChoiceFreedom to peaceably assemble1st2nd3rd4th
- 8. Multiple ChoiceNo one has to house (quarter) soldiers in their home1st2nd3rd4th
- 9. Multiple ChoiceProtects against "cruel and unusual punishment."1st3rd5th8th
- 10. Multiple ChoicePolice must get a warrant.1st2nd3rd4th
- 11. Multiple Choice
What does the right to assemble mean?
Take things apart
Gather together in one place for a common purpose
Give your opinion
- 12. Multiple Choice
What does the right to petition the government mean?
All petitions must be granted by the government.
A person can work for a group.
The government can not pass laws to stop people from asking the government to change laws.
- 13. Multiple Choice
Which of these is NOT protected by the First Amendment?
freedom to govern
freedom of speech
freedom to petition
freedom to assemble
- 14. Multiple Choice
Which of these is protected under freedom of speech?
the right to drive a car
the right to say something about the government
the right to attend public school
the right to vote
- 15. Multiple Choice
What does the freedom of religion allow us to do?
be treated equally
practice the religion we choose
voice our opinion
- 16. Multiple Choice
How is the freedom of the press important?
The government can not declare a national religion.
You can yell anything you want.
The government can not keep us from getting important information by censoring the news.
- 17. Multiple Choice
The opposite of press freedom is...
censorship
charging for news feeds
media competition
- 18. Multiple Choice
Legally, publishing deliberate untruths is called...
slander
libel
lying
label
- 19. Multiple Choice
Freedom of the press is typically associated with which political system?
communism
absolutism
socialism
democracy
- 20. Multiple Choice
What would be an example of a religious practice that COULD be prohibited by our laws?
Burning incense during meditation
Child sacrifice
Special church services to pray for healing
- 21. Multiple Choice
The primary purpose of free speech is to allow for the criticism of government.
True
False
- 22. Multiple Choice
Which of the following is covered under symbolic speech?
Writing a false claim about someone.
Burning a U.S. flag.
Yelling fire into a crowded room when their is no fire.
Making a false claim about someone
- 23. Multiple Choice
Even hate speech is considered freedom of speech and is protected by the First Amendment
True
False
- 24. Multiple Choice
This group of people needed the Bill of Rights to be included in the US Constitution?
Democrats
Federalists
Anti-Federalists
Republicans
- 25. Multiple Choice
This group of people thought the US Constitution protected the people and wanted to ratify the US Constitution immediately?
Federalists
Democrats
Republicans
Anti-Federalists
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