Chapter 10 - The Bill of Rights
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- Q1What is the Bill of Rights part of?Articles of ConfederationDeclaration of IndependenceConstitution of the United StatesProclamation of 176330s
- Q2What does the 4th amendment protect people and their property from?double jeopardyunreasonable searchesdue process of lawself-incrimination30s
- Q3The 2nd amendment protects the rights of citizens to own what?gunslandanimalsslaves30s
- Q4The 9th amendment says that rights not listed in the Constitution...can be added later.belong to the people.are not very important.do not exist legally.30s
- Q5The 1st amendment protects all of these rights except freedom of what?travelspeechworshipassembly30s
- Q6The "Miranda Warning" reminds people who are arrested for a crime that they have the right to what?choose the judge who will set their bailremain silent and not answer questionsquestion witnesses during their trialdemand a retrial if they are found guilty30s
- Q7Which of the following would not be protected by the 1st amendment?falsely crying "FIRE!" in a crowded theaterdiscussing controversial issues in a social studies classpromoting ideas that many Americans oppose in a political campaigncriticizing government officials on a television talk show30s
- Q8George was found innocent of armed robbery, but the state decided to bring him to trial again anyway.Amendment 1Amendment 9Amendment 2Amendment 530s
- Q9The US Attorney General ordered that all American citizens had to turn in their rifles and guns by a certain time.Amendment 2Amendment 1Amendment 6Amendment 1030s
- Q10The judge insisted that the defendant take the stand and explain his actions on the night of the alleged crime.Amendment 1Amendment 5Amendment 3Amendment 730s
- Q11What was the purpose of the first ten amendments to the Constitution?They established a process by which future changes could be made to the Constitution.They established a financial plan in order to get the United States out of debt.They abolished slavery and gave all citizens of the United States the right to vote.The formed a Bill of Rights that protects citizens from abuse by the federal government.30s
- Q12If found innocent at trial, a person may not beforced to pay lawyer fees.arrested for any other crime.asked to serve on a jury.tried again for the same crime.30s
- Q13On June 8, 1789, 10 amendments to be added to the US Constitution were placed before Congress. The amendments were ratified on December 15, 1791. These 10 amendments are know as what?The Declaration of IndependenceThe Bill of RightsThe Articles of ConfederationThe Magna Carta30s
- Q14Which of the following rights is not found in the Bill of Rights?the right to assemblythe right to trial by jurythe right to vote in federal electionsthe right to petition the government30s
- Q15Thomas Jefferson stated in a letter to James Madison in 1787, "A bill of rights is what the people are entitled to against every government on Earth, general or particular, and what no just government should refuse, or rest on inference." In what way did the Bill of Rights address Jefferson's concerns?It established three branches of government.It granted specific rights to the people.It assured the right of states to secede from the Union.It stopped the government from imposing taxes.30s