
The Bill of Rights Quiz
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- Q1What are the five rights in the First Amendment?speech, religion, press, assembly, petition the governmentspeech, press, bear arms, petition the government, religionreligion, press, speech, jury trial, bear armsreligion, assembly, speech, legal counsel, search and seizure,30s
- Q2The Federalists argued for a Bill of Rights to be added to the US Constitution during the Constitutional Convention.NoYes30s
- Q3The Federalists supporteda strong local governmentthe return to British rulea strong national government30s
- Q4Who is known as the Father of the US Constitution?James MadisonPatrick HenryThomas JeffersonGeorge Mason30s
- Q5Opposition to ratifying the US Constitution was due mainly because of this.Lack of a national budgetLack of a declaration of warLack of a Parliamentary systemLack of a Bill of Rights30s
- Q6What compromise was reached to ensure ratification of the Constitution.An agreement to include judicial review in the US Constitution.An agreement to add a Bill of Rights after ratification.An agreement to add the Fourteenth Amendment.30s
- Q7Who does the Bill of Rights protect you from?The BritishThe common goodThe government30s
- Q8In a letter written by Thomas Jefferson to John Jay in 1786, he wrote "...our libery, which cannot be guarded but by the freedom of the press....". Why should this freedom be guarded?to keep the government from becoming the primary information source.to provide the government with an accurate information source.to keep the news media from controlling the political process.30s
- Q9What did the US Supreme Court decide in the DC v Heller case?The Second Amendment does not protect an individual right to keep and bear arms.The Second Amendment protects an individual right to keep and bear arms.The Second Amendment protects the individual right to bear arms only for military and police.30s