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The Bill of Rights Quiz

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  • Q1
    What are the five rights in the First Amendment?
    speech, religion, press, assembly, petition the government
    speech, press, bear arms, petition the government, religion
    religion, press, speech, jury trial, bear arms
    religion, assembly, speech, legal counsel, search and seizure,
    30s
  • Q2
    The Federalists argued for a Bill of Rights to be added to the US Constitution during the Constitutional Convention.
    No
    Yes
    30s
  • Q3
    The Federalists supported
    a strong local government
    the return to British rule
    a strong national government
    30s
  • Q4
    Who is known as the Father of the US Constitution?
    James Madison
    Patrick Henry
    Thomas Jefferson
    George Mason
    30s
  • Q5
    Opposition to ratifying the US Constitution was due mainly because of this.
    Lack of a national budget
    Lack of a declaration of war
    Lack of a Parliamentary system
    Lack of a Bill of Rights
    30s
  • Q6
    What 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
  • Q7
    Who does the Bill of Rights protect you from?
    The British
    The common good
    The government
    30s
  • Q8
    In 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
  • Q9
    What 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

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