Vocabulary
What does rights mean?
a. A freedom that is protected
b. Something you should do to help society
c. Doing anything you want
d. The first 10 amendments
A freedom that is protected
What is the 1st Amendment?
a. Right to keep and bear arms
b. Can't be forced to provide housing for soldiers
c. Government needs a reason to search or seize a citizen's property
d. Freedom of speech, religion, press, assembly, and petition
Freedom of speech, religion, press, assembly, and petition
What is the 15th amendment?
a. All men are allowed to vote
b. All women are allowed to vote
c. No more poll tax
d. Need to be 18 years or older to vote
All men are allowed to vote
What is a right a citizen has?
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What is one way an amendment is proposed?
a. 2/3 vote of both houses of Congress
b. 3/4 of the state legislature
c. Both a and c
d. None of the above
2/3 vote of both houses of Congress
What does responsibility mean?
a. A freedom that is protected
b. Makes the decision about the outcome of a legal trial
c. Something you should do to help society
d. The right to a fair trial
Something you should do to help society
What is the 4th Amendment?
a. Right to a trial by a jury in a city, state, or federal court
b. Government needs a reason to search or seize a citizen's property
c. No cruel or unusual punishment
d.People have other rights that aren't listed in the Bill of Rights
Government needs a reason to search or seize a citizen's property
What is the 19th amendment?
a. All men are allowed to vote
b. All women are allowed to vote
c. The people of Washington D.C. have the right to vote for representatives in the Electoral college
d. Powers that aren't given to the federal government go to the state and the people
All women are allowed to vote
What is a responsibility a citizen has?
Answers will vary
What is one way an amendment is ratified?
a. Constitutional convention from 2/3 of the states
b. 3/4 of special constitutional conventions
c. 3/4 of the state legislature
d. Both b and c
Both b and c
What does the Bill of Rights mean?
a. A freedom that is protected
b. The amendments in the constitution
c. The last 10 amendments
d. The first 10 amendments
The first 10 amendments
What is the 5th Amendment?
a. Right to a lawyer
b. Freedom of speech, religion, press, assembly, and petition
c. Government can't take away a person's life, liberty, or pursuit of happiness without a fair trial
d. All men can vote
Government can't take away a person's life, liberty, or pursuit of happiness without a fair trial
What is the 23rd amendment?
a. No more poll tax
b. No more literacy tests
c. Freedom to vote for whoever you want
d. Gave the people of Washington D.C. the right to vote for representatives in the Electoral college
Gave the people of Washington D.C. the right to vote for representatives in the Electoral college
What is a right a citizen has?
a. Freedom of speech
b. Right to pursue life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness
c. The right to bear arms
d. All of the above
All of the above
What is another way an amendment is proposed?
a. Amendments can't be proposed
b. Amendments don't change
c. Constitutional convention from 2/3 of the states
d. 2/3 of the state legislature
Constitutional convention from 2/3 of the states
What does amendments mean?
a. Are rights as citizens
b. Changes to the constitution
c. The freedom to do whatever you want
d. How amendments are proposed
Changes to the constitution
What is the 6th Amendment?
a. All women can vote
b. All men can vote
c. Right to have a lawyer
d. Have to be 18 years or older to vote
Right to have a lawyer
What is the 24th amendment?
a. No more literacy tests
b. No more poll tax
c. No more white primary system
d. No more intimidation
No more poll tax
What is a responsibility a citizen has?
a. Take part in military services
b. Pay taxes
c. Follow the laws
d. All of the above
All of the above
What is Law of Land?
a. Anyone born in the U.S. or U.S. territories
b. The process for immigrants to become American citizens
c. Everyone in the world
d. When you're born in a foreign country to a parent who is a U.S. citizen
Anyone born in the U.S. or U.S. territories
What does jury mean?
a. Makes a decision about the outcome of a legal trial
b. Helps a citizen in trial
c. Gives citizens the right to a fair trial
d. Allows from civil and criminal cases to be held in court
Makes a decision about the outcome of a legal trial
What is the 8th Amendment?
a. No cruel or unusual punishments
b. Right to keep and bear arms
c. People have other rights that aren't listed in the Bill of Rights
d. No more poll tax
No cruel or unusual punishment
What is the 26th amendment?
a. Says you need to be 18 years or older to vote
b. Says you need to be 21 years or older to vote
c. Allowed all U.S. territories to vote
d. Took away a women's right to vote
Says you need to be 18 years or older to vote
What is a right and a responsibility a citizen has?
a. To vote
b. To do whatever you want
c. To pick up trash
d. None of the above
To vote
What is Naturalization?
a. Anyone born in the U.S. or U.S. territories
b. The process for immigrants to become American citizens
c. People who live in a different country
d. If you're born in a foreign country to a parent who is a U.S. citizen