Test Topic 2

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What right does the Fifth Amendment protect?

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the right to not give evidence against oneself

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How can a state constitution be amended?

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The state legislature proposes an amendment, and the people of the state approve it.

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What issue did the Thirteenth, Fourteenth, and Fifteenth Amendments address?

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the rights of African Americans

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On what service for citizens do local governments spend the most money?

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public education

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How did the Great Compromise address the concerns of the small and large states?

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created a two house legislature with equal representation in one and representation based on population in the other

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What was the original purpose of the Constitutional Convention of 1787?

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to revise the Articles of Confederation

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The Three-Fifths Compromise

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determined how enslaved people would be counted in the population.

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What did Thomas Jefferson mean when he said, “If a nation expects to be ignorant and free . . . it expects what never was and never will be”?

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Citizens need to know their rights and stay informed in order to be free.

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Naturalized citizens include individuals who

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were under 18 when their parents were naturalized.

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It is NOT true that citizens have a responsibility to: be educated, obey laws, vote, believe the internet

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believe the internet