10 Amendments Quiz

What date was the Bill of Rights law?

• A. Dec 15, 1791
• B. September 23, 1785
• C. August 2, 1776
• D. April 15, 1799

This amendment says, “you don't have to let soldiers live in your house, except if there is a war, and even then only if Congress has passed a law about it.”

• A. 1st
• B. 2nd
• C. 3rd
• D.  4th 

This amendment says that you don’t have to say anything at your trial.

• A. 8th
• B. 5th
• C. 2nd
• D. 3rd

True or False. As an American citizen, you do not have a right to own a gun.

• A. True
• B. False 

The Second Amendment says that we have a right to bear ___________.

• 1. Legs
• 2. Weight
• 3.  Hands
• 4. Arms 

In recent newspaper articles, journalists have written that the current governor of New York should step down from his position and leave office.
True or False. The journalist can get in trouble for writing bad things about the governor.

• A. True
• B. False

Albert and Abigail were having a peaceful protest in the Bronx. The protest was against the United States government’s decision to go to war in Iraq. While they were protesting, a group of police officers broke up their demonstration and told them that they could not continue having their protest.
The police violated the group’s ____________ Amendment rights

• A. 10th
• B. 1st
• C. 7th
• D. 8th

Which amendment protects people from being fined unreasonably by the government? The ____________ Amendment

• A. 8th
• B. 4th
• C. 10th
• D. 2nd 

Which amendment protects people from being tortured if they are convicted of a crime? The __________ Amendment.

• A. 10th
• B. 8th
• C. 3rd
• D. 1st

The Bill of Rights appear in which document?

• A. Magna Carta 
• B. Articles of Confederation
• C. Proclamation of 1783
• D. U.S. Constitution