1st, 2nd, 3rd, & 4th and 5th Amendments

The school police goes around the school and choose rooms randomly to enter and search student book bags.  Which amendment does this relate to?

• 1st Amendment
• 2nd Amendment
• 3rd Amendment
• 4th Amendment

Colonists felt that it was wrong for King George III to tell them that they had to do this for soldiers, and it  led to the creation of the 3rd Amendment which states this.

• search and seizure
• rights of accused persons
• right to fair and speedy trial
• no quartering troops

The federal government says that they are putting a ban on all sales of automatic guns and weapons. Which amendment does this relate to?

• 2nd Amendment
• 4th Amendment
• 3rd Amendment
• 1st Amendment

Which amendment requires the police to acquire a “search warrant” before entering someone’s home?

• 2nd Amendment

• 3rd Amendment

• 4th Amendment

• 1st Amendment

Which is a violation of the 4th Amendment?

• Police enter a home without a search warrant

• Police search an individual who is stopped while breaking a store window.

• Police search the car of an individual who has speeded at more than 100 miles per hour to avoid being stopped.

• Police search the home of a suspected drug dealer after obtaining a warrant.

How does the Fifth Amendment protect an individual’s right to own property?

• by preventing the government from taking private property without fair payment

• by guaranteeing every citizen the right to apply for a home loan

• by preventing a police search of private property without a warrant

• by prohibiting the quartering of soldiers without permission

Which constitutional principle is applied when police inform suspects of their rights?

• due process law
• eminent domain
• double jeopardy
• trial by jury

"Senator Rick Scott pled the Fifth 75 times to avoid jail for Medicare fraud." What right or freedom from the 5th Amendment is shown in this headline?

• eminent domain

• double jeopardy

• no self-incrimination

• due process of law

Which example is a valid restriction of free speech?

• A government agency censors a controversial newspaper before it is printed.

• Students are arrested for criticizing government policies at a press conference.

• A person is arrested for yelling “fire” in a crowded movie theater as a practical joke.

• A religious leader is stopped from calling her fellow worshippers to prayer on the radio.

What is a characteristic of free speech under the First Amendment?

• It protects oral but not written statements.

• Citizens cannot violate the law by anything they might say.

• The Supreme Court has ruled that there are reasonable limits to it.

• The government can prohibit speech if most citizens find it offensive.