Civics SOL Review

What rights did the Magna Carta guarantee? (Select all right answers)

• Protection of church rights

• Protection from illegal imprisonment

• Access to swift justices

• Limitations on federal payments (taxes) to the crown (king)

Thomas Jefferson wrote the Declaration Of Independence in what year?

• 1797

• 1776

• 1769

• 1767

People have the natural rights to...?

• Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness

• Life,Liberty, and Shelter

• Life,Liberty, and Popcorn

• Life,Liberty, and Property

What did the Declaration of Rights serve as a model for?

• Bill of Rights

• Declaration Of Independence

• Virginia Statue Of Religious Freedom

• Charter of the Virginia Company of London

True or False- Religion was not to be required by law?

• True

• False

What was the first form of National Government?

• U.S Constitution

• Articles of Confederation

• Declaration of Independence

• Articles of the Committees

What does the Articles of Confederation and the U.S Constitution have in common? (Select all that apply)

• Legislative Branch

• No power to tax

• Base for the U.S government

• Still in use today

What did the U.S Constitution do?

• Establish local government

• Establish state government

• Establish U.S government

• All the above

Which of the following phrases are in the preamble?

• ¨Secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity¨

• ¨To preserve the blessing of liberty¨

• ¨the reason the constitution was written¨

How many amendments are in the U.S Constitution?

• 25

• 17

• 2

• 27