Foundations Review - Semester Exam

A major reason for the Bill of Rights

• Limit the power of the State Government

• Protect individual liberties against the abuse of the Federal Government

• Provide for equal treatment of all people

• Separate powers between the three branches of government

Federalism is the idea that power is...

• Held only by the Federal Government
• Held only by the State Governments
• Shared between Three Branches of Government
• Shared between Federal and State Governments

Why did the America's Founding Fathers create an amendment process to be included in the Constitution?

• to allow for the creation of new laws

• to allow for the election of a new president

• to allow changes to be made in the Constitution

• to allow the government to tax citizens

What branch is having its power checked when...
Congress proposes Constitutional Amendments?

• Legislative Branch
• Executive Branch
• Judicial Branch
• none

1st Amendment

• Freedom of speech, religion, press petition and assembly
• No illegal searches and seizures
• The right to bear arms
• No quartering troops

5th Amendment

• No self-incrimination

  No double jeopardy

  Due process

• The right to a jury trial in civil cases involving more than $20

• No cruel and unusual punishment

  No excessive bail

• The right to a fair, speedy and public trial in criminal cases.

  The right to a lawyer.

Which branch of government is responsible for interpreting the laws?

• executive
• legislative
• judicial

What are checks and balances?

• tools used for measurement
• forms of money
• documents which are made into law
• a way to make sure no branch of government has too much power

Which amendment guarantees the right to keep and bear arms

• 1st Amendment
• 2nd Amendment
• 4th Amendment
• 8th Amendment

Which amendment protects citizens from "unreasonable search and seizure"?

• 1st Amendment
• 2nd Amendment
• 4th Amendment
• 6th Amendment