Unit 8 Test Review: The Amendments

Which of the following is NOT one of our 1st Amendment freedoms?

• Freedom of Speech

• Right to Bear Arms

• Freedom of Press

• Freedom of Religion

What is the Bill of Rights?

• Our first U.S. Constitution that had many weaknesses

• The document listing the colonists' grievances against the king of England

• The first ten amendments of the U.S. Constitution

• The document establishing a self-government when the pilgrims landed at Plymouth Rock off the Mayflower

Which of the following is a right guaranteed (listed) in the Bill of Rights?

• Right to Work

• Right to Education

• Right to Vote

• Right to Petition

When you serve on a jury, which right protected by the Bill of Rights are you carrying out?

• Speedy trial

• Trial by peers

• Legal representation (Legal Counsel)

• Right to peaceably assemble

Which term means, "the act of a person refusing to testify under oath in a court of law on the grounds that the answers could be used as evidence against him to convict him of a criminal offense?"

• Freedom of assembly

• Pleading the fifth

• Property rights

• First Amendment

Which term means "being tried for the same crime twice?"

• suffrage

• double jeopardy

• due process of law

• eminent domain

Which constitutional amendment gives you freedom of religious exercise, press, speech, assembly, and petition?

• 1st

• 5th

• 9th

• 19th

What is due process of law?

• The refusal to obey certain laws as a form of political protest.

• The confinement of a group of people, especially during a war.

• The freedom to produce, trade, or use any goods or services without the use of force, fraud, or theft.

• A system of justice according to established rules and principles; based on the principle in the 5th Amendment that a person cannot be deprived of life, liberty, or property without appropriate legal procedures and protections.

Which term means something is specifically stated within a text or document?

• enumerated

• inherent

• suffrage

• implied

Which constitutional protection from the Bill of Rights causes many to question whether or not the death penalty is a suitable sentence?

• Freedom of Religion

• Right to Bear Arms

• Right to a Trial by Jury

• No Cruel or Unusual Punishment