Exploration through Constitution

This list includes rights that are considered —

• unalienable

• inherited

• legislated

• transferable

Which numbered pair correctly replaces (1) and (2) in this table?

• (1) three-fourths

  (2) eligible voters

• (1) two-thirds

  (2) state legislatures

• (1) three-fourths

  (2) Supreme Court

• (1) two-thirds

  (2) Electoral College

Which sentence completes this diagram?

• People cannot be forced to be witnesses against themselves.

• Cruel and unusual punishment cannot be inflicted.

• Warrants cannot be issued unless probable cause is established.

• A defendant cannot be denied a speedy and public trial.

Which amendment provides for the protections described in this list?

• First Amendment

• Fifth Amendment

• Fourth Amendment

• Tenth Amendment

Which of the following completes the word web in the picture?

• First...Freedom of the press

• Second...Right to bear arms

• Fourth...Freedom against unreasonable searches

• Sixth...Right to trial by jury

Which of these amendments from the Bill of Rights declares that individual states are given powers not granted to the federal government?

• Eighth

• Third

• Tenth

• Second

What was the MAIN motivation for settling the colonies listed above?

• economic opportunity

• political independence

• religious freedom

• cultural advancement

Which of the following contributed to the growth of representative government in the original thirteen colonies?

• British neglect of colonial affairs

• parliamentary support of colonial legislatures

• parliamentary support of colonial leaders

• political support of royal governors

Which of the item below is MOST related to the Colonization Era?

• Mercantilism

• Republicanism

• Federalism

• Sectionalism

How did the practice of slavery influence life in the southern colonies?

• African American-owned businesses contributed to colonial wealth.

• Textile industries relocated to the South where slavery provided free labor.

• The Southern colonial economy grew wealthy from trading enslaved people.

• An agrarian economy developed based on the plantation system.