Civics Credit Recovery 2022

The first 10 amendments to the Constitution are called

• The Bill of Rights

• The Declaration of Rights

• The Declaration of Independence

• Articles of Confederation

This is a protection found in the 5th amendment. It means that a defendant can't be prosecuted for a criminal offense for which he has already been tried.

• double jeopardy

• cruel and unusual punishment

• right to bear arms

• unenumerated rights

What is the right of a person to refuse to testify under oath in a court of law because the answers could be used as evidence against him to convict him of a criminal offense?

• pleading the Fifth

• suffrage

• right to legal counsel

• due process

What is an amendment to the U.S. Constitution prohibiting Congress from establishing a religion, and from interfering with freedom of religious exercise, press, speech, assembly, or petition?

• 1st amendment

• 3rd amendment

• 7th amendment

• 10th amendment

The _______ amendment to the Constitution gave women the right to vote in the year 1920

• 1st

• 19th

• 14th

What was the impact of the 13th Amendment of the Constitution?

• It enforced segregation

• It abolished poll taxes

• It defined citizenship

• It made slavery illegal

How does the 14th Amendment protect individual rights?

• It made slavery illegal

• It made poll taxes illegal

• Women could now vote in all elections

• It defined citizenship so all citizens have the same rights

Which three rights are guaranteed by the Bill of Rights?

• freedom of speech, right to work, right to petition the government
• right to bear arms, right to a speedy trial, right to an education
• freedom of speech, right to bear arms, right to a speedy trial
• right to vote, right to work, right to a speedy trial

What is the significance of the U.S. Supreme Court opinion that words creating a “clear and present danger” are not protected by the First Amendment? 

• The Constitution limits individual rights.
• The Constitution safeguards individual rights.
• The Constitution does not limit individual rights.
• The Constitution does not safeguard individual rights.

The 1st amendments protects all of the following except:

• freedom of religion

• freedom of press

• freedom of speech

• right to bear arms

• freedom of assembly