Studies Weekly Week 5

How many amendments are in the Bill of Rights

• 12

• 10

• 5

• 0

What is freedom of the press?

• All newspapers, journalists, and news shows are of no cost to the people.

• The government has its own news station with volunteer journalists.

• News must be printed on paper and given away.

• Newspapers, journalists, and news shows cannot be punished or censored.

What is a "militia"?

• a professional army

• a temporary army

• a wealthy army

• a poor army

When the government can take private property by paying for it, it is called:

• due process

• search warrant

• subpoena

• eminent domain

The Constitution did not protect the individual rights of people.

• True

• False

A government employee must have this to search a person of their private property.

• a subpoena

• a badge

• a search warrant

• a team of experts

The third amendment was written in response to:

• the British troops living in citizen's homes

• the winter at Valley Forge

• the Boston Tea Party

• the Great Compromise of 1776

What do you call a group of people randomly selected to hear evidence of a legal issue, then make a decision based on the evidence?

(a)  

The fourth amendment protects:

• happiness

• recreation

• party

• privacy

the government can make no law against having a trial:

• with a judge

• with a jury

• with a lawyer

• without a defendant