7th Grade Civics: Chapter 6- Bill of Rights Quiz (Section 1 & 2)

(a)   - The ten amendments, or a list, protecting citizens’ rights.

All the amendments included in the Constitution today were proposed by who?

• Congress

• A national convention

• State legislature

• The President

(a)   - The way in which changes are added to the Constitution.

Why did James Madison urge Congress to prepare a Bill of Rights quickly?

• To weaken the national government

• To ratify the Constitution

• To earn the people’s trust

• All of the above

Congress may propose an amendment to the states if it has been approved by a (a)   vote in both the senate and the House of Representatives.

 The Bill of Rights drew on all of the following, except what?

• Declaration of Independence

• Magna Carta

• English Bill of Rights

• State Constitutions

Why did Madison want the Bill of Rights put in the articles of the Constitution?

• To make rights less important

• To change the original Constitution

• To link the rights to government limits

• None of the above

Where does the formal amendment process for the Bill of Rights begin?

• In congress

• At a convention

• The states

• Committees

Which group wanted a Bill of Rights to be added to the Constitution?

• Anti-Federalist

• Federalist

• Framers

• None of the above

The 10 amendments were ratified on (a)   .