The Bill of Rights

What term is associated with violent acts against people due to the groups they associate themselves with? (Racial profiling is an example of this type of crime)

• Segregation

• Voting Rights Act of 1965

• Slander

• Hate crimes

Why did the Equal Rights Amendment fail to be added to the Constitution?

• Because the local mayor opposed it

• Because not enough states ratified it

• Because women were opposed to having a constitutional amendment that gave them equality

• Because Congress did not get enough votes

If a student steals a pen from my desk and as a punishment, I have the student put in jail for 25 years, this is a violation of which amendment?

• 3^rd Amendment

• 16^th Amendment

• 8^th Amendment

• 10^th Amendment

What is the policy called that meant to increase the number of minorities and women in the work force and college?

• Affirmative Admission

• Affirmative Action

• Public Policy for minorities

• Equal Rights Amendment

What was the name of the legislative act that abolished literacy tests?

• Legislative Act that abolished literacy tests

• No poll taxes

• Equal Rights Amendment

• Voting Rights Act of 1965

When a celebrity reads an entertainment magazine that consists of PRINTED untrue statements about the celebrity, what can they file a lawsuit against the magazine for?

• Slander

• Segregation

• Libel

• Discrimination

A formal request for the government to act is known as which of the following?

• Freedom of the Press

• Freedom of Speech

• Freedom of Assembly

• Freedom to Petition

What amendment grants U.S. citizens the right to bear arms?

• 10th Amendment

• 2nd Amendment

• 4th Amendment

• 6th Amendment

When you express your opinion in public without fear of government consequences, you are exercising  which specific right granted to you by the Constitution?

• Freedom to Petition

• Freedom of Speech

• Freedom of Assembly

• Freedom of Religion

The Establishment Clause stated that the government could do which of the following?

• Could legally separate people based on race

• Can take private property for public use

• Could not appoint governors to the states

• Could not set up an official religion