Amendments Quiz

Why was the Bill of Rights added to the Constitution?

• To abolish slavery

• To guarantee civil liberties to the citizens

• To protect the rich from the poor

• To establish voting rights for women

Which Liberty is not found in the first Amendment?

• Freedom of Speech

• Freedom of Religion

• Freedom of Schooling

• Freedom of Press

The First Amendment's right to

"Peacefully assemble..."

• Allows people to protest against the government

• Prevents people from criticizing the government

• Prevents the media from calling the government out for doing bad things

• Allows the government to create a state religion

Why are the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments referred to as the Civil War Amendments

• All three were passed after the civil war to help end the conflict

• All three were passed after the Civil war and were intended to improve the lives of African Americans

• All three were pass before the war and created the conflict

• All three were passed before the war started and prevented a longer war.

The 15th Amendment extended Voting Rights to

• Women

• Landowning Males

• Newly freed African American Males

• The 15th Amendment does not deal with Voting

The Civil Rights Act of 1964

• Created an Amendment to the Constitution

• Segregated Public Schools

• Eliminated voting requirements for African Americans

• Banned Discrimination by race, color, gender and religion

"In [the] future no official shall place a man on trial . . . [without an] unsupported statement, [and] without producing credible witnesses to the truth of it." —Magna Carta, 1215
How did this portion of the Magna Carta influence the U.S. Bill of Rights?

• It inspired the 6th Amendment, requiring a speedy trial

• It inspired the 7th Amendment, guaranteeing trial by jury

• It Inspired the 8th Amendment. guaranteeing no excessive fines

• It inspired the 5th Amendment, requiring proof of just cause for a trial

"Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances."
Why is this portion of the Bill of Rights significant?

• It allows people to protest in public against the government

• It prevents people from criticizing the government

• It prevents newspapes from Critizing the government

• It allows a government to create or support a religion

The Voting Rights Act of 1965

• Granted women the right to vote

• Eliminated Literacy tests for voting

• Lowered the Voting Age

• Eliminated the Poll Tax

Which faction refused to sign the Constitution unless a Bill of Rights were added to protect the rights of the individual.

• Federalists

• Anti-Federalists