Unit 7 Study Guide #2

Which statement about the First Amendment is a true statement?

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  A. The First Amendment restricts government officials from interfering with an individual's exercise of his or her religious beliefs.

• B. The First Amendment prohibits government officials from establishing an official religion.

• C. Both statements are false.

• D. Both statements are true.

Which is the correct order of events that led to increased civil rights and liberties in the United States?

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  A. slavery abolished, women's suffrage guaranteed, Prohibition ends, 18 year old's guaranteed suffrage

• B. slavery abolished, 18 year old's guaranteed suffrage, women's suffrage guaranteed, Prohibition ends

• C. women's suffrage guaranteed, Prohibition ends, 18 year olds guaranteed suffrage, slavery abolished

• D. women's suffrage guaranteed, slavery abolished, Prohibition ends, 18 year old's guaranteed suffrage

The Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution has been interpreted by the Supreme Court to

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  A. restrict the application of judicial review.

• B. declare the Line Item Veto unconstitutional.

• C. expand the power of the President and the

  Executive Branch.

• D. make rights contained in the Bill of Rights applicable to the states.

During the late 1800s and the early 1900s, women argued that the Fourteenth Amendment gave them the right to

• A. attend school.

• B. bear arms

• C. divorce.

• D. vote.

"All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside. No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws."

- Amendment XIV, Section 1, to the U.S. Constitution

This portion of the 14th Amendment has been interpreted to mean that

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  A. slavery is abolished in the United States.

• B. No official can serve more than two terms in office.

• C. government of the people, by the people, and for the people is protected.

• D. all people in all states are protected under the U.S. Bill Rights and the U.S. Constitution.

Which of these would be considered part of the due process of law?

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  A. the right to bear arms

• B. the right to an attorney

• C. the right to free speech

• D. the right to worship freely

A person accused of a crime was sentenced to life in prison after being denied the right to a jury trial. In that situation, which constitutional principle was violated?

• A. judicial review

• B. due process of law

• C. popular sovereignty

• D. checks and balances

Amendments 15, 19, and 26 all deal with suffrage. Suffrage is

• A. income taxation

• B. the right to vote.

• C. religious freedom.

• D. freedom from slavery.

"The right of citizens of the United States to vote in any primary or other election for President or Vice President, for electors for President or Vice President, or for Senator or Representative in Congress, shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or any State by reason of failure to pay poll tax or other tax."

24th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution

The excerpt from this Amendment was created primarily to ensure suffrage to

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  A. women

• B. Immigrants

• C. Native Americans

• D. poor people of all races

15th Amendment (1870)

19th Amendment (1920)

26th Amendment (1971)

What issue was dealt with by each of these 20th Century amendments to the U.S. Constitution?

• A. assembly

• B. racism

• C. religion

• D. voting