Constitution - Bill of Rights

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The US government gets its power from

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The American people

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What is one way the people are in charge of the U.S. Government?

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by deciding who to elect to represent them

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Which of these rights is found in the First Amendment? Options: right to a lawyer, right to bear arms, right to free speech, right to a trial by jury

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right to free speech

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Which of the following is described: freedom of speech, religion, the press, the right to petition the government, and the right to assemble.

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First Amendment

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The following picture is an example of people practicing ...

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Their First Amendment

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Which right is being exercised by the people in the picture above?

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right to assemble

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Which of the following rights from the first amendment are the people exercising? Freedom of speech, Freedom to petition, Freedom to assemble, Freedom of the press

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Freedom to petition

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In which of the following did the government violate a citizen's rights guaranteed by the First Amendment?
1. John was asking people to sign a petition against the president. The president had the police arrest John.
2. Stacy didn't like the new rules by her principal. She broke into the principal's office and was suspended from school.
3. Marcus shouted "the school is on fire" when it really wasn't. He was arrested by school resource officers.
4. Tameka wrote an article in the school newspaper that asked students to damage school property. The principal did not allow the article to be published.

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John was asking people to sign a petition against the president. The president had the police arrest John.

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Which of the following rights from the first amendment is represented in this image? Options: Freedom of speech, Freedom to petition, Freedom to assemble, Freedom of the press

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Freedom of the press

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Which of the following is one reason the Founding Fathers added the Bill of Rights to the Constitution?
The Constitution limited federal powers over state powers.
The Constitution did not give the government enough power.
The Constitution did not do enough to protect individual rights.
The Constitution gave more powers to the states than to the federal.

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The Constitution did not do enough to protect individual rights.