Government U.S. Constitution and MO Government Test

Missouri has a ___?___ legislature.

• spheroid
• monoclonal
• bicameral
• unicameral

Missouri state representatives’ term of office is

• two years.
• four years.
• six years.
• eight years.

A Missouri state senators term of office is

• two years long..
• four years long..
• six years long.
• eight years long.

The First Amendment protects not only pure speech, but also ____.

• seditious speech
• symbolic speech
• slanderous speech
• defamatory speech

The Supreme Court has ruled that young people’s First Amendment rights may be limited ____.

• in public trials
• in school
• by the Tenth Amendment
• when under arrest

What section was added to the Constitution to ensure that the rights of the individual would be protected?

• the Preamble
• the Bill of Rights
• the Declaration of Independence
• the Rights Insurance Policy

What was the name of the series of essays written by Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay in defense of the new U.S. Constitution during the effort to ratify it?

• The Ratifier
• The U.S.S. Constitution
• The Federalist
• The Factionalist

What was the practice of requiring private Colonial citizens to house British soldiers, which led to the Third Amendment to the Constitution?

• housing
• drawing
• quartering
• residing

The Nineteenth Amendment granted ____, or the right to vote, to women.

• equal opportunity
• boycott
• civil rights
• suffrage

What American institution did the Thirteenth Amendment to the Constitution (1865) officially end?

• prohibition
• Congress
• slavery
• the Civil War