SEVENTH GRADE SOCIAL STUDIES – BILL OF RIGHTS QUIZ

The Articles of Confederation failed because:

• They were set up to do so

• It made the national government as weak as possible

• The government could not collect taxes

• All of the above

The Constitutional Convention met in:

• New York City

• Washington DC

• Philadelphia

• Boston

These are all freedoms included in the first amendment EXCEPT:

• Freedom of speech

• Freedom of the press

• The right to a speedy trial

• Freedom of religion

This is the act of manipulating a congressional district to favor one party:

• Redrawing

• Rezoning

• Gerrymandering

• Redistricting

The number of representatives each state has in the House of Representations is determined by:

• Population

• It’s the same for every state

• Size of the state (in terms of land mass)

• Random

Every 10 years we have a national to determine the countries population, as is ordered by the Constitution:

• Purge

• Census
• Survey

• Registry

This amendment is the right to keep and own firearms:

• Second

• First

• Third

• Fourth

This amendment is the right to the freedom of speech, the press, religion, peaceable assembly, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances:

• First

• Second

• Tenth

• Fourth

This amendment is the right to a trial by jury:

• Fourth

• Fifth

• Sixth

• Seventh

This amendment is the right to due process and against self incrimination (I plead the ______):

• Fifth

• First

• Second

• Tenth