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WorksheetsAmendment Process
Total questions: 11
Worksheet time: 15mins
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Class
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1.
What is one of the steps required by the Constitution for ratifying a proposed amendment?
a)
The Senate alone approves a proposed amendment with a majority vote.
b)
A majority of the states' legislatures are required to approve a propose amendment.
c)
Three fourths of the states' legislatures are required to ratify a proposed amendment.
d)
The House of Representatives alone approves a proposed amendment with a threefourths vote.
2.
Read the following sentence and answer the question:
" The constitution limits the kind of laws that can be made by the federal government, and thereby grants the states the power to make all other necessary laws.
Which word describes the type of power?
" The constitution limits the kind of laws that can be made by the federal government, and thereby grants the states the power to make all other necessary laws.
Which word describes the type of power?
a)
absolute
b)
democratic
c)
enumerated
d)
reserved
3.
Which Powers are exercised by both state and federal governments?
a)
reserved powers
b)
delegated powers
c)
concurrent powers
d)
enumerated powers
4.
Which constitutional provision forbids conflict between state and federal laws?
a)
supremacy clause
b)
habeas corpus
c)
elastic clause
d)
ex post facto
5.
The 15th Amendment extended sufferage to :
a)
all white women
b)
poor white
c)
African American men
d)
all women
6.
The 26th amendment
a)
reserves to the states powers not given to the federal governement
b)
allows individual to own firearms
c)
ensures that all citizens have a right to vote
d)
lower the voting age to 18 years of age
7.
What is another one of the steps required by the Constitution for ratifying a proposed amendment?
a)
The Senate alone approves a proposed amendment with a majority vote.
b)
The House of Representatives alone approves a proposed amendment with a threefourths vote.
c)
a national convention where 2 / 3 of all states are represented cotes to introdroduces and amendment followed by 3 / 4 of the state legislatures approving the amendment
d)
A majority of the states' legislatures are required to approve a propose amendment.
8.
How many times has the constitution been amened?
a)
26 times
b)
15 times
c)
27 times
d)
28 times
9.
In what year was the 19th amended ratified?
a)
1970
b)
1870
c)
1920
d)
1925
10.
an amendment is best defined as:
a)
to confirm by expressing consent of approval
b)
to officially cancel or overturn
c)
a change to a constitution
11.
Read the following excerpt from the Fourth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution and answer the question below.
"The right of the people to be secure in their person, houses, papers and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated and no warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by oath or affirmation and particularly describing the place to be searched and the persons or things to be searched."
A person apposed to ratification of this amendment would have likely held which belief?
"The right of the people to be secure in their person, houses, papers and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated and no warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by oath or affirmation and particularly describing the place to be searched and the persons or things to be searched."
A person apposed to ratification of this amendment would have likely held which belief?
a)
the police are a greater threat to individual liberties than criminals are
b)
the government is responsible for doing everything possible to find criminals
c)
it is better for the guilty to go free than for innocent people to go to jail
d)
it is ore important to protect privacy of the home then to arrest criminals
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