WorksheetsBronco Civics Bill Of Rights, Voting & Civil War Rights
Total questions: 50
Worksheet time: 32mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Which Amendment protects you from having the military stay in your home?
a)
First Amendment
b)
Second Amendment
c)
Third Amendment
d)
Fourth Amendment
2.
Which amendment gives you the right of Religion, Assembly, Speech, and Press?
a)
First Amendment
b)
Second Amendment
c)
Third Amendment
d)
Fourth Amendment
3.
Which amendment gives you the right to keep weapons or arms?
a)
First Amendment
b)
Second Amendment
c)
Third Amendment
d)
Fourth Amendment
4.
Protecting the rights and freedoms of American citizens is _________________.
a)
the purpose of the 1st amendment
b)
the purpose of the 13th, 14th, and 15th amendments
c)
the purpose of the 10th amendment
d)
the purpose of the Bill of Rights
5.
What does the 4th Amendment guarantee?
a)
no illegal search and seizure
b)
the right for cops to come into your house unnannounced
c)
no illegal gambling in your house
d)
no illegal cruel and unusual punishments
6.
Which of the following is an example of the 1st amendment in real life?
a)
Turning away soldiers who try to live in your home during a time of war.
b)
Having a trial with a jury
c)
Reading a newspaper article which presents two sides of a issue
d)
Protesting an issue with violent behavior
7.
What does the word "amend" mean?
a)
add to
b)
change
c)
make better
d)
make worse
8.
Can the US Constitution be changed?
a)
Yes
b)
No
9.
The First 10 Amendments are referred to as
a)
The Super 10
b)
The Bill of Rights
c)
Rights and Responsibilities
d)
People's Rights
10.
This amendment requires that police officers obtain a search warrant before they search a home for evidence when investigating a crime.
a)
6th
b)
5th
c)
4th
d)
15th
11.
Which Amendment gives citizens the right to bear arms?
a)
4th
b)
5th
c)
2nd
d)
3rd
12.
Which Amendment is about excessive bail and protects against cruel and unusual punishment?
a)
8th Amendment
b)
6th Amendment
c)
3rd Amendment
d)
10th Amendment
13.
Which Amendment protects all of the people's rights that aren't written in the Constitution?
a)
3rd
b)
9th
c)
4th
d)
6th
14.
Which Amendment protects against illegal searches by requiring probable cause and a search warrant?
a)
3rd Amendment
b)
1st Amendment
c)
9th Amendment
d)
4th Amendment
15.
Which Amendment allows you a jury in civil cases over 20$?
a)
3rd
b)
1st
c)
10th
d)
7th
16.
Which Amendment protects people's right to speak out against the government?
a)
1st
b)
3rd
c)
5th
d)
10th
17.
Which Amendment protects against self-incrimination, double jeopardy and includes eminent domain, indictments, and due process?
a)
4th
b)
3rd
c)
5th
d)
10th
18.
Which Amendment protect us from having to house or quarter soldiers?
a)
6th
b)
3rd
c)
10th
d)
5th
19.
Which Amendment Reserves powers for the States?
a)
6th
b)
1st
c)
9th
d)
10th
20.
Which Amendment guarantees a speed trial, jury, and a right to a lawyer?
a)
6th
b)
10th
c)
1st
d)
7th
21.
Ban of poll tax as a qualification to vote. Which amendment is this?
a)
23rd
b)
18th
c)
10th
d)
24th
22.
Which of the following is necessary to propose a new amendment to the Constitution?
a)
approval by a popular vote held in every state
b)
approval by two thirds of the House and Senate
c)
approval by three quarters of the House and Senate
d)
approval by the legislatures in at least three fourths of the states
23.
How many states represented in Congress have to ratify an Amendment?
a)
3/4
b)
2/3
c)
4/5
d)
All
24.
How many amendments were in the ratified Bill of Rights?
a)
8
b)
9
c)
10
d)
12
25.
What Article talks about The executive branch?
a)
I
b)
V
c)
II
d)
VI
26.
What Article talks about the Judiciary Branch
a)
I
b)
IV
c)
III
d)
V
27.
What Article talks about the Legislative Branch
a)
II
b)
I
c)
VI
d)
VII
28.
How many total amendments to the Constitution are there?
a)
27
b)
26
c)
28
d)
10
29.
When was the last Constitutional amendment ratified?
a)
1991
b)
1992
c)
1993
d)
1990
30.
What was the impact of the 13th Amendment of the Constitution?
a)
It enforced segregation
b)
It abolished poll taxes
c)
It made slavery illegal
d)
It defined citizenship
31.
Which term is the best meaning of "suffrage"?
a)
the right for women to protest
b)
the right to vote in elections
c)
citizenship
d)
freedom
32.
How did the 24th Amendment expand voting rights to Americans?
a)
States could charge poll taxes in elections
b)
Literacy tests were required so minorities learned to read
c)
It made poll taxes illegal
d)
It did nothing to expand voting rights
33.
Which Supreme Court case created the idea of "separate but equal"?
a)
Tinker v. Des Moines
b)
Brown v. Board of Education
c)
Gideon v. Wainwright
d)
Plessy v. Ferguson
34.
How does the 14th Amendment protect individual rights?
a)
It made slavery illegal
b)
Women could now vote in all elections
c)
It made poll taxes illegal
d)
It defined citizenship so all citizens have the same rights
35.
Which of the following responses best supports the 15th Amendment of the Constitution?
a)
A person cannot be denied the right to vote based on gender.
b)
A person cannot be denied the right to vote based on race.
c)
A person cannot be denied the right to vote based on age.
d)
No one can be denied the right to vote.
36.
The 19th Amendment expanded voting rights to which group of people?
a)
Women
b)
18 year olds
c)
All freed slaves
d)
All Americans
37.
Which event led to the proposal and ratification of the 26th Amendment?
a)
Women's Suffrage Movement
b)
Vietnam War
c)
Civil Rights Movement
d)
World War II
38.
What was the outcome of the landmark U.S. Supreme Court case Brown v. Board of Education?
a)
Segregation in schools was illegal
b)
States voluntarily stopped all forms of school segregation
c)
Segregation was accepted if the facilities were equal
d)
Segregation was not harmful to children
39.
Which amendment did the Voting Right Act of 1965 reinforce?
a)
The 15th Amendment protects minorities' right to vote
b)
The 1st Amendment's freedom of speech
c)
The 13th Amendment makes slavery illegal
d)
The 10th Amendment allowing states to make voting laws
40.
1. Poll taxes, literacy tests and grandfather clauses were ________.
a)
fair voting practices that marchers in
Selma wanted the government to
guarantee
b)
used to prevent African Americans from
voting
c)
used by northern states to register
thousands of voters
d)
not used until after the Voting Rights Act
was passed
41.
In Selma, Alabama, ________ prevented African Americans from voting.
a)
unfair voting practices
b)
hate groups including the Ku Klux Klan
c)
the sheriff and a deputized posse of
citizens
d)
all of the above
42.
Who signed the Voting Rights Act?
a)
President John F. Kennedy
b)
President Dwight D. Eisenhower
c)
President Richard M. Nixon
d)
President Lyndon B. Johnson
43.
What happened as a result of the Voting Rights Act?
a)
the number of registered black voters
increased by hundreds of thousands
b)
election day was changed to a
Wednesday
c)
a large number of white people moved to
the South
d)
the number of white voters decreased by
hundreds of thousands
44.
Joel lives in Washington, D.C. and was told that he could not vote. Which amendment is this breaking ?
a)
19th
b)
24th
c)
23rd
d)
26th
45.
Will went to the polls to try and vote and was told he would have to pay $20 to vote. This is breaking what amendment?
a)
24th
b)
19th
c)
17th
d)
26th
46.
The 26th amendment states you have to be how old to vote?
a)
21
b)
18
c)
19
d)
16
47.
At the time of the Constitution, who could vote in the U.S.?
a)
Everyone
b)
All males
c)
White males only
d)
Property-owning white males
48.
In which States were poll taxes heavily used?
a)
Southern
b)
Northern
c)
Midwestern
d)
Eastern
49.
Freed Slaves
a)
3
b)
9
c)
13
d)
15
50.
The Powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people
a)
2nd Amendments
b)
10th Amendment
c)
3rd Amendment
d)
8th Amendment
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