WorksheetsGateway Chapter 10 Quiz
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
What is one of the five freedoms protected by the First Amendment?
Freedom of speech
Freedom from self-incrimination
Freedom from unreasonable search and seizure
Freedom from cruel and unusual punishments
What is usually the first step in amending the U.S. Constitution?
Three-fourths of the state legislatures propose the amendment.
Two-thirds of each house of Congress propose the amendment.
Conventions in three-fourths of the states propose the amendment.
The President, after consulting with the U.S. Supreme Court, proposes the amendment.
Juanita owns unused property in her town. Her city council decides to use part of her property to build a new bus terminal. The council votes to give Juanita $20,000 for this part of her property. She claims her land is worth much more. The city clerk sends her a check for $20,000, and the city starts building the terminal. Which two rights of Juanita have been violated?
Right to assistance of counsel and trial by jury
Right to privacy and protection from unreasonable seizure
Equal protection of the law and prohibition of double jeopardy
Right to due process and just compensation in case of eminent domain
The most common method of amending the U.S. Constitution is that Two-thirds of each house of Congress approve a proposed amendment → ?
Two-thirds of the states hold a constitutional convention
Three-fourths of the state legislatures ratify the amendment
The President of the United States approves the amendment
Three-fourths of both houses of Congress ratify the amendment
Which of these rights from the Bill of Rights helps people accused of crimes?
The right to bear arms for self-defense
The right to have the assistance of counsel
The right not to have troops quartered in one's home
The right to petition government for a redress of grievances
While Alex was at school, police officers broke into his home and took his computer. Which right did the police officers violate?
The right to due process of law in the Fourteenth Amendment
The right to assistance of legal counsel in the Sixth Amendment
The right to the equal protection of the laws in the Fourteenth Amendment
The right against unreasonable searches and seizures in the Fourth Amendment
Which example illustrates a government-imposed limitation on individual rights that is permitted by the Constitution?
Government officials arrest a newspaper editor for criticizing their policies.
A defendant pleads the Fifth Amendment rather than testifying at her trial.
Congress suspends the right to petition for a writ of habeas corpus during wartime.
The police conduct the search of a private home without a warrant or 'probable cause.'
What did the rationing of goods during World War II illustrate?
The operation of the due process of law
A government-imposed limitation on individual rights
One of the checks and balances in the U.S. Constitution
The broadening of the political process through amendment
Joe Smith was tried in state court a second time for the same crime, found guilty, and sent to prison. Joe's lawyer believes Joe has been wrongly imprisoned. What could the lawyer do?
Protest against an unfair ex post facto law
Petition for a writ of habeas corpus
Demand Joe's 'due process' rights
Petition for a writ of certiorari
Which statement describes the impact of the Due Process and Equal Protection Clauses of the Fourteenth Amendment?
Women were guaranteed the right to vote in all states.
African-American freedmen were guaranteed the right to vote.
Americans were protected against abuses by state governments.
Opponents of the government no longer feared forced internment.
What was the impact on the passage of the 26th amendment?
Women were allowed to vote in elections in all states.
Citizens from 18 to 20 years of age were allowed to vote in elections.
Those who could not afford to pay poll taxes could still vote in federal elections.
Restaurants and hotels could not practice discrimination against Vietnam veterans.
"The most stringent protection of free speech would not protect a man in falsely shouting fire in a theater and causing a panic." Which conclusion can be drawn from this reasoning?
Our constitutional rights are limited by the rights of others.
Not all Supreme Court decisions uphold the U.S. Constitution.
Since 1917, Americans no longer enjoy the freedom of speech.
The U.S. Supreme Court generally favors the powers of the federal government over the rights of individuals.
What protects a citizen from being punished for an act that only became a crime after the act was committed?
The right to petition for a writ of habeas corpus
The Constitution's prohibition of ex post facto laws
The unenumerated rights of the Ninth Amendment
The powers reserved to citizens by the Tenth Amendment
The statement from the U.S. Supreme Court below gives the rationale for a government-imposed limitation on individual rights. "Korematsu was excluded because we are at war with the Japanese Empire, because the properly constituted military authorities feared an invasion of our West Coast and felt constrained to take proper security measures, [and] because they decided that the military urgency of the situation demanded that all citizens of Japanese ancestry be [removed] from the West Coast temporarily." — Korematsu v. United States (1944) Which action did this rationale attempt to justify?
Limitations on speech
A suspension of habeas corpus
Forcible internment in wartime
An exercise of the power of eminent domain
John Wilkinson's property was needed to complete a section of the new state highway. The State of Florida took his property and paid John $100,000. Based on the prices of nearby homes, John thought he should have received twice that amount. He demanded a hearing and the return of his property. What are John's rights in these circumstances?
John is entitled to receive an additional $100,000 from the State of Florida.
John is entitled to the return of his property because he was denied due process of law.
John is entitled to a public hearing to determine whether he received just compensation for his property.
Because of its power of eminent domain, the State of Florida is entitled to keep John's property without any further payment.
