Class: Date: US Government Review 3.4 True/False Indicate whether the statement is true or false. 1. The Thirteenth Amendment changed the powers of the national and state governments. Multiple Choice Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question. 2. The first 10 amendments are called the a. Bill of Rights. c. Preamble. b. Constitution. d. enumerated Articles. 3. This Amendment protects the freedom of speech. a. Fifth Amendment c. First Amendment b. Fifteenth Amendment d. Twenty-first Amendment 2
4. Match the amendment with the right it guarantees. a. due process c. right to privacy b. free enterprise d. right to bear arms 5. False speech intended to damage a person s reputation is a. slander. c. prior restraint. b. libel. d. due process of law. 2
The Bill of Rights 1. Guarantees freedom of religion, speech, assembly, and press, and the right of people to petition the government 2. Protects the right of states to maintain a militia and of citizens to bear arms 3. Restricts quartering of troops in private homes 4. Protects against unreasonable searches and seizures 5. Assures the right not to be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law, including protections against double jeopardy, self-incrimination, and government seizure of property without just compensation 6. Guarantees the right to a speedy and public trial by an impartial jury 7. Assures the right to a jury trial in cases involving the common law (the law established by previous court decisions) 8. Protects against excessive bail and cruel and unusual punishment 9. Provides that people s rights are not restricted to those specified in Amendments 1 8 10. Restates the Constitution s principle of federalism by providing that powers not granted to the national government nor prohibited to the states are reserved to the states and to the people 6. Which amendment establishes the separation of church and state? a. Ninth c. Fourth b. Fifth d. First 7. Which amendment establishes the need for a warrant or probable cause before a person can be searched or arrested? a. Fourth c. Second b. Ninth d. Third 8. Which amendment ensures that a person will not be tried twice for the same crime? a. Second c. Ffith b. First d. Ninth 3
9. Identify the amendment that grants the rights listed in the graphic organizer. a. Fifth c. Sixth b. Fourth d. Eighth 4
10. Which amendment repealed Prohibition? a. Nineteenth c. Fifteenth b. Twenty-sixth d. Twenty-first 11. Which amendment abolished the poll tax? a. Twenty-fourth c. Thirteenth b. Twenty-first d. Sixteenth 5
12. Choose the answer that best completes the chart, categorizing this group of amendments. a. Civil War Amendments c. Vietnam War Amendments b. Woman Suffrage Amendments d. Bill of Rights 13. The amendments are divided into three major categories. Choose the answer that best completes the chart. a. 18th century c. 20th century b. 19th century d. 21st century 14. Poll taxes hurt low-income African Americans because they had to pay taxes in order to a. attend public schools. c. vote. b. use interstate highways. d. buy land. 6
15. Which amendment addressed the salaries of the members of Congress? a. Twenty-seventh c. Twenty-sixth b. Twenty-third d. Twenty-fifth 16. How many years passed between the ratification of the Twenty-sixth Amendment and the Twenty-seventh Amendment? a. 17 c. 22 b. 20 d. 21 17. In what year were limitations placed on the term of the presidency? a. 1967 c. 1971 b. 1951 d. 1964 Completion Complete each statement. 18. The Nineteenth Amendment guaranteed the right to vote. 7
Matching Match each item with the correct statement below. a. elastic clause f. impeach b. appeal g. describes the judicial branch c. bankruptcy h. ratification d. describes the legislative branch i. first 10 amendments e. protects free speech j. describes the executive branch 19. First Amendment 20. Bill of Rights Match each item with the correct statement below. a. Chief Justice Earl Warren f. elastic clause b. poll tax g. Bill of Rights c. treaty h. Supreme Court d. jurisdiction i. wheelchair accessibility law e. executive agreement j. veto 21. protects individual liberties 22. a fee charged to vote Short Answer A well-regulated Militia being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms shall not be infringed. Second Amendment, 1791 23. The Second Amendment grants citizens the right to bear arms. Some agree this right was only meant to extend to militia armed forces of citizens responsible for the state s security. Do you agree or disagree? Why? 8