CBA Review: Constitution

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The Tenth Amendment offers the most explicit endorsement of federalism, because it states that all power not given to the national government rest with state governments.

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States that all power not given to the national government rest with state governments.

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What is the name for a change or addition to the Constitution?

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Amendment

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the first ten amendments to the United States Constitution, list of the basic rights of individuals.

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Bill of Rights

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Which principle of U.S. government is illustrated in the sequence shown above?

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Checks and Balances

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What was the first Amendment? Options: freedom of religion, speech, and the press; right of petition and assembly, right to bear arms, right to trial by jury in civil cases, the right to color with the color blue

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freedom of religion, speech, and the press; right of petition and assembly

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What is the eighth amendment?

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Forbids excessive bail and cruel or unusual punishment

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What is the right granted by the 3rd Amendment? Options: No ownership of slaves, No power to the people, No quartering of troops, No illegal searches and seizures

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No quartering of troops

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What is the right of the 2nd Amendment?

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Right to bear arms

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What right is granted by the 4th Amendment?

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No illegal searches and seizures

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What are the two steps to amending the U.S. Constitution? Options: Proposal and Voting, Introduction and Voting, Proposal and Ratification, Introduction and Voting

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Proposal and Ratification