Bill of Rights

A person gets arrested and will have a court date to be sentenced. When they get to the courthouse, there is no jury and the judge says they will be the only one to examine the evidence and make a ruling. This violates which amendment?

• 1st

• 2nd

• 7th

• 8th

The 9th amendment protects which of the following rights?

• Right of a trial by jury

• No quartering of soldiers

• Freedom from excessive bail, cruel, and unusual punishment

• More rights of the people

Your right to remain silent (self-incrimination); no double jeopardy; eminent domain; due process

• 5th amendment

• 2nd amendment

• 9th amendment

• 6th amendment

Linda is questioned by a lawyer in a court trial and replies, "I plead the 5th." What is she protecting herself from?

• Double Jeopardy

• Cruel and Unusual Punishment

• Self-Incrimination

• Eminent domain

The 1st Amendment protects which of the following?

• Freedom from unreasonable searches and seizures

• Freedom of religion, speech, press, assembly, and petititon

• Right to trial by jury

• No quartering of soldiers

The 10th amendment protracts which of the following rights?

• Freedom from excessive bail, cruel, and unusual punishments

• Right to due process of law, freedom from self-incrimination, and double jeopardy

• Powers reserved to the states

• Right of trial by jury

The following complain is addressed by which amendment? "He has constrained our fellow citizens from the right to bear arms to protect themselves..."

• 2nd

• 4th

• 10th

• 8th

A person decides to protest in front of the White House by saying the government is corrupt and not doing its job. Which amendment protects this person's right to say that?

• Third

• First

• Fourth

• Second

A citizen has to keep a firearm as part of his/her job. The local government enacts a law forbidding anyone not in the military from keeping a firearm. Which amendment has the local government violated?

• First Amendment

• Third Amendment

• Tenth Amendment

• Second Amendment

No one has to house (quarter) soldiers in their home

• 1st

• 2nd

• 3rd

• 4th