Topic 8 Quizizz

What conclusion can be made about the impact of the above amendment?

• A search warrant is not required to search a citizen’s home and/or belongings.
• A search warrant is required to search a citizen’s home and/or belongings.
• A search warrant protects citizens from searches based on eyewitness testimony.
• A search warrant protects citizens from searches based on probable cause.

The statement allows citizens to practice

• freedom of the press
• speedy trial
• self-incrimination
• eminent domain

How did the U.S. Supreme Court improve upon the guaranteed rights in this amendment?

• Asking people to identify themselves to the police does not violate their rights. (Hibel v Sixth Judicial District of Nevada)
• Evidence gathered when no warrant was issued cannot be used in court. (Mapp v Ohio)
• Georgia’s law imposing the death penalty under very specific circumstances and guidelines is constitutional. (Gregg v Georgia)
• The court will appoint a lawyer to a case if the accused cannot afford to hire one. (Gideon v Wainwright)

Which three rights are guaranteed by the Bill of Rights?

• freedom of speech, right to work, right to petition the government
• right to bear arms, right to a speedy trial, right to an education
• freedom of speech, right to bear arms, right to a speedy trial
• right to vote, right to work, right to a speedy trial

Which First Amendment protections have been cited in opposition to this change?

• establishment and free exercise
• establishment and association
• speech and free exercise
• association and speech

How did the passage of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 impact political participation?

• All persons who passed a literacy test.
• All children of foreign citizens could now vote.
• All African-Americans could now vote.
• All women could now vote.

Ben was prosecuted and convicted in state court for speaking out publicly against the governor. During his trial, he was denied the counsel of a lawyer. Two years later, the U.S. Supreme Court overturned his conviction, explaining that the state had not guaranteed Ben’s constitutional rights. Which amendments apply to this case?

• Amendment I (free speech) and Amendment VI (due process)
• Amendment I (free press) and Amendment IV (search and seizure)
• Amendment IX (unenumerated rights) and Amendment VI (due process)
• Amendment IX(unenumerated rights) and Amendment IV (search and seizure)

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

Which of the following is true of the constitutional amendment process?

• Three-fourths of the states must ratify proposed amendments.
• The easy process has allowed hundreds of amendments to be approved.
• State conventions must vote to ratify amendments.
• Over half of the original amendments have been repealed.

Which shows the correct sequence for amending the U.S. Constitution?

• I
• II
• III
• IV