Bill of Rights Review

What is the most likely meaning of exercise in the following sentence? "If you participate in a peaceful protest, you exercise the right to have freedom of speech."

• risk

• ensure

• understand

• put into practice

During a routine traffic stop, the police checked the driver’s license, and no ticket was issued. However, during the same stop, they took the passenger’s cell phone without her permission and looked through her emails and text messages. A few days later, the passenger went to court to file a formal complaint. Which of the passenger’s rights may have been disregarded?

• the right to due process

• the right to freedom of speech

• the right to freedom from an unjustified search

• the right to be informed of the reason for an arrest

Which of the following situations illustrates a violation of Amendment VIII?

• A driver who received a parking ticket is charged $5,000 and has her car confiscated by the court.

• A protester is arrested while demonstrating outside a business and must stand trial for breaking the peace.

• A person is declared innocent of a crime by a jury but later is rearrested and tried again for the same crime.

• A person who is convicted of vandalism is given the choice of working at a homeless shelter for 60 hours or going to jail.

How does enumeration help make the Bill of Rights easier to understand?

• It shows which rights are most important so that readers can see which rights are essential and which are less valuable.

• It organizes the document into ten separate rights so that readers can more quickly understand and refer to them.

• It explains why certain rights are important so that readers know why they are guaranteed in the Constitution.

• It provides labels for each of the rights so that readers can quickly find the one that applies to their situation.

This document protects the rights of citizens of the United States of America

• Constitution

• Declaration of Independence

• Bill of Rights

• Articles of Confederation

What guarantees freedom of the press, of speech and of religion to individuals in the U.S.?

• The U.S. Constitution

• The Declaration of Independence

• The Bill of Rights

• The Articles of Confederation

This document was written to help get the Constitution ratified by limiting the government’s powers

• Constitution

• Declaration of Independence

• Bill of Rights

• Articles of Confederation

The Bill of Rights was added to the U.S. Constitution primarily to

• establish fair and impartial elections

• protect individual rights

• guarantee voting privileges to minorities

• provide the President with power in times of emergency

... that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain ___?___

• Unalienable rights

• Equalities of opportunity

• Repeated injuries and abuses

• Duties and responsibilities

Which amendment in the Bill of Rights is primarily concerned with the freedom of speech?

• First Amendment

• Second Amendment

• Third Amendment

• Fourth Amendment