Bill of Rights and Rule of Law

What is the collective name for the first ten amendments to the United States Constitution?

• The Federalist Papers

• The Bill of Rights

• The Magna Carta

• The Declaration of Independence

Which amendment guarantees freedom of speech, religion, press, assembly, and petition?

• 2nd Amendment

• 1st Amendment

• 5th Amendment

• 10th Amendment

Which amendment abolished slavery in the United States?

• 13th Amendment

• 14th Amendment

• 15th Amendment

• 19th Amendment

What term describes the legal right to own and control property?

• Habeas corpus

• Property rights

• Civil disobedience

• Rationing

Which amendment gave women the right to vote?

• 15th Amendment

• 19th Amendment

• 24th Amendment

• 26th Amendment

What is the term for refusing to obey certain laws as a form of peaceful protest?

• Forced internment

• Civil disobedience

• Habeas corpus

• Rationing

Which amendment lowered the voting age in the United States to 18?

• 19th Amendment

• 24th Amendment

• 26th Amendment

• 15th Amendment

Which amendment prohibits the government from denying a citizen the right to vote based on race, color, or previous condition of servitude?

• 13th Amendment

• 14th Amendment

• 15th Amendment

• 24th Amendment

What is the main purpose of the Bill of Rights?

• To outline the structure of Congress

• To protect individual freedoms and rights

• To establish the Supreme Court

• To declare independence from Britain

Which of the following is NOT one of the five freedoms protected by the First Amendment?

• Freedom of speech

• Freedom of religion

• Freedom to bear arms

• Freedom of the press