Bill Of Rights Scenarios Question Preview (ID: 29475)


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A group of teenagers gather quietly on a street corner. Neighbors complain and ask the police to arrest them for getting together as a group. The police refuse.
a) 1st Amendment
b) 2nd Amendment
c) 4th Amendment
d) 8th Amendment

A town needs more land to build a new elementary school. A woman's property is needed, but she wants to keep it. The town forces her to sell and gives her twice the property's actual value. She sues to get her land back.
a) 8th Amendment
b) 2nd Amendment
c) 5th Amendment
d) 9th Amendment

A young woman is being tried for treason. She is accused of selling plans for building a nuclear warhead to Iran. The judge believes it would be dangerous to let the public hear her ideas. He refuses to allow anyone to view the trial.
a) 1st Amendment
b) 5th Amendment
c) 9th Amendment
d) 6th Amendment

A woman is being tried for murder. The prosecuting attorney forces her to take the stand and testify.
a) 4th Amendment
b) 5th Amendment
c) 8th Amendment
d) 10th Amendment

A teacher wears a button to school urging people to vote for a certain candidate for President of the United States. Some other theachers don't like the candidate and ask the principal to force the teacher to take off the button.
a) 7th Amendment
b) 1st Amendment
c) 5th Amendment
d) 3rd Amendment

A dentist is being sued for $500,000. He wants a jury to hear the case but the judge refuses his request.
a) 7th Amendment
b) 2nd Amendment
c) 4th Amendment
d) 5th Amendment

The government passes a new law that says that no one in America is allowed to wear the color blue on Tuesdays anymore. What amendment says the government cannot do this?
a) 9th Amendment
b) 2nd Amendment
c) 7th Amendment
d) 5th Amendment

A 20 year old college student starts his own newspaper which often prints articles making fun of the local mayor. The mayor is angry and gets his aides to take the papers off the stands before they can be distributed.
a) 8th Amendment
b) 3rd Amendment
c) 6th Amendment
d) 1st Amendment

The government says that states can't decide to build roads in their state. What amendment has been violated?
a) 4th Amendment
b) 6th Amendment
c) 10th Amendment
d) 3rd Amendment

A person is arrested but never sees a judge or courtroom. He is kept in jails for 18 months. What amendment was violated?
a) 2nd Amendment
b) 4th Amendment
c) 7th Amendment
d) 10th Amendment

A person is sentenced to death for murder. The governor chooses to let the person be executed by having him thrown out of an airplane. What amendment has been violated?
a) 3rd Amendment
b) 8th Amendment
c) 5th Amendment
d) 1st Amendment

A police officer pulls you over for speeding. He has you step out of the car and then searches it. He has no warrant or probably cause. What amendment protects you from this?
a) 7th Amendment
b) 4th Amendment
c) 10th Amendment
d) 5th Amendment

A person is found not guilty of armed robbery. The courts decide to try him again. What amendment does not allow this?
a) 9th Amendment
b) 3rd Amendment
c) 5th Amendment
d) 1st Amendment

The government forces you to house 5 soldiers in your home. What amendment does not allow this?
a) 4th amendment
b) 6th Amendment
c) 1st Amendment
d) 3rd Amendment

The police come to your house and arrest your father for having a gun which he legally owns. What amendment has been violated?
a) 3rd Amendment
b) 2nd Amendment
c) 8th Amendment
d) 10th amendment

You choose to have your civil case heard by a jury. What amendment have you used?
a) 6th Amendment
b) 4th Amendment
c) 7th Amendment
d) 3rd Amendment

A person decides to write a petition to stop a waste water treatment center from building near his/her town. What amendment are they exercising?
a) 9th Amendment
b) 6th Amendment
c) 1st Amendment
d) 5th Amendment

The government tries a man for murder and loses the case. A jury says he is innocent. The district attorney who prosecuted the case is mad and promises to keep trying him until they get a jury to convict him. The defendant thinks this is unfair.
a) 10th Amendment
b) 3rd Amendment
c) 5th Amendment
d) 7th Amendment

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