Civics Chapter 4 Review- The Amendments Question Preview (ID: 53124)


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How does the Fifth Amendment help accused persons?
a) By requiring a search warrant.
b) By requiring a speedy trial.
c) By guaranteeing a trial by jury.
d) By protecting against self incrimination.

What does the First Amendment prohibit?
a) Criticism of the government or its officials.
b) Establishment of an official state religion.
c) Assembly of groups such as communists.
d) Dissemination of alarming or offensive ideas.

Which right or freedom best reflects the humane intent of Anglo-American law?
a) The right to bear arms.
b) The right to private property.
c) The freedom from cruel punishment.
d) The freedom of the press.

Sometimes law enforcement officials single out suspects unfairly through ____.
a) racial profiling
b) indictments
c) affirmative action
d) censorship

___ in Southern states prevented many African Americans from voting.
a) Search warrants
b) Poll taxes
c) Civil rights
d) Age requirements

Which of the following does the Bill of Rights protect?
a) The power of government to operate efficiently.
b) The right to provoke a riot for a good cause.
c) The choice to overthrow an unjust government by force.
d) The freedom to act without government interference.

Whose right to vote did the Twenty-sixth Amendment guarantee?
a) Citizens 18 years old and older.
b) Women across the country.
c) Poor people in the South.
d) Residents of Washington, D.C.

A crime in which a person spreads spoken lies is called ___.
a) libel
b) censorship
c) slander
d) larceny

Which sphere of American life was desegregated in the 1940s?
a) Lunch counters
b) Schools
c) Armed foorces
d) Work places

Internet communication, a painting, or an article of clothing can all be examples of ___.
a) freedom of speech
b) freedom of assembly
c) freedom of petition
d) freedom of religion

Which President ordered an end to segregation in the nation's armed forces?
a) Jimmy Carter
b) Lyndon Johnson
c) Harry Truman
d) John F. Kennedy

The First Amendment guarantees the right to ___.
a) due process
b) petition
c) slander
d) libel

The right of the government to take private property for public use is called ___.
a) civil right
b) double jeopardy
c) suffrage
d) eminent domain

Which of the following is NOT considered a Civil War Amendment?
a) Twelfth
b) Thirteenth
c) Fourteenth
d) Fifteenth

How many amendments are in the Bill of Rights?
a) 5
b) 10
c) 13
d) 27

The ___ Amendment prohibits slavery in the United States.
a) Eleventh
b) Thirteenth
c) Fifteenth
d) Seventeenth

Which measure outlawed poll taxes?
a) Civils Rights Act of 1964
b) Civil Rights Act of 1957
c) Twenty-fourth Amendment
d) Voting Rights Act of 1965

Which amendment states that all rights not spelled out in the Constitution are retained by the people?
a) Second
b) Third
c) Seventh
d) Ninth

Which amendment protects freedom of speech?
a) First
b) Fifth
c) Thirteenth
d) Twenty-fourth

Which amendment guaranteed African American men the right to vote?
a) Fourteenth
b) Fifteenth
c) Thirteenth
d) Nineteenth

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