Ratification and the Bill of Rights

Question 1

What is the cartoon’s message about ratification?

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The country will not be unified unless all thirteen states ratify the Constitution.

Question 2

What is the purpose of the Ninth and Tenth Amendments?Check all of the boxes that apply.

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to limit the powers of the federal government; to explain the rights that the states and the people have

Question 3

Which of the following statements about the First Amendment’s religion clause are true? Check all of the boxes that apply.

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The government cannot be run by a religious group.; The government cannot stop people from practicing their religion.; The government cannot make laws that religious organizations have to follow.; The government cannot create a national religion.

Question 4

How does freedom of expression protect individual liberty?

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It helps control the government by allowing people to disagree, protest, or ask for change.

Question 5

Which of the following do Americans have the right to do, according to the first four amendments? Check all of the boxes that apply.

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bear arms; practice their chosen religion; protest government actions; be protected from unwarranted search of their homes; refuse to house soldiers during peacetime

Question 6

The Fifth Amendment protects Americans against which of the following things? Check all of the boxes that apply.

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being forced to testify to prove their own guilt; being tried more than once for a crime

Question 7

The Sixth Amendment protects the right of people accused of a crime to

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be offered legal representation.

Question 8

How does the Eighth Amendment protect people found guilty of a crime? Check all of the boxes that apply.

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It bars cruel and unusual punishment.

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