As the right to due process is to the 5th Amendment, freedom from cruel punishment is to the ______________ (1 point)
Responses
10th Amendment
10th Amendment
8th Amendment
8th Amendment
1st Amendment
1st Amendment
4th Amendment
4th Amendment
Question 2
More rights are given to the people is to the 9th Amendment, as rights given to the states is to the _______________(1 point)
Responses
4th Amendment
4th Amendment
10th Amendment
10th Amendment
8th Amendment
8th Amendment
1st Amendment
1st Amendment
Question 3
Why did the Framers of the Constitution allow for the document to be amended?(1 point)
Responses
To give leaders more power if needed
To give leaders more power if needed
To help expand democracy worldwide
To help expand democracy worldwide
To protect foreign alliances
To protect foreign alliances
To change as society changes
To change as society changes
Question 4
The Founding Fathers believed the principle of ‘federalism’ to be important to put in the Constitution because -(1 point)
Responses
the people would hold the ultimate authority in government
the people would hold the ultimate authority in government
representative would rule on behalf of the citizens
representative would rule on behalf of the citizens
the federal government would share powers with the state governments
the federal government would share powers with the state governments
citizens would be guaranteed the right to vote
citizens would be guaranteed the right to vote
Question 5
*Which amendment protects people from being punished to 100 years in prison for stealing a candy bar?(1 point)
Responses
10th Amendment
10th Amendment
1st Amendment
1st Amendment
8th Amendment
8th Amendment
2nd Amendment
2nd Amendment
Question 6
This event best demonstrates which feature of the American way of life?
(1 point)
Responses
The U.S. Constitution establishes the structure of the federal government.
The U.S. Constitution establishes the structure of the federal government.
The Declaration of Independence asserts the principle of popular sovereignty.
The Declaration of Independence asserts the principle of popular sovereignty.
The First Amendment guarantees personal freedoms.
The First Amendment guarantees personal freedoms.
The Fifth Amendment protects the rights of the accused.
The Fifth Amendment protects the rights of the accused.
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Question 7
What is the purpose of the Bill of Rights in the US Constitution? (1 point)
Responses
To protect the natural rights of citizens
To protect the natural rights of citizens
To limit the power of the federal government
To limit the power of the federal government
To establish a system of checks and balances
To establish a system of checks and balances
To specify the roles and responsibilities of the three branches of government
To specify the roles and responsibilities of the three branches of government
answer all of the questions correctly
1. 8th Amendment
2. 10th Amendment
3. To change as society changes
4. the federal government would share powers with the state governments
5. 8th Amendment
6. The U.S. Constitution establishes the structure of the federal government.
7. To protect the natural rights of citizens