As the right to due process is to the 5th Amendment, freedom from cruel punishment is to the ______________ (1 point)
Responses
4th Amendment
4th Amendment
8th Amendment
8th Amendment
10th Amendment
10th Amendment
1st Amendment
8th Amendment
More rights are given to the people is to the 9th Amendment, as rights given to the states is to the _______________(1 point)
Responses
1st Amendment
1st Amendment
4th Amendment
4th Amendment
8th Amendment
8th Amendment
10th Amendment
10th Amendment
Why did the Framers of the Constitution allow for the document to be amended?(1 point)
Responses
To protect foreign alliances
To protect foreign alliances
To give leaders more power if needed
To give leaders more power if needed
To change as society changes
To change as society changes
To help expand democracy worldwide
To change as society changes
The Founding Fathers believed the principle of ‘federalism’ to be important to put in the Constitution because -(1 point)
Responses
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
the people would hold the ultimate authority in government
the federal government would share powers with the state governments
*Which amendment protects people from being punished to 100 years in prison for stealing a candy bar?(1 point)
Responses
8th Amendment
8th Amendment
1st Amendment
1st Amendment
10th Amendment
10th Amendment
2nd Amendment
8th Amendment
This event best demonstrates which feature of the American way of life?
(1 point)
Responses
The Declaration of Independence asserts the principle of popular sovereignty.
The Declaration of Independence asserts the principle of popular sovereignty.
The U.S. Constitution establishes the structure of the federal government.
The U.S. Constitution establishes the structure of the federal government.
The First Amendment guarantees personal freedoms.
The First Amendment guarantees personal freedoms.
The Fifth Amendment protects the rights of the accused.