1) What are civil liberties?  a) Protections against unreasonable government interference in people's lives b) The study of the rights and duties of citizens c) The idea that laws will be fair and fairly enforced d) Acts of government to guarantee equal treatment and prevent discrimination 2) What are civil rights?  a) Protections against unreasonable government interference in people's lives b) The study of the rights and duties of citizens c) The idea that laws will be fair and fairly enforced d) Acts of government to guarantee equal treatment and prevent discrimination 3) What is due process?  a) Protections against unreasonable government interference in people's lives b) The study of the rights and duties of citizens c) The idea that laws will be fair and fairly enforced d) Acts of government to guarantee equal treatment and prevent discrimination 4) What extended voting rights to women? a) 14th amendment b) 15th amendment c) 19th amendment d) 26th amendment 5) What extended voting rights to people of all races?  a) 14th amendment b) 15th amendment c) 19th amendment d) 26th amendment 6) What said states could not make a voting age that was higher than 18? a) 14th amendment b) 15th amendment c) 19th amendment d) 26th amendment 7) What guarantees citizenship, due process and equal protection to people? a) 14th amendment b) 15th amendment c) 19th amendment d) 26th amendment 8) What protects the freedom of religion, speech, press, petition and assembly? a) 1st amendment b) 2nd amendment c) 5th amendment d) 8th amendment 9) What protects people from cruel and unusual punishment? a) 1st amendment b) 2nd amendment c) 5th amendment d) 8th amendment 10) Which amendment gives people the right to own guns? a) 1st amendment b) 2nd amendment c) 5th amendment d) 8th amendment 11) This gives people the right to remain silent, prevents double jeopardy and grants due process rights a) 1st amendment b) 2nd amendment c) 5th amendment d) 8th amendment 12) What is the Bill of Rights? a) The first 10 Amendments to the Constitution b) The Supreme Law of the Land c) The 10 commandments d) Article V of the US Constitution 13) _________ said segregation in public schools is illegal. a) Brown v. Board of Education b) The Civil Rights Act of 1964 c) Executive Agreement 8804 d) Title IX 14) The president is part of the __________ branch of US government. a) executive b) legislative c) judicial d) state 15) Which branch of government interprets laws? a) executive b) legislative c) judicial d) all of them 16) What is the goal of checks and balances? a) To prevent any branch from becoming too powerful b) To make government more efficent c) To increase the number of laws d) To divide up government 17) What is separation of powers? a) Preventing abuse and tyranny by limiting government b) Giving each branch overlapping responsibilities c) Dividing up government into different levels d) Dividing up government into independent branches 18) What does bicameral mean? a) one house b) two houses c) three houses d) four houses 19) What group wanted a strong national government and supported the Constitution? a) Federalists b) Anti-Federalists c) Nationalists d) Tories 20) National powers listed in the Constitution a) Enumerated powers b) Reserved powers c) Implied powers d) Concurrent powers 21) State powers under the 10th amendment a) Enumerated powers b) Reserved powers c) Implied powers d) Concurrent powers 22) What compromise led to three branches of government with a bicameral legislature? a) The Commerce and Slave Trade Compromise b) The Three-Fifths Compromise c) The Great/Connecticut Compromise d) The New Jersey Compromise

Unit IV & V: The Constitution

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