Name _______________________________ Date ____________ Period _____ Civics & Economics Amendments Quiz _____ 1. Second Amendment A. Prohibits excessive bail, cruel and unusual punishment _____ 2. Third Amendment B. Citizens are guaranteed rights beyond the Bill of Rights _____ 3. Fourth Amendment C. Right to bear arms _____ 4. Fifth Amendment D. Right to a trial by jury in civil cases _____ 5. Sixth Amendment E. Protection from unreasonable search and seizures _____ 6. Seventh Amendment F. Citizens not required to quarter soldiers in their home _____ 7. Eighth Amendment G. Right to a fair and speedy jury trial in criminal cases _____ 8. Ninth Amendment H. Powers reserved to states or the people _____ 9. Tenth Amendment I. Rights of people accused of a crime; right to remain silent, due process Short Answer, Multiple Choice, and Fill in the Blank. 10. List the five freedoms protected by the First Amendment. 11. What is the name of the first 10 Amendments to the Constitution? 12. The purpose of the first 10 Amendments is to A. limit the rights of citizens. C. make the economy more efficient. B. make the government stronger. D. ensure personal freedoms. 13. Double jeopardy is A. putting someone on trial for the same crime in a different state. B. the right of the government to take private property and use it for public use. C. putting someone on trial again for a crime of which he or she was acquitted. D. to formally accuse a person of a crime. 14. If Joe sells important nuclear secrets to Iraq, he is committing A. libel. B. slander. C. treason. D. theft. 15. What is needed before a citizen can be put on trial for a serious federal crime? A. eminent domain B. double jeopardy C. an indictment D. bail 16. The right to _________ means the right to express one’s ideas to the government. A. petition B. slander C. eminent domain D. libel 17. Suffrage is: A. pain B. slander C. checks and balances 18. This amendment ended slavery in 1865. A. 28th B. 13th C. 14th D. the right to vote D. 19th 19. This amendment changed the voting age to 18 years old. A. 22nd B. 21st C. 26th D. 27th 20. This amendment gave women the right to vote. A. 18th B. 19th C. 20th D. 15th 21. The following 3 amendments are considered the Civil War amendments. A. 1st, 2nd, 3rd B. 9th, 10th, 11th C. 13th, 14th, 15th D. 5th, 7th, 9th 22. Who was granted suffrage first? A. 18 year olds B. white women C. black men D. black women 23. _______________________________ is a crime that involves harming a person’s reputation by printing lies about him or her. 24. A _________________________________ is a court order allowing police to search a suspect’s home or business and take specific items as evidence. 25. ________________________________ is the sum of money used as a security deposit to allow an accused person to remain free until the trial. 26. Which amendment gave African American men the right to vote? _________ 27. List one method that was used to prevent black people from voting. 28. Which amendment gives you the right to choose your own friends? _________ 29. Which amendment makes the government pay the owner of a house before they can build a highway on the property? ___________ 30. Explain the establishment clause. Where in the Constitution can it be found? EXTRA CREDIT (1 point each) In numbers 1-4, name the number of the amendment) that has been violated in each case. 1. Joseph has been arrested for shoplifting a $25 sweatshirt. The judge sets bail at $50,000. 2. Edith is arrested for robbing a bank. She cannot afford a lawyer. She is put on trial, but the court refuses to provide her with a lawyer. 3. Police threaten Tom, pressuring him into confessing that he committed a crime. 4. The city of High Point raised the taxes on all Catholics. Think about it! 5. A murderer is condemned to a cruel and unusual death. He has to choose between three rooms. The first one is full of raging fires, the second is full of assassins with loaded guns, and the third is full of lions that haven’t eaten in 3 years. Which room is safest for him? (Neither room is not an answer. Pick one of the three.)
