Constitutional Amendments And First Amendment Rights
A short online quiz about amending the U. S. Constitution, the Amendments and the Bill of Rights.
- 1.The process of officially changing the U.S. Constitution is called...
- A.
Lawmaking.
- B.
Formal Amendment.
- C.
Regulation.
- D.
Informal Amendment.
- 2.How many times has the U.S. Constitution been officially changed?
- A.
10
- B.
25
- C.
27
- D.
34
- 3.The first 10 Amendments are known as
- A.
The Bill of Rights.
- B.
The Separate but Equal.
- C.
The Five Freedoms.
- D.
Free Exercises.
- 4.An official change in the U.S. Constitution has almost always started with...
- A.
The President proposing the change.
- B.
The States asking Congress to make the change.
- C.
The Supreme Court declaring a law unconstitutional.
- D.
2/3 vote of both Houses of Congress.
- 5.Once the Federal proposed change in the Constitution has been passed, then the change must be...
- A.
Signed or vetoed by the President.
- B.
Approved by the U.S. Supreme Court.
- C.
Ratified by 3/4 of the State Legislatures.
- D.
Voted on by the people of each of 3/4 of the States.
- 6.The First Amendment is said to have Five Freedoms. Which of the five has two parts that present two different "clauses"?
- A.
Religion.
- B.
Speech.
- C.
Press.
- D.
Assembly.
- 7.The case of Engel v. Vitale involved
- A.
Religious and Parochial Schools.
- B.
School prayer.
- C.
Snake handling.
- D.
Free Speech.
- 8.Marbury v. Madison was a case that stands for the concept of
- A.
Free exercise of religion.
- B.
No unwarranted searches.
- C.
No establishment of religion.
- D.
Judicial review by the Supreme Court.
- 9.The first 10 words of the First Amendment say "Congress shall make no law respecting the establishment of religion..." These words mean that there must be...
- A.
No prayers in school.
- B.
A separation of church and state.
- C.
Free exercise of religion.
- D.
No Congressional prayers or chaplains.
- 10.A person may practice or have free exercise of their religious beliefs as long as they
- A.
Truly believe in what they are doing.
- B.
Have an official religion, recognized by the majority.
- C.
Practice their religion in a church, synagogue, temple, or mosque.
- D.
Do not injure others or break laws with their religious practices.
- 11.Government aid ($) to religious or parochial schools is ok only as far as
- A.
The aid does not help the religious teaching in the school.
- B.
It helps only one religion.
- C.
People approve the help for the school with a vote of the school board.
- D.
No one objects to the aid.
- 12.The Lemon Test, which comes from the case, Lemon v. Kurtzman, permits government involvement in religion as long as there is not...
- A.
Separation of church and state.
- B.
A clear and present danger.
- C.
Excessive entanglement.
- D.
Student protest.
- E.
A yellow sour flavor to the law.
- 13.A person has the right to freedom of speech as long as their speech...
- A.
Doesn't present a clear and present danger of harm.
- B.
Doesn't offend anyone.
- C.
Doesn't swear or use four letter words.
- D.
Is totally true.
- 14.The case of Tinker v. Des Moines Board of Education stands for the idea that speech may be...
- A.
Hateful.
- B.
Anti-war.
- C.
Symbolic.
- D.
Not free in a school setting.
- 15.Violent protests on May Day in Seattle, Washington, would not be constitutionally protected because they were not
- A.
Symbolic.
- B.
Peaceful assembly.
- C.
Religious.
- D.
Involving church and state.
- 16.What is meant by "no prior restraint" of the press?
- A.
Government must approve all publication prior to printing.
- B.
Government will not even try to stop something being printed.
- C.
Top secret documents cannot be printed before government approval.
- D.
The government cannot stop something from being printed, but can prosecute afterwards.
- 17.Which Amendment has been in the news because Congress and the President wish to pass a gun control law?
- A.
1st Amendment.
- B.
2nd Amendment.
- C.
3rd Amendment.
- D.
4th Amendment.
- 18.Mapp v. Ohio is a case that stands for the _______________rule.
- A.
Free exercise.
- B.
No prior restraint.
- C.
Exclusionary.
- D.
Separation of church and state.
- 19.The Fourth Amendment bans searches and seizures without a warrant describing...
- A.
The place to be searched and the persons or things to be seized.
- B.
The clear and present danger from the activity.
- C.
Who is doing the search.
- D.
What crime will be solved by the search.
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