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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part IV: Amendments Since the Bill of Rights.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Amendment 24 (1964) prohibits denial of the right to vote because of what?
(a) Education level.
(b) Delinquent taxes.
(c) Delinquent court fines.
(d) Ability to read.

2. What do the states that make up the U.S. constitute?
(a) A federation.
(b) A community.
(c) A symposium.
(d) A confederation.

3. Where, in accordance with Amendment 23 (1961) and as Congress directs, may electors be appointed for President and Vice President as if it were a state?
(a) Panama, Guam.
(b) Puerto Rico, Guam.
(c) District of Columbia.
(d) Panama, Puerto Rico.

4. Twelve to twenty-three persons selected to decide if evidence against an accused person is sufficient for holding a trial, best defines which term?
(a) Jury of prudence.
(b) Evidence jury.
(c) Federal jury.
(d) Grand jury.

5. Which freedom can be found in Amendment 1?
(a) Citizens are free from military service except during national invasion.
(b) Citizens are free to marry anyone of their choosing.
(c) Congress cannot pass a law establishing a national religion.
(d) Citizens are free to attend the educational institution of their choice.

Short Answer Questions

1. Amendment 14, Section 1 (1868) stipulates no state may deny any person, under its government, what?

2. On what date did the Constitution go into effect?

3. Amendment 17 (1913) stipulates that to vote for the senators from his state, a person must meet what qualifications?

4. The amount of money put up by arrested individuals to ensure their return at the time of their trial is generally set how?

5. The Congress separated into the House of Representatives and the Senate is the result of a dispute termed what?

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