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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 17 (1913) specifies the Senate is composed of how many members?
(a) 1 senator from each state.
(b) 2 senators from each sate.
(c) 1 senator for every 5 representatives in House, minimum of 2.
(d) Based on population of respective state.

2. The return of a fugitive by one authority to another is the definition of what?
(a) Extradition.
(b) Extrication.
(c) Explication.
(d) Extortion.

3. Amendment 14, Section 1 (1868) stipulates no state may deny any person, under its government, what?
(a) Equal right to practice their religion.
(b) Equal right to vote.
(c) Equal right to free education through 12th grade.
(d) Equal protection of the law.

4. Amendment 16 (1913) changes Article 1, Section 2, and declares that the government can collect taxes, regardless of a state's what?
(a) Location.
(b) Territorial size.
(c) Population.
(d) Durable goods produced.

5. According to Amendment 19 (1920), the right of citizens to the U.S. to vote cannot be taken away or restricted because of a person's what?
(a) Age.
(b) Sex.
(c) Religion.
(d) Prior citizenship.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Amendment 26 (1971) the legal age to vote was lowered to how many years?

2. "Room and board" means what?

3. Article V addresses amending the Constitution in which two steps?

4. Being tried again for a crime already found not guilty of is the definition of what?

5. According to Amendment 17 (1913), when a state has a Senate vacancy, who can make a temporary appointment?

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