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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 15, Section 1 (1870) stipulates the right of U.S. citizens to vote cannot be taken away for which of the following reasons?
(a) Race, creed, previous servitude.
(b) Race, color, previous servitude.
(c) Race, color, or sex.
(d) Color, creed, previous servitude.

2. What is one check on the President held by the Supreme Court?
(a) May override President's veto by 2/3 vote.
(b) Controls all spending of money in U.S. government.
(c) May bring suits or issue court orders against public officers.
(d) May refuse to give its consent to approve a Presidential election.

3. Amendment 12 (1804) changes a part of Article 2, Section 1, and outlines the process by which individuals to which offices are elected?
(a) President, Vice President, House of Representatives.
(b) President, Vice President, Senate.
(c) President, Vice President, Congress.
(d) President, Vice President.

4. Amendment 22 (1951) declares that a President may not serve more than two terms, but did not apply to which President who was in office when it was proposed?
(a) Dwight D. Eisenhower.
(b) Franklin D. Roosevelt.
(c) Harry S. Truman.
(d) Herbert Hoover.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Listing by number best defines which of the following terms?

2. The arrest, confiscation, or taking one's belongings best describes what term?

3. What is another freedom in Amendment 1?

4. What is the term for a sum of money put up by arrested individuals to ensure their return, so they may be released until the time of their trial?

5. The people may keep and bear arms for which two purposes?

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