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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. In Amendment 26 (1971) the legal age to vote was lowered to how many years?
(a) 19.
(b) 20.
(c) 17.
(d) 18.

2. Each house of Congress keeps a journal of what it does day to day, and each morning Congress is in session these are published where?
(a) "Washington Post".
(b) "Legislative Journal".
(c) "Congressional Record".
(d) "Congressional Journal".

3. Amendment 14, Section 2 (1868) stipulates that representatives to Congress be elected in each state according to what?
(a) Population size.
(b) Durable goods production size.
(c) Tax income percentage.
(d) Territorial size.

4. Drafting the Constitution was a difficult task, and there had to be how many main compromises in order to arrive at a final decision?
(a) 5.
(b) 2.
(c) 3.
(d) 4.

5. Being tried again for a crime already found not guilty of is the definition of what?
(a) Indemnity.
(b) Jeopardy.
(c) Double indemnity.
(d) Double jeopardy.

Short Answer Questions

1. Common law refers to which term?

2. Amendment 24 (1964) prohibits denial of the right to vote because of what?

3. Amendment 1 includes which freedom?

4. What is a written court order allowing the arrest, search, and seizure of certain persons or certain property?

5. The federal government is based on the concept that it should benefit the majority, which means what?

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