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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. 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) Panama, Puerto Rico.
(c) Puerto Rico, Guam.
(d) District of Columbia.

2. What is a written court order allowing the arrest, search, and seizure of certain persons or certain property?
(a) Grant.
(b) Warrant.
(c) Warranty.
(d) Waiver.

3. 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) Grand jury.
(b) Federal jury.
(c) Jury of prudence.
(d) Evidence jury.

4. Which freedom is addressed in Amendment 1?
(a) Citizens must only provide room, military provides food.
(b) No one must supply room and board to soldiers except in peacetime.
(c) Congress is prohibited from restricting freedom of the press.
(d) No one must supply room and board to soldiers except in wartime.

5. What does Part I: Introduction to the Constitution begin by defining?
(a) Oath of Office.
(b) Articles of Confederation.
(c) Constitutional government.
(d) Declaration of Independence.

Short Answer 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?

2. The first major document of the U.S. government was the Declaration of Independence which was signed in what year?

3. What is a court-martial?

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

5. What is one check on the President held by the Congress?

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