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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. Which amendment addresses Congress's inability to prohibit citizens from worshiping how and when they please?
(a) 3.
(b) 1.
(c) 4.
(d) 5.

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

3. What type of democracy is one in which the people elect officials in order to represent them in all aspects of government?
(a) United.
(b) Direct.
(c) Federation.
(d) Indirect.

4. Amendment 14, Section 1 (1868) stipulates anyone born in the U.S. and governed by it is what type of citizen?
(a) U.S. and country where he was born.
(b) U.S. and state in which he was born.
(c) Naturalized.
(d) U.S. and state in which he resides.

5. Elections give all citizens the opportunity to make their voices known, and to choose the official that would do what?
(a) Best represent their interests.
(b) Best represent their state.
(c) Best represent their hometown.
(d) Best represent their political party.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is one check on the Supreme Court held by the Congress?

2. Amendment 14, Section 2 (1868) stipulates that representatives to Congress be elected in each state according to what?

3. Amendment 1 addresses which of the following five freedoms?

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

5. What does it stipulate in Amendment 9?

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