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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Prior to ratification of Amendment 19 (1920), who was the matter it addressed left up to?
(a) Provinces.
(b) Municipalities.
(c) Counties.
(d) States.

2. To supply room and board means to what?
(a) Quartet.
(b) Inquiry.
(c) Quarry.
(d) Quarter.

3. One of the amendments included in the Bill of Rights is the freedom from unusually high what?
(a) Bail.
(b) Fees.
(c) There is no such freedom.
(d) Taxes.

4. The arrest, confiscation, or taking one's belongings best describes what term?
(a) Analysis.
(b) Seizure.
(c) Sneezers.
(d) Assessment.

5. "Room and board" means what?
(a) Lodging and food.
(b) Bath and shelter.
(c) Bed and bath.
(d) Lodging and ale.

6. Amendment 17 (1913) stipulates that to vote for the senators from his state, a person must meet what qualifications?
(a) Age 18, U.S. citizen, citizen of state senators will serve, not convicted.
(b) Same as to vote for largest house in state legislature of residence.
(c) Age 21, U.S. citizen, citizen of state senators will serve, not convicted.
(d) Same as to vote for President, Vice President.

7. Amendment 21 does what?
(a) Changes Article 2, Section 1.
(b) Changes Article I.
(c) Repeals Amendment 18.
(d) Changes Article 3, Section 2.

8. 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) Color, creed, previous servitude.
(b) Race, creed, previous servitude.
(c) Race, color, or sex.
(d) Race, color, previous servitude.

9. Amendment 20, Section 1 (1933) stipulates the terms of senators and representatives end at noon on which dates of the year such terms end respectively?
(a) January 3 for both.
(b) January 3, January 20.
(c) January 20 for both,
(d) January 20, January 3.

10. The amount of money put up by arrested individuals to ensure their return at the time of their trial is generally set how?
(a) According to the seriousness of the crime.
(b) Mood of the judge at the time.
(c) According to the ability of the accused to pay.
(d) The state in which the crime occurs.

11. Amendment 13, Section 1 (1865) outlaws slavery and involuntary servitude with what exception?
(a) Service performed under draft for civil service in time of emergency.
(b) Service performed under military draft in time of war.
(c) Service performed under military draft.
(d) Punishment for criminal convictions.

12. Amendment 20, Section 1 (1933) stipulates the terms of the President and the Vice President end at noon on which dates of the year such terms end respectively?
(a) January 3, January 20.
(b) January 20 for both.
(c) January 20, January 3.
(d) January 3 for both.

13. Amendment 14, Section 1 (1868) stipulates no state can make laws that do what to citizens of the U.S.?
(a) Impose lesser penalties for state crimes than those for similar federal.
(b) Take away or restrict any rights, privileges, protections.
(c) Impose stiffer penalties for state crimes than those for similar federal.
(d) Exceed any rights, privileges, protections.

14. Amendment 1 addresses which of the following five freedoms?
(a) Congress cannot prevent riotous assembly.
(b) Congress cannot prevent or inhibit legally sanctioned elections.
(c) Congress cannot prevent appointment of Supreme Court justices.
(d) Congress cannot prevent peaceful assembly.

15. Inheritance, corporations, laws concerning education, marriage and divorce all are under the jurisdiction of what government?
(a) State.
(b) Municipal.
(c) Federal.
(d) County.

Short Answer Questions

1. Amendment 14, Section 1 (1868) stipulates anyone born in the U.S. and governed by it is what type of citizen?

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

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

4. What are the first ten amendments to the Constitution called?

5. Amendment 13, Section 2 (1865) stipulates Congress has the power to enforce this article by what means?

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