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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Amendment 13, Section 2 (1865) stipulates Congress has the power to enforce this article by what means?
(a) Judicial decree.
(b) Appropriate legislation.
(c) Executive order.
(d) Congressional order.

2. 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 ability of the accused to pay.
(b) According to the seriousness of the crime.
(c) Mood of the judge at the time.
(d) The state in which the crime occurs.

3. Amendment 14, Section 4 (1868) stipulates the U.S. would pay all its lawful debts, but what could neither the U.S. nor any state pay for?
(a) U.S. military pensions.
(b) Emancipated slaves.
(c) .S. bounties earned in the Civil War.
(d) U.S. debts incurred in the Civil War.

4. Amendment 11 (1798) changes Article 3, Section 2, and states that a civil or equity suit brought against a state by a citizen of another state or from a foreign country may be tried where?
(a) Sate court of state where citizen filing lawsuit resides.
(b) Federal court.
(c) National court of foreign country where citizen filing lawsuit resides.
(d) State court of state against which lawsuit is filed.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Amendment 12 (1804) changes a part of Article 2, Section 1, and outlines the process by which individuals to which offices are elected?

2. Amendment 14, Section 2 (1868) states that if any state takes away the right to vote from individuals meeting which of the following requirements, the number of representatives for that state may be reduced in proportion to those persons not allowed to vote?

3. Which amendment addresses Congress's inability to prohibit citizens from worshiping how and when they please?

4. Inheritance, corporations, laws concerning education, marriage and divorce all are under the jurisdiction of what government?

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

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