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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Amendment 17 (1913) changes which original article?
(a) Article II.
(b) Article IV.
(c) Article I.
(d) Article III.

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

3. Which amendment is often referred to as the right to have a fair and speedy trial?
(a) 7.
(b) 8.
(c) 6.
(d) 5.

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

5. Amendment 14, Section 1 (1868) stipulates no state can make laws that do what to citizens of the U.S.?
(a) Take away, restrict any rights, privileges, protections except for juveniles.
(b) Take away, restrict any rights, privileges, protections except in military.
(c) Take away, restrict any rights, privileges, protections except in war.
(d) Take away, restrict any rights, privileges, protections.

Short Answer Questions

1. Amendment 13, Section 1 (1865) outlaws slavery and involuntary servitude with what exception?

2. Common law refers to which term?

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

4. Amendment 18 was repealed in what year, ending the period encompassing the 1920s known as Prohibition?

5. Which is among the freedoms in Amendment 1?

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