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This test consists of 5 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) States.
(c) Municipalities.
(d) Counties.

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

3. Under Amendment 14, Section 5 (1868) Congress was given the power to enforce this amendment in what manner?
(a) Congressional decree.
(b) Judicial decree.
(c) Appropriate legislation.
(d) Executive order.

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

5. Amendment 18 was repealed in what year, ending the period encompassing the 1920s known as Prohibition?
(a) 1931.
(b) 1930.
(c) 1933.
(d) 1932.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. Which amendment is often referred to as the right to have a fair and speedy trial?

3. No citizen shall be forced to supply room and board to soldiers except in the time of war, and even then it is only acceptable when what?

4. Which freedom is included in Amendment 1?

5. What does to speak or write in favor of mean?

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