Ratification and the Bill of Rights

Question 1

The Sixth Amendment to the US Constitution protects the rights of

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people who are on trial in criminal court.

Question 2

To protect individual rights, the Anti-Federalists wanted to

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add a bill of rights to the Constitution.

Question 3

According to the Fifth Amendment, people who are accused of a crime

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cannot be tried twice for the same crime.

Question 4

The Fifth Amendment protects people from having to

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testify against themselves in court.

Question 5

The First Amendment to the US Constitution mainly guarantees rights for

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all citizens.

Question 6

Federalists believed in the separation of powers because they wanted

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the central government to avoid monarchy.

Question 7

Which of the following freedoms does the First Amendment include?

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the freedom of assembly and the freedom of religion

Question 8

What was the Federalists’ argument for not adding a separate bill of rights to the Constitution?

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It might be used later to limit rights that weren’t originally listed.

Question 9

The Anti-Federalists’ main objection to ratifying the Constitution was that it

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had no bill of rights.

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