The Bill of Rights

Question 1

Why might people exercise their First Amendment right to petition the government?

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to ask the government to help fix a problem

Question 2

The Seventh Amendment uses the rules of common law to make sure that

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rights are protected in civil court cases.

Question 3

The Third Amendment to the Constitution would be violated if people

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were forced to house soldiers in their homes.

Question 4

“Probable cause” protects a person’s rights by making sure

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private property is searched only when reasonable.

Question 5

Compared with the other amendments, the Ninth Amendment

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is more general in the rights it protects.

Question 6

According to the Fifth Amendment, people who are accused of a crime cannot

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be tried twice for the same crime.

Question 7

An example of a right the Ninth Amendment protects is

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the right to personal privacy.

Question 8

Under the Eighth Amendment, a person charged with a crime

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does not have to pay excessive bail.

Question 9

The main purpose of the Tenth Amendment is to

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clarify limits on the federal government.

Question 10

Why is freedom of speech limited in the United States?

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to protect people and the country

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