US Politics Amendments Advanced Test 5

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Politics & Civics — Test 5 (Amendments Advanced) High School & Adult (US Government & Civics, USA) USA US Constitution, Bill of Rights & Civics (USCIS)

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Section: Politics & Civics — Test 5 (Amendments Advanced) · Education: High School & Adult · Part: Politics & Civics — Test 5 (Amendments Advanced) · Country: USA

Knowledge of history is essential for understanding the vast accumulation from past to present and for establishing cause-and-effect relationships among historical events.

This test will help you develop chronological thinking and prepare for history questions on your exams.

By solving this test of 20 questions, you can both test your knowledge and identify the topics you need to improve.

Question 1

What does the 2nd Amendment protect?

A) bear arms

B) vote

C) trial

D) speech

Question 2

What did the 14th Amendment do?

A) women's vote

B) citizenship and equal protection

C) poll taxes

D) ended slavery

Question 3

The 13th Amendment accomplished which of these?

A) gave votes

B) citizenship

C) ended slavery

D) due process

Question 4

What best defines the supreme law of the USA?

A) a state law

B) a court order

C) a treaty

D) the Constitution

Question 5

The 2nd Amendment protects which of these?

A) bear arms

B) vote

C) trial

D) speech

Question 6

Which of these did the 26th Amendment do?

A) women's vote

B) vote at age 18

C) ended slavery

D) term limits

Question 7

Which of these did the 20th Amendment move?

A) Election to June

B) Congress to fall

C) Inauguration to January

D) Courts to spring

Question 8

Which term means "Delaware"?

A) the supreme law of the USA

B) the Bill of Rights

C) federalism

D) the first state to ratify

Question 9

What does the 5th Amendment protect?

A) Silence and due process

B) Free speech

C) Gun rights

D) Voting rights

Question 10

Where was the Constitutional Convention?

A) Boston

B) Philadelphia

C) New York

D) Richmond

Question 11

How is an amendment proposed?

A) President's order

B) Simple majority

C) Two-thirds of Congress

D) Court decision

Question 12

What is the Preamble's first phrase?

A) Be it known

B) I hereby

C) Congress states

D) We the People

Question 13

What is the Bill of Rights?

A) the first 10 amendments

B) a tax law

C) a city plan

D) a war treaty

Question 14

The 4th Amendment requires which of these?

A) Free lawyers

B) Warrants for searches

C) Speedy trials

D) Bail money

Question 15

What are checks and balances?

A) election dates

B) state budgets

C) branches limit each other

D) court fees

Question 16

Provide the definition of judicial review:

A) electing judges

B) passing laws

C) vetoing bills

D) courts voiding unconstitutional laws

Question 17

Which term means "powers reserved to states"?

A) the 10th Amendment about

B) the supreme law of the USA

C) the Bill of Rights

D) federalism

Question 18

What does incorporation mean?

A) New states join

B) Bill of Rights applies to states

C) Corporations vote

D) Taxes combine

Question 19

What best defines judicial review?

A) electing judges

B) passing laws

C) courts voiding unconstitutional laws

D) vetoing bills

Question 20

What did the 27th Amendment delay?

A) Tax hikes

B) War declarations

C) Court packing

D) Congressional pay changes

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