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What Constitutes Your Rights? Trivia Quiz

What do you remember from your American History Class about the Constitution and in particular the Bill of Rights?

A multiple-choice quiz by fishymom. Estimated time: 4 mins.

Author
fishymom

Time
4 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
354,449

Updated
Jul 23 22

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
7 / 10

Plays
570

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Question 1 of 10

1. If I asked you what was protected in the 6th amendment to the US Constitution, what should you answer? To be fair I will give you a hint. Hint

Due Process of the Law

Right to Bear Arms

Trial By Jury

Right to a Fair Trial

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Question 2 of 10

2. Amendment 1 to the US Constitution guarantees freedom of what? Hint

To Bear Arms

Trial by Jury

Against Cruel or Unusual Punishment

Religion and Expression

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Question 3 of 10

3. This Amendment to the US Constitution states that no excessive bail or fines can be required, and that the punishment for a crime should not be cruel or unusual. Which amendment is this? Hint

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Question 4 of 10

4. On December 15, 1791, what US state became the last to ratify the "Bill of Rights"? Hint

Connecticut

Massachusetts

Virginia

New Hampshire

5. The 3rd Amendment to the US Constitution states that during times of peace no one can be forced to house any military personnel in their homes or businesses unless they desire to. True or false?

True

False

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Question 6 of 10

6. The writers of the US Constitution and the Bill of Rights were influenced by the following French documents: the Magna Carta, the Petition of Rights, and the Declaration of the Rights of Man. True or false?

True

False

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Question 7 of 10

7. Which of the following did NOT play a significant role in the drafting of the US Constitution and the Bill of Rights? Hint

James Madison

John Adams

Samuel Adams

Henry David Thoreau

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Question 8 of 10

8. Which amendment pertains to the fact that, unless specified by the US Constitution, the States have final rights when it comes to self-government? Hint

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Question 9 of 10

9. In which city and state was the Bill of Rights signed? Hint

Richmond, Virginia

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Dover , Delaware

Harrisburg, Pennsylvania

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Question 10 of 10

10. Where is the US Constitution and Bill of Rights now kept? Hint

The Original has been lost and only a copy exists

Smithsonian Institute

The National Archives and Records Administration

The White House

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. If I asked you what was protected in the 6th amendment to the US Constitution, what should you answer? To be fair I will give you a hint.

Answer: Right to a Fair Trial

On December 15, 1791; articles 3-12, the "Bill Of Rights" was ratified. The right to a fair trial states that everyone is entitled to a timely public trial in the location where the crime was to have been committed. It also goes on to give you the right to know what you are being accused of and to have access to the witnesses and be able to gather your own witnesses and council.

2. Amendment 1 to the US Constitution guarantees freedom of what?

Answer: Religion and Expression

The first amendment gives you the right to the religion of your choice, to express yourself in speech or in press, to gather peacefully and to go to the government with your grievances. More to the point this amendment actually limits the Congress on these issues.

3. This Amendment to the US Constitution states that no excessive bail or fines can be required, and that the punishment for a crime should not be cruel or unusual. Which amendment is this?

Answer: 8

This amendment is really to help limit the power of the judicial branch. This amendment was almost directly, word for word, taken from the English Bill of Rights.

4. On December 15, 1791, what US state became the last to ratify the "Bill of Rights"?

Answer: Virginia

The Bill of Rights came into being from a call from the states to give individual rights greater protection than in the then current Constitution. The Bill of Rights is in a nut shell a limit on the Governments Power. James Madison wrote up the amendments to the original Constitution and presented them to the House of Representatives.

They approved 17 amendments, of those the Senate approved 12. Those 12 were then sent on to the individual states and the 10 that we know as our Bill of Rights were ratified or approved.

Answer: True

This law keeps the military, during peacetime and unless instituted by law during wartime, from taking over a home by force. Again this is a limitation on the government to keep it from becoming too powerful.

Answer: False

There are two things wrong with this statement. Both Magna Carta (1215) and the Petition of Rights (1628) were English, and the French Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen (1789) post-dated the US Constitution (1787). Much of the framework for the US Constitution and the Bill of Rights came from the English.

7. Which of the following did NOT play a significant role in the drafting of the US Constitution and the Bill of Rights?

Answer: Henry David Thoreau

James Madison, John Adams, George Washington, John Hancock, and Samuel Adams all had influences on the Constitution and Bill of Rights - as did a number of others, in one way or another. The famous author Henry David Thoreau was not born until 1817, well after these events.

8. Which amendment pertains to the fact that, unless specified by the US Constitution, the States have final rights when it comes to self-government?

Answer: 10

A simplified explanation of the 10th amendment is the federal level government should be regulating major or fundamental issues (examples would be wars, trade, judicial, etc) that are in the constitution, while minor issues should be left to state or local level governments.

9. In which city and state was the Bill of Rights signed?

Answer: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

James Madison wrote the Bill Of Rights in the Pennsylvania State House.

10. Where is the US Constitution and Bill of Rights now kept?

Answer: The National Archives and Records Administration

It was stored at multiple locations until 1954 when it came to its resting place at the National Archives. Prior to 2003, only pages one and four were displayed; at that time a remodelled display was completed so you can now see all five pages of the United States' most historic and important document.

Source: Author fishymom

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