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Constitution
Quiz Answers
Part
1: Based on questions asked during the Constitution's bicentennial
in 1987
True or false:
Each of the 13 original states
was represented at the Constitutional Convention.
False: Rhode Island refused
to attend.
True or false:
All 55 delegates to the Constitutional
Convention signed the Constitution.
False: Five delegates refused
to sign.
True or false:
The Constitution signed in 1787
contained the Bill of Rights.
False: The Bill of Rights
was adopted in 1791.
True or false:
The original 13 states were
required to ratify the Constitution.
False: Only nine of the 13
states were required to ratify the Constitution.
Part 2: Questions asked in
a 1985 poll by the Hearst Corporation
1. In 1787, the founding fathers
opened a convention in Philadelphia to write a constitution for
the following purpose:
b. To create
a federal government and define its powers
2. The Bill of Rights is
c. The first
10 amendments to the Constitution
3. Constitutional amendments
take effect only after they have been ratified by:
a. three-fourths
of the states.
4. How many amendments to the
constitution have been ratified
b. 27
5. The Constitution may be suspended
by the president in time of national emergency.
False
6. Under the Constitution, as
interpreted by the Supreme Court, a person accused of a crime
must be provided with a lawyer if he or she cannot pay for one.
True
7. The Constitution does not
guarantee trial by jury.
False
8. Only a person born in the
United States may be elected president?
True
9. The presidential candidate
who gets the most votes in a popular election automatically becomes
president.
False
10. The constitution prevents
a community from imposing religious requirements as a qualification
for running for public office.
True
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