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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? True or false: All 55 delegates
to the Constitutional Convention signed the Constitution. True or false: The Constitution
signed in 1787 contained the Bill of Rights. True or false: The original
13 states were required to ratify the Constitution. 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:
2. The Bill of Rights is
3. Constitutional amendments take effect only after they have been ratified by:
4. How many amendments to the constitution have been ratified?
5. The Constitution may be suspended by the president in time of national emergency.
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.
7. The Constitution does not guarantee trial by jury.
8. Only a person born in the United States may be elected president.
9. The presidential candidate who gets the most votes in a popular election automatically becomes president.
10. The constitution prevents a community from imposing religious requirements as a qualification for running for public office.
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