The first 10 amendments are known as the Bill of Rights
Freedom Rights for the World's Citizens
What does the 2nd Amendment to the U.S. Constitution specify?
FREEDOM OF RELIGION, SPEECH, AND THE PRESS; RIGHTS OF ASSEMBLY AND PETITION
A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.
No soldier shall, in time of peace, be quartered in any house, without the consent of the owner, nor in time of war, but in a manner to be prescribed by law.
The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.
What does Article VI of the U.S. Constitution specify?
The Constitution is the Supreme Law of the land.
Procedures for amending the Constitution
The powers vested in the U.S. Congress
Republican form of government guaranteed
What does the 27th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution specify?
Income tax authorized
Voting age lowered to 18 years
No law, varying the compensation for the services of the Senators and Representatives, shall take effect, until an election of Representatives shall have intervened.
Poll tax barred in Federal elections
A Senator is elected for a term of how many years?
2
8
6
4
Which U.S. government official is second in the line of succession to the U.S. Presidency?
Secretary of the Treasury
Secretary of State
President Pro Tempore of the U.S. Senate
Speaker of the House of Representatives
Which committee of the House of Representatives is responsible for raising the revenue required to finance the U.S. Government?
Taxation and Revenue Committee
Judiciary Committee
Finance Committee
Ways and Means Committee
Which member of the President's Cabinet has jurisdiction over the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)?
Attorney General
Secretary of Defense
Secretary of the Interior
Secretary of State
Which Federal law created the Department of Defense?
U.S Constitution
Government Reorganization Act of 1947
National Defense Act of 1921
National Security Act of 1947
Which agency of the U.S. government is charged with the specific primary responsibility of supervising and conducting government litigation in the U.S. Supreme Court?
Office of the Attorney General
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Office of the United States Attorney
Office of the Solicitor General
In which year was the Department of Defense created?
1921
1789
1949
1947
What Latin motto appears underneath the base of the pyramid on the reverse side of the Great Seal of the United States?
E pluribus unum
Novus Ordo Seclorum
In God We Trust
No Latin motto; only the Roman numeral "MDCCLXXVI"