Question

8.
Choose the correct answer.

The ______ Supreme Court decision established that the government could impose reasonable limits on free speech if it posed a clear and present danger to others.

Schenck v. United States

Plessy v. Ferguson

Marbury v. Madison

Brown v. Board of Education
9.
Choose the best answer.

James Madison was an influential supporter of the Bill of Rights and the father of the ______.

Northwest Ordinance

Declaration of Independence

Constitutional Convention

Constitution
10.
Match the statements with the words.

This describes how formal changes can be made in the Constitution.

Article I of the Constitution describes the duties, responsibilities, and powers of this branch.

This is the voluntary surrendering of one’s citizenship.

This rule of citizenship is based on the parents to whom one is born.

Two sovereign entities share power in this system of government.

The first ten amendments of the Constitution protect citizens’ and states’ rights.

This government action in 1882 prohibited immigrants from entering the United States.

Answer 1

8. Schenck v. United States

9. Constitution

10. Matches:
- This describes how formal changes can be made in the Constitution. — Amendment process
- Article I of the Constitution describes the duties, responsibilities, and powers of this branch. — Legislative branch
- This is the voluntary surrendering of one’s citizenship. — Expatriation (renunciation of citizenship)
- This rule of citizenship is based on the parents to whom one is born. — Jus sanguinis (citizenship by blood)
- Two sovereign entities share power in this system of government. — Federalism
- The first ten amendments of the Constitution protect citizens’ and states’ rights. — Bill of Rights
- This government action in 1882 prohibited immigrants from entering the United States. — Chinese Exclusion Act