"Believing with you that religion is a matter which lies solely between Man & his God, that he owes account to none other for his faith or his worship, that the legitimate powers of government reach actions only, & not opinions, I contemplate with sovereign reverence that act of the whole American people which declared that their legislature should "make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof", thus building a wall of separation between Church & State."

Question

"Believing with you that religion is a matter which lies solely between Man & his God, that he owes account to none other for his faith or his worship, that the legitimate powers of government reach actions only, & not opinions, I contemplate with sovereign reverence that act of the whole American people which declared that their legislature should "make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof", thus building a wall of separation between Church & State."
- President Thomas Jefferson, 1802

In this passage, Jefferson is referencing what Amendment?
Responses
A	FifthFifth
B	FirstFirst
C	SecondSecond
D	SixthSixth

GPT-4o mini · Answer

The passage references the First Amendment to the United States Constitution. Therefore, the correct response is: B First