True or false?

Question

1. Amendments are RATIFIED by a two-thirds majority vote in both the House of Representatives and the Senate OR by ⅖ of the states.

2. Incorporation is the process by which the Bill of Rights is applied to the states through the Fourteenth Amendment.

3. The first amendment covers freedom of speech, religion, press, assembly, and petition.

4. Civil Liberties are protections against government actions that infringe upon individual freedoms.

Answer 1

1. False. Amendments are ratified by three-fourths (¾) of the states or by a two-thirds majority vote in both the House of Representatives and the Senate for proposing them.

2. True. Incorporation is the process by which the Bill of Rights is applied to the states through the Fourteenth Amendment's Due Process Clause.

3. True. The First Amendment covers freedoms of speech, religion, press, assembly, and petition.

4. True. Civil liberties are protections against government actions that infringe upon individual freedoms.