5.7 Interactive Knowledge Check: The Bill of Rights

1. Despite Benjamin Franklin’s closing speech at the Constitutional Convention calling for all delegates to unite in signing the new Constitution, three delegates refused to sign it on September 17, 1787—the final day of the Convention. These three are known today as ___________

2. What is the Bill of Rights?

3. Which Convention delegate and author of the Virginia Declaration of Rights could accurately be described as the true father of the Bill of Rights?

4. The language of the Virginia Declaration of Rights can be seen as the inspiration for which founding document?

5. Which of these is not a freedom found in the First Amendment?

6. The text of the Fourth Amendment says that the people shall be secure against _________

7. Amendments that deal with fair process, jury rights, and the rights of the accused include all of the following except the ___________

8. The Sixth Amendment provides what rights for criminal defendants?

9. The Seventh Amendment protected the right to a trial by jury in civil cases where the amount in question was worth a certain amount of money. What was that amount?

10. Which amendment responded to Madison’s concern that a written bill of rights might undermine other rights retained by the people?

11. What year was the Bill of Rights adopted?

12. Who played a key role in the creation of the Bill of Rights?

13. Which Pennsylvania founder offered arguments against a bill of rights in his State House Yard Speech?

14. What was a key argument against having a bill of rights?

15. James Madison gave a speech in support of adding amendments to the Constitution in 1789. This is particularly significant because Madison ____________

16. The protections of the Bill of Rights originally applied against abuses by which level of government?

17. Which amendment has “incorporated” the rights in the Bill of Rights against abuses by state governments?

18. Which famous founder, living in France at the time of the Convention, corresponded with James Madison on the subject of including a bill of rights and may have helped convince him of the value of a bill of rights?

19. What political term was coined after the political maneuverings of dissenter Elbridge Gerry?

20. Which article of the Constitution outlines the process for adding amendments like the Bill of Rights?