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Bill of Rights Day: U.S. Constitution Quiz
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The Bill of Rights is the first 10 Amendments to the Constitution. It spells out Americans' rights in relation to their government. It guarantees civil rights and liberties to the individual—like freedom of speech, press, and religion.

Bill of Rights Day: U.S. Constitution Quiz
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1. The U.S. Supreme Court has based decisions on all of the 10 amendments that comprise the Bill of Rights except one. Which of the amendments hasn't been part of a case?
2. Which president said: 'A bill of rights is what the people are entitled to against every government on earth, general or particular, and what no just government should refuse.'
3. Thirteen original copies of the Bill of Rights were sent to the then 13 states for ratification. Which state's original copy was recovered in 2003 in an FBI sting?
4. Which president said: 'A bill of rights is what the people are entitled to against every government on earth, general or particular, and what no just government should refuse.'
5. Which state was the first to ratify the Bill of Rights?
6. Bill of Rights Day, celebrated yearly on Dec. 15, commemorates the day in 1791 when three-fourths of the states ratified 10 amendments that became a permanent part of the U.S. Constitution. The quiz below, from the Ashbrook Center at Ashland University, Ashland, Ohio, provides an opportunity for you to test your knowledge of the Bill of Rights.
7. For a year-and-a-half in the late 1940s, an original copy of the Bill of Rights and other important historical documents were sent on exhibit to every state by what famous transport carrier?
8. In a speech urging the annual observance of Bill of Rights Day, which president said the 'anniversary should be remembered and observed by those institutions … which owe their very existence to the guarantees of the Bill of Rights: the free schools, the free churches, the labor unions, the religious and educational and civic organizations of all kinds which, without the guarantee of the Bill of Rights, could never have existed; which sicken and disappear whenever, in any country, these rights are curtailed or withdrawn.'
9. In a speech urging the annual observance of Bill of Rights Day, which president said the 'anniversary should be remembered and observed by those institutions … which owe their very existence to the guarantees of the Bill of Rights: the free schools, the free churches, the labor unions, the religious and educational and civic organizations of all kinds which, without the guarantee of the Bill of Rights, could never have existed; which sicken and disappear whenever, in any country, these rights are curtailed or withdrawn.'
10. What previously existing document(s)influenced both the content and the organization of the Bill of Rights?
11. In 1992, one of the proposed amendments that was not included in the original Bill of Rights was ratified and became the 27th Amendment. What issue does this amendment address?