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9th grade · Social Studies · Unit 3 of 10

Rights & Responsibilities

The Bill of Rights and citizens' duties

What your child practices

The rights in the Bill of Rights and later amendments, civil rights laws, citizens' duties such as jury service and paying taxes, and how rights are balanced with the common good.

California Content Standards learning standard: 12.2.1; 12.2.3; 12.2.5; 12.5.4 · the rights in the Bill of Rights, citizens' legal obligations, the link between rights and obligations, and changing interpretations of civil rights

Sample questions

A taste of this unit. In the app, questions change every time and get easier or harder to match your child.

  1. Question 1

    In Marbury v. Madison (1803), the Supreme Court established…

    • Judicial review
    • Miranda rights
    • Segregation
    • Free speech for students

  2. Question 2

    Korematsu v. United States (1944) upheld…

    • Free speech at school
    • The right to a lawyer
    • School desegregation
    • The incarceration of Japanese Americans during World War II

  3. Question 3

    Why do governments sometimes limit individual rights?

    • To protect public safety or the rights of others
    • Rights are never limited
    • To punish everyone
    • For no reason

  4. Question 4

    Which right lets you criticize the government without being punished?

    • The right to a jury
    • The right to bear arms
    • Freedom of speech
    • Freedom from quartering

  5. Question 5

    The 26th Amendment (1971)…

    • Gave women the vote
    • Ended slavery
    • Lowered the voting age to 18
    • Created the Senate

  6. Question 6

    The Civil Rights Act of 1964 banned…

    • All voting
    • Public schools
    • Discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex or national origin in jobs and public places
    • Free speech

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