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5th grade · Social Studies · Unit 6 of 10

Constitution & Bill of Rights

The Preamble, the branches and our rights

What your child practices

Why the Articles of Confederation were replaced, the Preamble, the three branches and checks and balances, the Bill of Rights (1791), and who was left out of rights in 1789.

Oregon State Standards learning standard: 5.C.DP.5; 5.C.CE.6; 5.C.PI.2; 5.C.IR.4; 5.E.MI.4 · the Preamble and Constitution, the Bill of Rights, who gained and lost rights, and why government collects taxes

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

    Which Preamble goal means keeping peace at home?

    • insure domestic Tranquility
    • secure the Blessings of Liberty
    • provide for the common defense

  2. Question 2

    Which amendment gives a right to a speedy jury trial in criminal cases?

    • the Sixth
    • the Ninth
    • the Second

  3. Question 3

    Which amendment protects against unreasonable searches?

    • the Tenth
    • the First
    • the Fourth

  4. Question 4

    The First Amendment protects…

    • the right to bear arms
    • freedom of speech, religion, press, assembly and petition
    • trial by jury

  5. Question 5

    The legislative branch, Congress,…

    • enforces laws
    • decides what laws mean
    • makes laws

  6. Question 6

    The Constitution can be changed by…

    • a President's order
    • an amendment
    • a court's opinion

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