Name______________________________________________Date_________________Per___ Assessment of Knowledge 3: Preamble, Bill of Rights, and Civil War Amendments Respond to the following questions in the

specified number of complete sentences. No more no less. Contractions, informal language, and other grammar errors will be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law! 1. Explain the influence of the Articles of Confederation on at least two of the goals found in the Preamble to the Constitution. In other words, why did the Framers state that goal in their second attempt at government creation? (5-8 sentences)

2. The school board of Quincy, Illinois, approves the beginning of the school day with a moment of silence for prayer and contemplation. A group of parents complain that the moment of silence is intended to be religious and is a waste of instructional time, and thus cannot be required (a moment of silence where half the class chooses not to participate is, of course, not a moment of silence at all). How would the Supreme Court most likely rule if this case was brought before them and why? Be sure to specifically cite the correct amendment and any precedents the Court would rely on. (5-8 sentences)

3. The Second Amendment has sparked intense debate over the right to own a gun in the United States. Proponents of gun rights and of gun control both cite the amendment in support of their cause. Use the text of the amendment itself to explain the argument of both sides (pro- and anti-

gun rights). For example, what part of the amendment would a pro-gun advocate point to as evidence for their argument? (3-5 sentences)

4. How was the warrant requirement found in the Fourth Amendment applied differently in New Jersey v. T.L.O. than in Mapp v. Ohio? (5-8 sentences)

5. Create a scenario in which all six rights of the accused found in the Sixth Amendment are violated. Chronicle the violations in your scenario in the order the rights appear in the amendment. (5-8 sentences)

6. Explain how the failure of Reconstruction after the American Civil War led to the Jim Crow Era and the landmark Supreme Court case Plessy v. Ferguson? (3-5 sentences)

7. How was the Equal Protection Clause utilized in the case Brown v. Board of Education? Why did the Court decide to reverse their doctrine of separate but equal? (3-5 sentences)

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