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American Government please help asap, if you have the answers for the entire test, that would be even better.

1. Why did the Founders include the Establishment and Free Exercise Clauses about religion in the First Amendment?
A. They opposed all forms of organized religion.
B. They wanted to adopt a state church like the one in Great Britain.
C. They believed that in order to have a democracy, all Americans should embrace the same religious values.
D. They wanted to prevent official government-sponsored churches.

2. How has the Supreme Court reshaped its interpretation of the Second Amendment?
A. It incorporated the Second Amendment into the Fourteenth Amendment's Due Process Clause.
B. It made it a crime to ship sawed-off shotguns across state lines without a federal license.
C. It upheld prohibitions against the possession of firearms by felons.
D. It protected the rights of each state to keep a militia.

3. A state constitution states that it has been written to establish justice, maintain order, and perpetuate liberty. This closely aligns with which section of the U.S. Constitution?
A. the Preamble
B. the Bill of Rights
C. the articles on separations of powers
D. the article on the legislative branch

4. Which of the following are reasons that the government may limit individual rights for the public good? Select all that apply. (Three answers)
A. to promote discrimination
B. to promote health
C. to promote morals
D. to promote a religion
E. to promote safety

5. How did the U.S. government show that it agreed with Dr. King?
A. Beginning in 1979, the Supreme Court decided that a state must show compelling governmental interest to justify the distinctions it draws between classes of people.
B. Beginning in 1896, the government established the separate-but-equal doctrine that allowed states to provide separate facilities for African Americans as long as they were equal to the facilities provided for white Americans.
C. Beginning in 1986, the government passed several laws that established amnesty programs for undocumented aliens living in the United States.
D. Beginning in 1957, Congress passed a series of civil rights laws that ensured the rights of African Americans and other minority groups.

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The choices to each question are as follows:

1. Why did the Founders include the Establishment and Free Exercise Clauses about religion in the First Amendment?

C. They believed that in order to have a democracy, all Americans should embrace the same religious values.

2. How has the Supreme Court reshaped its interpretation of the Second Amendment?

C. It upheld prohibitions against the possession of firearms by felons.

3. A state constitution states that it has been written to establish justice, maintain order, and perpetuate liberty. This closely aligns with which section of the U.S. Constitution?

A. The Preamble

4. Which of the following are reasons that the government may limit individual rights for the public good? Select all that apply. (Three answers)

B. to promote health
C. to promote morals
E. to promote safety

5. How did the U.S. government show that it agreed with Dr. King?

D. Beginning in 1957, Congress passed a series of civil rights laws that ensured the rights of African Americans and other minority groups.
hardysouthern

1. Why did the Founders include the Establishment and Free Exercise Clauses about religion in the First Amendment?

"C. They believed that in order to have a democracy, all Americans should embrace the same religious values."

The United States was all about freedom and that includes freedom of cult.

2. How has the Supreme Court reshaped its interpretation of the Second Amendment?

C. It upheld prohibitions against the possession of firearms by felons.

This is how it works since Gun Control Act of 1968

3. A state constitution states that it has been written to establish justice, maintain order, and perpetuate liberty. This closely aligns with which section of the U.S. Constitution?

B. the Preamble

It is the text of the Preamble that "We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defense,"

4. Which of the following are reasons that the government may limit individual rights for the public good? Select all that apply. (Three answers)

B. to promote health

C. to promote morals

E. to promote safety

The other two, "A. to promote discrimination  & D. to promote a religion ", are incompatible with the ideals of the United States. It's a land of freedom where all men are equal.

5. How did the U.S. government show that it agreed with Dr. King?

D. Beginning in 1957, Congress passed a series of civil rights laws that ensured the rights of African Americans and other minority groups.

Undocumented Aliens are still seen as a problem, separation is not the way things work in the country and the mentioned supreme court decision never existed.

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