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Official question #6US Citizenship Test
What does the Bill of Rights protect?
Correct answer
The basic rights of Americans
Also accepted: The basic rights of Americans · Rights of Americans · The basic rights of people living in the United States · Rights of people living in the United States
Why
The Bill of Rights, the first ten amendments (ratified in 1791), protects basic rights such as freedom of speech and religion and the right to a fair trial. It protects people living in the United States, not only citizens.
Answer choices
- AThe powers of the President
- BThe basic rights of Americans
- CThe borders of the states
- DThe rights of the King of England