The Bill of Rights

question 72

Multiple Choice

The Bill of Rights:

• A) serves as a major restriction on the powers and authority of the federal government.
• B) does not apply directly to the states, but the Supreme Court has held that the Fourteenth Amendment makes many of its principles applicable to the states.
• C) consists of ten amendments to the U.S. Constitution that were adopted in 1791.
• D) All of these are correct.