Which of the Following Is True of the First Amendment

question 15

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is true of the First Amendment to the U.S.Constitution?

• A)It was adopted to protect Americans from unreasonable searches and seizures of properties.
• B)It was adopted to prohibit people from excessive bail as well as cruel and unusual punishment.
• C)It was adopted to guarantee fair trial and other rights of the accused.
• D)It was adopted to guarantee Americans' rights to freedom of religion,freedom of expression,and freedom to assemble.

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Definitions:

Condorcet Paradox

A situation in social choice theory where collective preferences can be cyclic (i.e., A is preferred to B, B is preferred to C, and C is preferred to A), showing the non-transitivity of majority preferences.

Arrow Impossibility Theorem

A theorem stating that no rank-order voting system can be designed that always satisfies three fairness criteria: non-dictatorship, Pareto efficiency, and independence of irrelevant alternatives.

Pairwise Majority Voting

A voting system in which decisions are made by comparing the preferences of the majority for each pair of options in turn.

Symbolism

A late-19th-century movement based on the idea that the artist was not an imitator of nature but a creator who transformed the facts of nature into a symbol of the inner experience of that fact.