EVALUATING INFORMATION Mark each statement T if it is true or F if it is false. 1. Ten years after the new U. S. government went into effect, the Bill of Rights was added.

2. The First Amendment allows Americans to practice any religion they wish.

3. Although the First Amendment guarantees freedom of speech, Americans cannot criticize the government.

4. Freedom of the press allows Americans the right to express their thoughts freely in writing. However they must not make false statements that ruin a person’s reputation.

5. A petition is a formal request that usually asks a group in power to do something or stop doing something.

6. The Second Amendment protects the right to bear arms.

7. According to the Fourth Amendment, a search can only be conducted if a judge has issued a search warrant.

8. Double jeopardy means that a person may be tried a second time for the same crime.