What is written in the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution (Article I of the Bill of Rights) about the press?

A)Congress shall restrict and closely monitor the actions of the press.

B)The freedom of the press is a violation of personal rights.

C)Congress shall make no law...abridging the freedom of the press.
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Question 2 

What do some people refer to as the fourth branch of our government?

A)free press

B)Bill of Rights

C)president's cabinet
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Question 3 
Which is a major role of a free press in a democratic society? Select the best answer.

A)provide entertainment

B)inform readers

C)censor the government


Question 4 
Which term describes the investigative journalists who wrote about injustice, unfairness, and corruption?

A)Wobblies

B)muckrakers

C)censors
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Question 5 
Who was a supporter of good writers and started a syndicate for writers?

A)Sam McClure

B)John Rockefeller

C)Ida Tarbell