Freedom Writer - September 1995

_What_do_you_know_about_separation?_

The word God appears in the U.S. Constitution how often?
_[ref001]
not at all
once
six times
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The U.S. Constitution guarantees religious liberty for
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Christians
churchgoers of all faiths
atheists and agnostics
all of the above
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Separation of church and state originated in which country?
_[ref003]
France
United States of America
Soviet Union
Nazi Germany
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The phrase "separation between church and state" originated with
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the Soviet constitution
a dissenting opinion by former Supreme Court Justice Felix Frankfurter
a letter written by Thomas Jefferson
none of the above
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The Puritans escaped religious persecution and in their own colony 
allowed religious freedom for
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everyone
all Christians
Puritans only
Puritans and Anglicans
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What does the First Amendment say about religion?
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nothing
that the U.S. is founded upon Christian principles
that Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, 
or prohibiting free exercise
that there is no national religion, but each state may set up its 
own religious practices
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Which early colonial settlements practiced freedom of religion?
_[ref007]
the Pilgrims and Puritans in Massachusetts
the colony in Virginia
Roger Williams' Providence settlement
all of them
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"...the government of the United States is not, in any sense, founded 
on the Christian religion..." Where does this phrase appear?
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the U.S. Communist party platform
a speech by Abraham Lincoln
American Jewish Congress
U.S. treaty signed by President Adams
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U.S. currency has carried in the motto In God We Trust since
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the U.S. was founded
1862
1914
1954
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_Reprinted_by_permission_of_Freedom_from_Religion_Foundation,_Box_
750,_Madison,_WI_53701._

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