Vocabulary
This is a sum of money used as a deposit to ensure that an accused person returns for trial. The 8th amendment states that this cannot be excessive.
What is bail?
This amendment guarantees you the right to criticize the government to your friends.
What is the 1st Amendment?
The 18th amendment banned what?
Alcohol
The 24th amendment outlawed these fees for voting.
What are poll taxes?
The United States' first written law of the land. (It stunk)
Articles of Confederation
This term means "the right to vote".
What is suffrage?
This amendment forbids the police from entering your home without a search warrant.
What is the 4th Amendment?
This amendment abolished slavery.
What is the 13th Amendment?
It took the 15th amendment to give African Americans this basic right.
What is suffrage?
This branch of government makes the laws.
What is the Legislative Branch?
This word means printed lies about someone, causing harm.
What is libel?
This amendment states that you cannot be forced to self-incriminate yourself.
What is the 5th Amendment?
Due to the Vietnam War, the 26th Amendment lowered the voting age to this.
What is 18 years old?
This amendment gave women the right to vote.
19th
The President is in which branch of Government?
Executive Branch
This refers to the government's right to take your land away, as long as you are compensated.
What is eminent domain?
The 9th amendment states that those rights not listed in the Constitution are retained by _______________.
What are the people?
These 3 amendments are known as the "Civil War" amendments, because they all pertain to freedman's rights.
What is the 13th, 14th, and 15th amendments?
These were laws passed in the south legalizing segregation.
Jim Crow laws
This is the process of becoming a citizen.
What is naturalization?
This is a formal charge by a grand jury.
What is an indictment?
The 10th amendment states that any rights not granted to the Federal Government are granted to _______________.
What are the states?
This amendment limited the President's terms to two total.
What is the 22nd amendment?
When our Constitution was written, who were the only ones allowed to vote? (Must be specific)
White men who owned land
This is the type of government the US has, where people elect people to represent them.
What is a Republic, or Representative Democracy?